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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Trefonen like this:
TREFONEN, a chapelry in Oswestry parish, Salop; 3 miles SW of Oswestry r. station. It was constituted in 1842; and it has a post-office under Oswestry. Pop. in 1861, 1,248. Houses, 297. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Davids. Value, £175. Patron, Earl Powis.
Trefonen is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Trefonen itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Trefonen in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23070
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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