In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hengoed like this:
HENGOED, a Chapelry in Selattyn and Whittington parishes, Salop; adjacent to the Shrewsbury and Chester railway, near Gobowen r. station, 2½ miles N of Oswestry. It has a post office under Oswestry; and it was constituted in 1854. Rated property, £4, 546. Pop., 672. Houses, 146. Pop. of the Selattyn portion, 417. Houses, 87. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £.61. Patron, the Rev. A. R. Lloyd. The church is good.
Additional information about this locality is available for Oswestry
Hengoed through time
Hengoed is now part of Oswestry district. Click here for graphs and data of how Oswestry has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hengoed itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hengoed, in Oswestry and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23901
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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