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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Asterton like this:
ASTERTON, a township in Norbury parish, Salop; on Long Mynd hills, 4½ miles SW of Church-Stretton. Pop., 164.
Asterton is now part of SHROPSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SHROPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Asterton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Asterton in Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26144
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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