Oswestry

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proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ2929).

OriginOld English trēow →
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Meanings

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

Origin

  1. Old Englishtrēow
  2. EnglishOswestry

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

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APA

Oswestry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oswestry

MLA

“Oswestry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oswestry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Oswestry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oswestry.

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