Wotherton Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:The Cottage - geograph.org.uk - 653887.jpg
Static Image Caption:Cottage in Wotherton
Coordinates:52.598°N -3.061°W
Official Name:Wotherton
Civil Parish:Chirbury with Brompton
Unitary England:Shropshire
Lieutenancy England:Shropshire
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:South Shropshire
Post Town:MONTGOMERY
Postcode District:SY15
Postcode Area:SY
Dial Code:01938
Os Grid Reference:SJ281005

Wotherton is a hamlet in west Shropshire, close to the Welsh border. It is in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton. Its name, mentioned as a manor in Domesday means, roughly, "settlement at a woodland ford"; the road through the village crosses a small stream.[1]

The Wotherton Barytes Mine operated here until 1911.

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Notes and References

  1. Gelling, M. The place-names of Shropshire, vol I: The major names of Shropshire, English Place-Name Society, 1990, p.328