Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Acton Burnell

Acton Burnell, par., township, and seat, S. Shropshire, 8 miles SE. of Shrewsbury--par., 3141 ac., pop. 327; township, pop. 237; P.O. The ruins of a castle of the 13th centuy are in the vicinity.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish, township, and seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Acton Burnell AP/CP       Shropshire AncC
Place: Acton Burnell

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