Wotherton

Wotherton

Cottage in Wotherton
Wotherton
Wotherton shown 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
EU Parliament 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.

References

  1. Gelling, M. The place-names of Shropshire, vol I: The major names of Shropshire, English Place-Name Society, 1990, p.328


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