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| | GENUKI: Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868 |
 | | "CLEOBURY MORTIMER, a parish and market town in the Cleobury division of the hundred of Stottesdon, in the county of Salop, 8 miles W. of Bewdley, its post town, and 11 E. of Ludlow. |
 | | Near the church anciently stood a castle, erected by the Mortimers, which was reduced by Henry II., and there are Roman encampments in the neighbourhood. |
 | | In the vicinity are the Clee hills, which abound in limestone, coal, and iron ore, but the trade carried on is comparatively small in consequence of the difficulties in the way of transit. |
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