Wotherton
Wotherton | |
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Cottage in Wotherton | |
Location within Shropshire | |
OS grid reference | SJ281005 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MONTGOMERY |
Postcode district | SY15 |
Dialling code | 01938 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Shropshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Wotherton is a hamlet in west Shropshire, close to the Welsh border. It is in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton. Its name, mentioned as a manor in Domesday means, roughly, "settlement at a woodland ford"; the road through the village crosses a small stream.[1]
The Wotherton Barytes Mine operated here until 1911.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gelling, M. The place-names of Shropshire, vol I: The major names of Shropshire, English Place-Name Society, 1990, p.328