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WOORE, or Wore, a township and a chapelry in Mucclestone parish, Salop. The township lies 2¾ miles WSW of Madeley r. station, and 6¾ NE of Market-Drayton; and has a post-office under Market-Drayton. Acres, 5,291. Pop., 783. Houses, 169. The chapelry was constituted in 1841. Pop., 839. Houses, 184. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £96.* Patron, G. Kenrick, Esq. The church was built in 1830. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | WOORE | WOORE OR WORE | WORE |
| Place: | Woore |
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