MORETON-ABOVE, a township, in the parish of RUABON, hundred of BROMFIELD, county of DENBIGH, NORTH WALES, 14 mile (N. by
E.) from Ruabon; containing, with the township of Moreton (Below), 306 inhabitants. It is rich in mineral productions,
abounding both with iron-ore and coal, the working of which affords employment to a great majority of the population,
which has increased one-fifth since the census of 1831.