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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rowton like this:
ROWTON, a chapelry in Ercall-Magna parish, Salop; 6 miles N W by N of Wellington r. station. Post-town, Wellington, Salop. Rated property, £3, 478. Pop., 181. The property is divided between two. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £88. Patron, the Duke of Cleveland.
Rowton is now part of TELFORD AND WREKIN Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how TELFORD AND WREKIN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rowton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rowton, in Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23945
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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