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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Horton Near Wellington like this:
HORTON, a township in Wellington parish, Salop; near the Shrewsbury canal, 3¼ miles NE of Wellington. Pop., 117.
Horton Near Wellington is now part of TELFORD AND WREKIN Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how TELFORD AND WREKIN has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Horton Near Wellington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Horton Near Wellington, in Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26823
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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