Woolston, south Shropshire

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Woolston
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The hamlet of Woolston, south Shropshire
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Woolston
Location within Shropshire
OS grid reference SO424872
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Church Stretton
Postcode district SY6
Dialling code 01694
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Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
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Shropshire
52°28′48″N2°50′56″W / 52.480°N 2.849°W / 52.480; -2.849

Woolston, in the south of the county of Shropshire, England, is a hamlet located in the parish of Wistanstow, one mile northwest of that village, near Craven Arms (in the Church Stretton and Craven Arms county electoral division of Shropshire unitary authority, previously part of the district of South Shropshire until its abolition in 2009).

In the mediaeval period the name was variously spelt Wolfreston, Wolureston and Wylfriston; the Domesday Book survey recorded that in 1066 it had been held by Spirtes the priest along with Wistanstow. [1]

References

  1. Gelling and Foxall, The place-names of Shropshire, Volume 1, English Place-Name Society, 1990, p.324