Pontesbury, Shropshire

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Pontesbury is a village in Shropshire

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Pontesbury within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Pontesbury in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Pontesbury, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Shropshire - par., 10,667 ac., pop. 3060; vil., 8 miles SW. of Shrewsbury; P.O., T.O.; the par. is ecclesiastically divided into 3 "Portions" - First Portion, pop. 1387; Second Portion, pop. 901; Third Portion, pop. 772.

Pontesbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Reweset hundred, in the county of Shropshire.

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