Woolston, south Shropshire

Woolston
The hamlet of Woolston, south Shropshire
Woolston is located in Shropshire
Woolston
Woolston
Location within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSO424872
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townChurch Stretton
Postcode districtSY6
Dialling code01694
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
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52°28′48″N 2°50′56″W / 52.480°N 2.849°W / 52.480; -2.849

Woolston, in the south of the county of Shropshire, England, is a hamlet located in the 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]

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