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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gobowen like this:
GOBOWEN, a place in the NW of Salop; on the Shrewsbury and Chester railway, at the junction of the branch thence to Oswestry, 2½ miles NNE of Oswestry. It has a station on the railway, with telegraph, and a post office under Oswestry.
Gobowen is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gobowen itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gobowen in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24116
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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