Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Church Stretton

Church Stretton, market town and par. with ry. sta., S. Shropshire, 12½ miles SW. of Shrewsbury and 176 miles NW. of London, 10,716 ac., pop. 1683; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Church Stretton CP/AP       Shropshire AncC
Place: Church Stretton

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