Woolston, south Shropshire

Woolston
Woolston
	The hamlet of Woolston, south Shropshire
	Woolston Location within Shropshire
OS grid reference	SO424872
Civil parish	Wistanstow;
Unitary authority	Shropshire;
Ceremonial county	Shropshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Church Stretton
Postcode district	SY6
Dialling code	01694
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Ludlow;
	List of places UK England Shropshire 52°28′48″N 2°50′56″W / 52.480°N 2.849°W

Woolston, in the south of the county of

parish of Wistanstow, one mile northwest of that village, near Craven Arms (in the Church Stretton and Craven Arms county electoral division of Shropshire unitary authority, previously part of the district of South Shropshire

until its abolition in 2009).

In the mediaeval period the name was variously spelt Wolfreston, Wolureston and Wylfriston; the Domesday Book survey recorded that in 1066 it had been held by Spirtes the priest along with Wistanstow.^[1]

References

^ Gelling and Foxall, The place-names of Shropshire, Volume 1, English Place-Name Society, 1990, p.324

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[gelling-1] Gelling and Foxall, The place-names of Shropshire, Volume 1, English Place-Name Society, 1990, p.324

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