Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cleobury Mortimer

Cleobury Mortimer, market town and par. with ry. sta., S. Shropshire, on river Rea, 7½ miles NE. of Tenbury and 132 mines NW. of London, 7127 ac., pop. 1581; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Wednesday; has trade in coal, ironstone, and limestone.


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

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Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Cleobury Mortimer CP/AP       Shropshire AncC
Place: Cleobury Mortimer

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