Oswestry

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Oswestry

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.

Derived terms

• Oswestry Rural