Woolston, in the south of the county of
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 ...
, England, is a
hamlet
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located in the
parish
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of
Wistanstow
Wistanstow is a village and parish in Shropshire, England. Wistanstow is located about south of Church Stretton and north of Ludlow. It is about north of Craven Arms. It is just off the main Shrewsbury- Hereford road, the A49. The large par ...
, one mile northwest of that village, near
Craven Arms
Craven Arms is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north and south to the larger towns of Shrewsbury and Ludlow respectively. The Heart of Wales railway l ...
(in the Church Stretton and Craven Arms county electoral division of Shropshire unitary authority, previously part of the district of
South Shropshire
South Shropshire was, between 1974 and 2009, a local government district in south west Shropshire, England.
South Shropshire was the most rural district of one of the UK's most rural counties, the population of the district was 40,410 in 2001 s ...
until its abolition in 2009).
In the mediaeval period the name was variously spelt Wolfreston, Wolureston and Wylfriston; the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
survey recorded that in 1066 it had been held by Spirtes the priest along with Wistanstow.
[Gelling and Foxall, ''The place-names of Shropshire, Volume 1'', English Place-Name Society, 1990, p.324]
References
Hamlets in Shropshire
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