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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oxon like this:
OXON and SHELTON, a township-chapelry in St. Chad parish, Salop; on the river Severn, 2 miles W N W of Shrewsbury. Post-town, Shrewsbury. Rated property, £3, 840. Pop., 430. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, not reported. Patron, the Vicar of St. Chad. The church is good.
Oxon is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Oxon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oxon in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25322
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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