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HANWOOD (GREAT), a parish in Atcham district, Salop; on the river Rea, adjacent to the Shrewsbury and Welshpool railway, 4 miles SW of Shrewsbury. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Shrewsbury, both of the name of Hanwood. Acres, 590. Pop., 288. Houses, 64. There is a large flour mill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £221.* Patron, H. D. Warter, Esq. The church is a brick structure, of about the year 1700.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Great Hanwood Parish Atcham Poor Law Union/Registration District Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | GREAT HANWOOD | HANWOOD | HANWOOD GREAT |
| Place: | Great Hanwood |
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