Oswestry

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Oswestry

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

proper noun

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

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"Oswestry." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oswestry. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Oswestry. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/oswestry

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"Oswestry." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oswestry.

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@misc{oswestry_2026,
  title = {Oswestry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oswestry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}