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Oswestry

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Etymology

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Recorded as Oswaldestroe in 1191, a tree of a man called Oswald; from Old English trēow.

Proper noun

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Oswestry

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ2929). [1]
  2. A former borough in Shropshire, England, abolished on 1 April 2009 and merged into the Shropshire unitary authority.

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References

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  1. ^ Parish map
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