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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sandford like this:
SANDFORD, a township in West Felton parish, Salop; 5½ miles S E of Oswestry. Pop., 92. S. Hall has, sinceabout the Norman conquest, been the seat of the Sandford family, one of whom was Bishop Sand ford.
Sandford is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sandford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sandford in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25326
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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