Church Pulverbatch is a small village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in central

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, England. The population of the parish was 344 at the time of the 2001 census,Church Pulverbatch CP
Office for National Statistics increasing to 361 at the 2011 Census. It is located near Habberley and

Picklescott Picklescott is a village in Shropshire, England. It is located in the northern foothills of the Long Mynd, approximately 5 kilometres (3 miles) northwest of Church Stretton and 11 kilometres (7 miles) south of Shrewsbury. Picklescott lies in th ...

. The nearest towns are

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and

Church Stretton Church Stretton is a market town in Shropshire, England, south of Shrewsbury and north of Ludlow. The population in 2011 was 4,671.

; both are approximately 8 miles by road. Also within the parish is the village of Pulverbatch, which is situated on the

Longden Longden is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is located southwest of Shrewsbury. Longden village There is a public house (the ''Tankerville Arms'') and a post office/shop, along with a church, and a primary school. The pop ...

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road and has a

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, called the ''White Horse''. The villages of Church Pulverbatch (also known as Churton) and Pulverbatch are less than half a mile apart. The

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of Wrentnall is situated to the north of Pulverbatch, also within the parish. The current Lord of Wrentnall, and Lord of Great Lyth, is also the Baron of Pulverbatch (Farrow, M. W. MA (Cantab), 7 April 2003, Lordships of Wrentnall and Pulverbatch). The

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parish church of St Edith, built of mauve rubblestone with

Grinshill Grinshill is a small village, and civil parish in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. The parish is one of the smallest in the district. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 274. Grinshill Hill rises above the village to a ...

stone dressings, has an ornate west tower of 1773, but most of the present building, the nave and chancel, was restored in 1852-53 and a north aisle added by Shrewsbury architect Edward Haycock. Inside is a plain wooden west gallery and box pews, besides a framed Roll of Honour to parish men who served in

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, and electric lighting that was fitted in memory of five men of the parish who died serving in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. The churchyard contains a Commonwealth war grave of a Canadian airman of World War II.
CWGC Casualty record, accessed 29 November 2014. On a hill to the south of Pulverbatch are the earthwork remains of Castle Pulverbatch, a medieval

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References

6. Farrow, M. W. MA (Cantab), 7 April 2003, ''Lordships of Wrentnall and Pulverbatch''. Villages in Shropshire Civil parishes in Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub

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