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WENTNOR, a parish, with four townships, in Clun district, Salop; under the Long Mynd, 5 miles NE of Bishops-Castle r. station. It has a post-office under Bishops-Castle. Acres, 6,698. Real property, £9,135. Pop., 664. Houses, 143. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £189.* Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The church is tolerable. There are an Independent chapel, a partially endowed school, and charities £5.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with four townships" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wentnor Parish Clun Poor Law Union/Registration District Shropshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Wentnor |
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