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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dovaston like this:
DOVASTON, a township in Kinnerley parish, Salop; 6½ miles SE of Oswestry. Pop., 157. A spot, called Kynaston's leap, on Dovaston common, is named after the famous outlaw.
Dovaston is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dovaston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dovaston in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23049
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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