Place:Stowe, Shropshire, England

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NameStowe
Alt namesWeston (Stowe)source: from redirect
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates52.355°N 3.012°W
Located inShropshire, England
See alsoPurslow Hundred, Shropshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Teme Rural, Shropshire, Englandrural district 1894-1934
Clun Rural, Shropshire, Englandrural district 1934-1967
Clun and Bishop's Castle Rural, Shropshire, Englandrural district 1967-1974
South Shropshire District, Shropshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2009
Shropshire District, Shropshire, Englandunitary authority covering the area since 2009
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Stowe or Stow is a small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. It is close to the village and parish of Bucknell.

The parish has a border with Wales and the Welsh town of Knighton is less than two miles to the southwest of the village; a very small part of the town (including Knighton station) actually lies within Stowe parish and Shropshire. The population of the civil ward at the 2011 UK census was 140.

The A488 and A4113 roads pass nearby.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Stowe from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"STOWE, a parish in the [registration] district of Knighton and county of Salop [or Shropshire]; 2 miles NE of Knighton [railway] station. Post town: Knighton, Radnorshire. Acres: 2,724. Rated property: £1,582. Population: 161. Houses: 36. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value: £188. Patron: the Lord Chancellor."
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