Wotherton is a hamlet in west
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
, close to the Welsh border. It is in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of
Chirbury with Brompton
Chirbury () is a village in west Shropshire, England. It is situated in the Vale of Montgomery, close to the Wales–England border ( at its nearest), which is to its north, west and south. The A490 and B4386 routes cross at Chirbury.
It is t ...
. Its name, mentioned as a manor in
Domesday means, roughly, "settlement at a woodland ford"; the road through the village crosses a small stream.
[Gelling, M. ''The place-names of Shropshire, vol I: The major names of Shropshire'', English Place-Name Society, 1990, p.328]
The Wotherton
Barytes Mine operated here until 1911.
See also
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Listed buildings in Chirbury with Brompton
Chirbury with Brompton is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 80 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, four are at ...
References
Villages in Shropshire
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