Oswestry

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civil parish human settlement market town

Oswestry is a historic market town in Shropshire, England, near the Welsh border, known for its rich cultural heritage and cross-border influences.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Borough of Oswestry 1
Oswestry borough 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
market town ⓘ
borderRegion England–Wales border ⓘ
surface form: English–Welsh border
ceremonialCounty Shropshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
governingBody Oswestry Town Council ⓘ
hasCategory Civil parishes in Shropshire ⓘ
Market towns in Shropshire ⓘ
Towns in Shropshire ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature Welsh and English bilingual influences ⓘ
local festivals and events ⓘ
traditional markets ⓘ
hasDialCode 01691 ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Oswestry School ⓘ
The Marches School ⓘ
hasEtymology name derives from "Oswald’s Tree" ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus historic market town ⓘ
hasLandmark Old Oswestry Hillfort ⓘ
Oswestry Castle remains ⓘ
Oswestry Guildhall ⓘ
St Oswald’s Parish Church ⓘ
hasNearbyTown Chirk ⓘ
Gobowen ⓘ
Shrewsbury ⓘ
Wrexham County Borough ⓘ
surface form: Wrexham
hasOSGridReference SJ290290 ⓘ
hasPopulation over 15,000 (approximate, varies by census) ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea SY ⓘ
hasSportsClub Oswestry Cricket Club ⓘ
The New Saints F.C. (plays home games in nearby Park Hall) ⓘ
hasTransport Cambrian Heritage Railways ⓘ
Oswestry railway station (disused for regular passenger services) ⓘ
hasTwinTown Combs-la-Ville ⓘ
Mönsterås ⓘ
Orléans (historic association via Saint Oswald links, often cited culturally) ⓘ
knownFor cross-border cultural influences ⓘ
historic town centre ⓘ
market ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Shropshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
locatedNear Wales ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Oswald ⓘ
region West Midlands ⓘ
surface form: West Midlands region
timeZone GMT ⓘ
timeZoneDST BST ⓘ
unitaryAuthority Shropshire Council ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Borough of Oswestry
this entity surface form: Oswestry borough
Shropshire → contains → Oswestry ⓘ
Welshpool → hasNearbySettlement → Oswestry ⓘ
Wilfred Owen → placeOfBirth → Oswestry ⓘ
Thomas Owen → residence → Oswestry ⓘ