Category:Borough of Oswestry

**Oswestry**
	former local government area in Shropshire, England
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Instance of	non-metropolitan district (1974–2009); former administrative territorial entity (2009–); rural district (1894–1974);
Location	Shropshire, West Midlands, England
Inception	1894 (Local Government Act 1894);
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date	31 March 2009 (2009 structural changes to local government in England);
Significant event	dissolution (Municipal Borough of Oswestry, Municipal Borough of Oswestry, 879 acre, 1967); boundary change (286 acre, 1934, Municipal Borough of Oswestry);
Population	15,443 (1911); 16,603 (1931); 20,746 (1951); 18,598 (1961);
Area	60,366 acre (1911); 61,526 acre (1961); 62,711 acre (1967);
Replaced by	Shropshire (2009);
Different from	Municipal Borough of Oswestry; Oswestry Rural;
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	52° 51′ 39.6″ N, 3° 03′ 18″ W
Authority file
	Q574484; GSS code (2011): E07000184; Vision of Britain unit ID: 10057190, 10000488
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