Kinton
CountryEngland
Static image nameKinton Farm buildings - geograph.org.uk - 541179.jpg
Coordinates52.77°N 2.935°W
Civil parishGreat Ness
Unitary englandShropshire
Lieutenancy englandShropshire
RegionWest Midlands
Constituency westminsterShrewsbury and Atcham
Post townSHREWSBURY
Postcode districtSY4
Postcode areaSY
Dial code01743
Os grid referenceSJ369196

Kinton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England.

It is part of the civil parish of Great Ness, and is situated to the west of the A5 road.

Richard Mathews, the father of Oliver Mathews – the first historian of Shrewsbury – lived in Kinton.[1]

References

  1. ^ Leighton, W. A. (1885). "The Guilds of Shrewsbury". Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. 8: 314–316. Shrewsbury: Adnitt and Naunton.