Wotherton

Wotherton
Cottage in Wotherton
Wotherton is located in Shropshire
Wotherton
Wotherton
Location within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSJ281005
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMONTGOMERY
Postcode districtSY15
Dialling code01938
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
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52°35′53″N 3°03′40″W / 52.598°N 3.061°W / 52.598; -3.061

Wotherton is a hamlet in west Shropshire, close to the Welsh border. It is in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton. Its name, mentioned as a manor in Domesday means, roughly, "settlement at a woodland ford"; the road through the village crosses a small stream.[1]

The Wotherton Barytes Mine operated here until 1911.

  1. ^ Gelling, M. The place-names of Shropshire, vol I: The major names of Shropshire, English Place-Name Society, 1990, p.328