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Oswestry

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Oswestry , town (1991 pop. 12,448) and district, Shropshire, W central England. The market town has plastics, clothing, and printing industries. The area is named for St. Oswald, a Northumbrian king who was killed there in a battle (7th cent.) against King Penda of Mercia. The poet Wilfred Owen was born in Oswestry.

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Oswestry

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Oswestry Shrops. Oswaldestroe 1191. ‘Tree of a man called Ōswald’. OE pers. name + trēow. The traditional connection with St Oswald, 7th cent. king of Northumbria, is uncertain.

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Oswestry

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Oswestry, England/UK Oswaldestroe ‘Oswald's Tree’ from an Old English personal name and trēow ‘tree’.

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