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FRANKTON, a township, with a railway station, in Whittington parish, Salop; 3¼ miles SW of Ellesmere. Pop., 275. It forms a curacy with Whittington; and has a church, an Independent chapel, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township, with a railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Welsh Frankton Tn Whittington CP/AP Shropshire AncC |
Place: | Welsh Frankton |
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