Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for YORTON

YORTON, a township, with a r. station, in Broughton parish, Salop; on the Crewe and Shrewsbury railway, 7½ miles N of Shrewsbury.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township, with a r station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Broughton Parish       Shropshire Ancient County

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