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Kinlet
Kinlet is a small village and civil parish in the south-east of the county of Shropshire, England. The parish is on the northern edge of the Wyre Forest and is in the Bridgnorth District of Shropshire. The parish incorporates the hamlets of Kinlet Village, Button Bridge and Button Oak. Kinlet is located south of Telford, the main town in Shropshire and west of Birmingham. The village is located in the centre of the parish. Its parish has a population of 680 according to the 2001 Census, The land within the parish totals . increasing to 901 at the 2011 census. There is little in terms of employment in the parish, with residents travelling to nearby towns and cities. History The name Kinlet, a combination of kin (royal) and lett (district), comes from the time of Queen Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the confessor, who held the knoll at Kinlet. The earliest known human activity was the scatter of flints near Catsley in the centre of the parish, south of Kinlet village. The pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinlet Hall - Geograph
Kinlet is a small village and civil parish in the south-east of the county of Shropshire, England. The parish is on the northern edge of the Wyre Forest and is in the Bridgnorth District of Shropshire. The parish incorporates the hamlets of Kinlet Village, Button Bridge and Button Oak. Kinlet is located south of Telford, the main town in Shropshire and west of Birmingham. The village is located in the centre of the parish. Its parish has a population of 680 according to the 2001 Census, The land within the parish totals . increasing to 901 at the 2011 census. There is little in terms of employment in the parish, with residents travelling to nearby towns and cities. History The name Kinlet, a combination of kin (royal) and lett (district), comes from the time of Queen Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the confessor, who held the knoll at Kinlet. The earliest known human activity was the scatter of flints near Catsley in the centre of the parish, south of Kinlet village. The par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinlet Hall
Kinlet Hall is an 18th-century, English country house at Kinlet, Shropshire, England, now occupied by an independent day and residential school. It is a Grade I listed building and its design was inspired by Villa Pisani, Montagnana. The manor of Kinlet was held by the Brampton and Cornwall families until it passed via his maternal ancestors to Humphrey Blount (of the Sodington Hall family), who was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1461.''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland'' Vol 3. John Burke (1838) p199 It later passed to Rowland Lakyn (or Lacon), High Sheriff in 1571, through the female line and subsequently by the marriage of a Lacon daughter and heiress who married Sir William Childe. The old manor house was replaced in 1727–1729 by William Lacon Childe, who commissioned architect Francis Smith of Warwick to create the present Palladian style mansion. The brick-built, east-facing, three-storey, seven-bayed central block is f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blount (died 1531)
Sir John Blount (by 1471 – 27 February 1531) was an English politician. He was born the eldest son of Sir Thomas Blount of Kinlet Hall, Shropshire. He succeeded his father c.1525 and was knighted in 1529. He served as a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Staffordshire in 1520–1526 and for Shropshire from 1529 to his death. He fought as a captain in the English army besieging Tournai in 1513 and later accompanied Henry VIII to France in 1520 to attend the famous meeting between Henry and Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. He was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire for 1526–27 and was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shropshire in 1529. He was also pricked High Sheriff of Shropshire for 1530–31 but died in office in 1531. He was buried at Kinlet church, where there is a tomb monument to himself and his wife. He married at Kinlet on 1 August 1492 Catherine, the daughter and coheiress of Hugh Peshall of Knightley, with whom he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Button Oak
Button Oak is a small village in the English county of Shropshire, England. It is 3 miles north east of Bewdley. Button Oak is very similar to nearby village Kinlet, in whose civil parish it lies, and Button Bridge which are also small residential areas. Nearby attractions include the Wyre Forest bike track and nature walk, where wildlife like deer, squirrels and birds can be seen and even a rocket fuel testing facility owned by Roxel buried deep in the woods. Amenities The village has an Anglican church, dedicated to St Andrew, built in the 19th century as a mission church for people working in the Wyre Forest. There is also a pub a few yards away from the church, and a caravan site situated behind residents' houses. Transport There is a bus service through the village, operated by Central Buses. The number 125 bus service operates Mondays to Saturdays, from Bridgnorth to Stourbridge Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Blount (died 1581)
Sir George Blount (1512/13 – 1581) was an English politician. He was born the son of John Blount of Kinlet, Shropshire. He succeeded his father in 1531 and was knighted in 1544. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shropshire in 1545, 1547 and 1571; for Bridgnorth in October 1553 and 1559; for Much Wenlock in November 1554, 1555, 1558, 1563 and 1572. He was appointed High Sheriff of Staffordshire for 1552–3, 1572–3 and High Sheriff of Shropshire This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of Shropshire The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibil ... for 1563–4. References 1513 births 1581 deaths High Sheriffs of Staffordshire High Sheriffs of Shropshire English MPs 1545–1547 English MPs 1547–1552 English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1554–1555 English MPs 1555 English MPs 1558 English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleobury Mortimer
Cleobury Mortimer (, ) is a market town and civil parish in southeast Shropshire, England, which had a population of 3,036 at the 2011 census. It was granted a market charter by Henry III in 1226.''Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinensi asservati'',volume II, London:Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1844, pp.103, 126, 198 History The name is believed to derive from the contraction of the Old English meaning a steep place and ''bury'' meaning fortified settlement. Mortimer comes from Ranulph de Mortimer of Normandy to whom the land was granted after the Norman conquest. He founded the Mortimer dynasty of Marcher Lords who held power in the Welsh Marches throughout the Middle Ages and were closely involved with power struggles with successive English monarchs and other powerful Lords. Cleobury has a significant entry in the Domesday Book, and the vicinity was the location of at least two castles. Cleobury Castle, which was situated near St Mary's Church, was destroyed in 1155 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludlow (UK Parliament Constituency)
Ludlow is a constituency in Shropshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Philip Dunne, a member of the Conservative Party. History From its 1473 creation until 1885, Ludlow was a parliamentary borough. It was represented by two burgesses until 1868, when it was reduced to one member. The seat saw a big reduction in voters between 1727 when 710 people voted to the next contested election in 1812 when the electorate was below 100. The 1832 Reform Act raised the electorate to 300-400. The parliamentary borough was abolished in 1885, and the name transferred to the new county "division" (with lower electoral candidates' expenses and a different returning officer) whose boundaries were expanded greatly to become similar to (and a replacement to) the Southern division of Shropshire. The seat was long considered safe for the Conservatives with the party winning by large majorities from the 1920s until 1997 when the majority was reduced to u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyre Forest
__NOTOC__ Wyre Forest is a large, semi-natural (partially unmanaged) woodland and forest measuring which straddles the borders of Worcestershire and Shropshire, England. Knowles Mill, a former corn mill owned by the National Trust, lies within the forest. Natural history The forest covers an area in local terms of 2,634 hectares (6,509 acres), or on the larger scale and is noted for its variety of wildlife. Although now the Wyre Forest has been much deforested, it still extends from east of the A442 at Shatterford, north of Kidderminster in the east, almost to Cleobury Mortimer in the west and from Upper Arley in the north to Areley Kings, near Stourport in the south. It is one of the largest remaining ancient woodlands in Britain. Forestry England looks after around half of today's forest. Around two-thirds of the forest has been designated as an SSSI (1,753.7 Ha), while a further fifth (549 Ha) is listed as a national nature reserve. The Dowles Brook flows through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacon Childe School
Lacon Childe School is a mixed secondary school for 11 to 16 year olds, located in Cleobury Mortimer in the English county of Shropshire. Previously a community school administered by Shropshire Council, Lacon Childe School converted to academy status in October 2014. The school continues to coordinate with Shropshire Council for admissions. Lacon Childe School offers GCSEs, Cambridge Nationals, NVQs and ASDAN awards as programmes of study for pupils. Legacy building The school was founded by the Member of Parliament William Lacon Childe in 1740, and the remains of the old school building on Church Street are now a listed building. It is dated 1740 but there are multiple late nineteenth century and later extensions, and additions. It is of stone rubble construction with an ashlar facade and cornice. The hipped plain-tiled roof carries plain brick ridge stacks. It has a simple rectangular plan with late century set-back flanking wings and extensive 20th century ranges to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cornwall (c
John Cornwall is the name of: * John Cornwall (Upper Canada politician), farmer and political figure in Upper Canada * John Cornwall (c. 1366–1414), MP for Shropshire * John Cornwall (died 1608), MP for Marlborough (UK Parliament constituency) * John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope (died 1443), English nobleman, soldier and one of the most respected chivalric figures of his era * John Cornwall (South Australian politician) John Robert Cornwall (1 January 1935 – 1 August 2018) was a Labor member of the South Australian Legislative Council for 14 years, from 1975 to 1988. He was a senior member of the front bench for most of his political career. He was a graduat ... (1935–2018), former member of the South Australian Legislative Council See also * John of Cornwall (other), multiple people * John Cornwell (other), multiple people {{hndis, Cornwall, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom Census 2011
A Census in the United Kingdom, census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the census in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) is responsible for the census in Scotland, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is responsible for the census in Northern Ireland. The Office for National Statistics is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department formed in 2008 and which reports directly to Parliament. ONS is the UK Government's single largest statistical producer of independent statistics on the UK's economy and society, used to assist the planning and allocation of resources, policy-making and decision-making. ONS designs, manages and runs the census in England an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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