Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WINNINGTON

WINNINGTON, a village on the W border of Salop; 13 miles W of Shrewsbury. It was the birthplace, in 1483, of Thomas Parr, who lived till the year 1635.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Shropshire AncC
Place: Winnington

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