Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moreton like this:

MORTON-ABOVE, MORTON-ANGLICORUM, AND MORTON-BELOW, three townships in Ruabon parish, Denbigh; on the Shrewsbury and Oswestry railway, 5 miles N of Chirk. Real property, £6,677. Pop., 3,467,130 and 191. Morton Hall is a chief residence. Many of the inhabitants are employed in collieries and iron-works.

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Travel writing

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