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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newtown like this:
NEWTOWN, a chapelry in Wem parish, Salop; 2 miles S S E of the boundary with Wales, and 3 N W of Wem r.station. Post-town, Wem, under Shrewsbury. The statistics are returned with the parish. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield Value, £80. Patrons, the Inhabitants. The church was rebuilt in 1869, and is in the early English style. There is a national school.
Newtown is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newtown itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newtown in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23063
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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