The BOROUGH of OSWESTRY is situated on the north-west border of Shropshire, in the Diocese of St. Asaph, and Deanery of Marchia, and in the Hundred to which it gives name. In 1535, by a statute of Henry VIII., Oswestry, with Whittington, Maesbrook, Knockin, Ellesmere, Down, and Chirbury, was, by Act of Parliament, severed from Wales, and annexed to the County of Salop. The HUNDRED of OSWESTRY is bounded on the west by Montgomeryshire and Denbighshire; on the north by the rivers Ceiriog and Dee, and the stream of Shelbrook, which separates it from Denbighshire and Flintshire; on the east by the Hundred of Pimhill; and on the south by the rivers Vyrnwy and Severn, which divide it from Montgomeryshire, and from the Hundred of Ford. The UPPER DIVISION of the Hundred contains the parishes of ST. MARTIN, WHITTINGTON, SELATTYN (part of), OSWESTRY (part of), LLANYMYNECH (part of), LLANSILIN (part of), WEST FELTON (part of), ELLESMERE (part of), LLANYBLODWEL, and the extra-parochial places of Halston and Heath Farm. _The parish of St. Martin_ contains the townships of Ifton Rhyn (upper), Ifton Rhyn (lower), Weston Rhyn (upper), Weston Rhyn (lower), and Bronygarth (east and west). _The parish of Whittington_ contains the townships of Whittington, Welsh Frankton, Old Marton (part of), Berghill, Daywell, Fernhill, Hindford, Henlle, and Ebnall. _The parish of Selattyn_ contains the townships of Porkington (upper), and Porkington (lower). _The parish of Oswestry_ contains the townships of Oswestry, Middleton, Aston, Hisland, Wooton, Sweeney, Weston Cotton, Maesbury, Llanvorda, Pentregaer, Cynynion, Coed-tan y gaer, Treferclawdd, Treflach, Trefonen, and Crickheath. The parish of Oswestry contains also the township and chapelry of Morton, which are in the Lower Division of the Hundred. _The parish of Llanyblodwel_ contains the townships of Llanyblodwel, Abertanat, Blodwel, Bryn, and Llynclis, or Llunck-Llys. The _parish of Llanymynech_ contains the townships of Carreghofa, Llanymynech and Llwyntidman. The parish of Llanymynech contains also the township of Treprenal, which is in the Lower Division. The rest of the parish is in Denbighshire, and, for election and other purposes, is annexed to Montgomeryshire. The _parish of Ellesmere_, in the Upper Division of the Hundred of Oswestry, contains the townships of Dudleston (upper), and Dudleston (lower). The other townships in the parish are in the Ellesmere Division of the Hundred of Pimhill. The _parish of West Felton_ contains the townships of Woolston (part of), Sandford, and Twyford. The other townships in this parish, namely, West Felton, Sutton, Rednal, Haughton, and Tedsmere, are in the Lower Division. The _parish of Llansilin_ has only one township in Shropshire (Sychtyn). The rest of the parish is in Denbighshire. The LOWER DIVISION of the Hundred contains the parishes WEST FELTON (part of), MELVERLEY (part of), KNOCKIN, OSWESTRY (part of),