Cleeton St Mary (or Cleeton) is a small village in south
Shropshire, England.
It lies on the northeast slope of
Titterstone Clee Hill, at an
elevation of above sea level. Cleeton forms part of the
civil parish of
Bitterley
Bitterley is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 802, increasing to 902 at the 2011 Census. The village is about east of Ludlow on the western slopes of Titterstone Cle ...
, even though the parish largely exists on the other side of Titterstone Clee, and Cleeton is effectively detached (by road). Cleeton St Mary is a parish
ward. Large areas of
common land remain around the village; the countryside here is largely
pasture (for grazing of sheep and horses), woodland and
moorland
Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils. Moorland, nowadays, generally ...
.
The
church of Saint Mary (
Church of England) is situated here but is relatively new, being built in the second half of the 19th century (along with the schoolhouse).
Church of England
A Church Near You
Cleeton is mentioned in the Cadfael novel ''The Virgin in the Ice
''The Virgin in the Ice'' is a medieval mystery novel by Ellis Peters, set in late 1139. It is the sixth novel in The Cadfael Chronicles, first published in 1982 (1982 in literature).
It was adapted for radio by BBC Radio 4 in 1992 and for t ...
'' which is set in 1139.
See also
*Listed buildings in Bitterley
Bitterley is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 42 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, ten are at Grade II ...
References
Villages in Shropshire
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