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Soudley, Shropshire
Soudley is a small village in Shropshire in the civil parish of Cheswardine Cheswardine is a rural village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in north east Shropshire, England. The village lies close to the border with Staffordshire and is about 8 miles north of Newport, Shropshire, Newport and 5 miles south east .... The village had a pub called The Wheatsheaf until it was destroyed by fire. There is also a small disused Methodist chapel. {{authority control Villages in Shropshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheswardine
Cheswardine is a rural village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in north east Shropshire, England. The village lies close to the border with Staffordshire and is about 8 miles north of Newport, Shropshire, Newport and 5 miles south east of Market Drayton. At the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 Census, the parish (which also includes the villages of Chipnall and Soudley as well as several small hamlets such as Goldstone, Shropshire, Goldstone and Ellerton, Shropshire, Ellerton), had a population of 991 people, increasing to 1,076 at the 2011 Census. History and architecture The name ''Cheswardine'', recorded in 1086 as ''Ciseworde'', in 1189 as ''Chesewordin'' and about 1650 as ''Cheswardyne'', is probably derived from the Old English for "cheese-producing settlement".Gelling and Foxall, ''The place-names of Shropshire, Volume 1'', EPNS, 1990, p.78 Cheswardine was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, when the manorialism, manor was held by Robert of Stafford, but i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shropshire Council
Shropshire Council is the local authority of Shropshire (district), Shropshire, in England, comprising the ceremonial county of Shropshire except Telford and Wrekin. It is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It replaced the former two-tier local government structure in the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire on 1 April 2009, which involved its immediate predecessor, Shropshire County Council, and five non-metropolitan district councils – Bridgnorth District Council, North Shropshire District Council, Oswestry Borough Council, Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council and South Shropshire District Council. These districts and their councils were abolished in the reorganisation. The area covered by Shropshire Council is , which is 91.7% of the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Shropshire. The remainder of the county is covered by Telford and Wrekin Council, which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, Worcestershire to the southeast, and Herefordshire to the south. A unitary authority of the same name was created in 2009, taking over from the previous county council and five district councils, now governed by Shropshire Council. The borough of Telford and Wrekin has been a separate unitary authority since 1998, but remains part of the ceremonial county. The county's population and economy is centred on five towns: the county town of Shrewsbury, which is culturally and historically important and close to the centre of the county; Telford, which was founded as a new town in the east which was constructed around a number of older towns, most notably Wellington, Dawley and Madeley, which is today th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Shropshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
North Shropshire is a constituency in the county of Shropshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Helen Morgan of the Liberal Democrats after a by-election on 16 December 2021. The former MP, Owen Paterson of the Conservatives, resigned his seat on 5 November 2021 when faced with suspension from the Commons for a breach of advocacy rules and the consequent possibility of a recall petition. The seat had previously been a safe seat for the Conservatives. Constituency profile The area is rural and north of Shrewsbury, west of Newcastle-under-Lyme in the Stoke conurbation, south of Cheshire and Wrexham, having five small towns (in size order): Oswestry, Market Drayton, Whitchurch, Wem and Ellesmere. Residents' health and wealth are similar to UK averages. History From its first creation in 1832 to the abolition of the first creation in 1885 the constituency covered approximately half of the county and elected two members, formally Knights of the Shire. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
