Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SANDFORD

SANDFORD, a township in West Felton parish, Salop; 5½ miles S E of Oswestry. Pop., 92. S. Hall has, sinceabout the Norman conquest, been the seat of the Sandford family, one of whom was Bishop Sand ford.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: West Felton Parish       Shropshire Ancient County
Place: Sandford

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