Kinton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England.
Kinton | |
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Kinton Farm buildings | |
Location within Shropshire | |
OS grid reference | SJ369196 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SHREWSBURY |
Postcode district | SY4 |
Dialling code | 01743 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Shropshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
It is part of the civil parish of Great Ness, and is situated to the west of the A5 road.
Richard Mathews, the father of Oliver Mathews – the first historian of Shrewsbury – lived in Kinton.[1]
References
edit- ^ Leighton, W. A. (1885). "The Guilds of Shrewsbury". Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. 8. Shrewsbury: Adnitt and Naunton: 314–316.
External links
editMedia related to Kinton, Shropshire at Wikimedia Commons