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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Plowden like this:
PLOWDON, a township in North Lydbury parish, Salop; on the Bishops-Castle railway, 5½ miles E S E of Bishops-Castle. It is joined to Eyton; and it has a station on the railway . Plowdon Hall is the seat of the Plowdons.
Plowden is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Plowden itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Plowden in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25325
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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