Rowton (Ercall Magna) Shropshire Gazetteer 1824

Rowton. A township in the parish of Ercall Magna, or High Ercall, and in the Wellington division of the hundred of Bradford, South, a chapel, in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, the deanery of Salop, and archdeaconry of Salop. 9 miles north-east of Shrewsbury.

Source: The Shropshire Gazetteer, with an Appendix, including a Survey of the County and Valuable Miscellaneous Information, with Plates. Printed and Published by T. Gregory, Wem, 1824