Wotherton

Cottage in Wotherton

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.

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Coordinates: 52°35′53″N 3°03′40″W / 52.598°N 3.061°W / 52.598; -3.061