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GOBOWEN, a place in the NW of Salop; on the Shrewsbury and Chester railway, at the junction of the branch thence to Oswestry, 2½ miles NNE of Oswestry. It has a station on the railway, with telegraph, and a post office under Oswestry.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a place" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Gobowen |
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