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Moreton Corbet, par., vil., and seat, Shropshire, on river Roden, 4½ miles SE. of Wem, 2193 ac., pop. 251; the castle was built in the 16th century, on the site of a previous castle, and was burnt in the Civil War.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish, village, and seat" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Moreton Corbet AP/CP Shropshire AncC |
Place: | Moreton Corbet |
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