In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woofferton like this:

WOOFFERTON, a township in Richards-Castle parish, Salop; on the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway, at the junction of the line to Tenbury, 4½ miles S by E of Ludlow. It has a r. station with telegraph.

Woofferton through time

Woofferton is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woofferton itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woofferton in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25327

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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