Dorrington is a large village in

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, England, it is located south of Shrewsbury. The population of the village was estimated as being 619 in 2008. The

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flows to the east of the village, and to the southwest is Netley Hall. The

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runs through the village, which has a number of businesses located both in a small business park and along the main road. The

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, The Horseshoes, is a Grade II

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. The village also has a

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restaurant, a convenience store, a butcher's shop, a

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and numerous other small businesses. There is also a

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and a village hall. The village

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church is dedicated to Saint Edward. To the east is Ryton. Both Ryton and Dorrington lie in the

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Condover Condover is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is about south of the county town of Shrewsbury, and just east of the A49. The Cound Brook flows through the village on its way from the Stretton Hills to a confluence with the R ...

. Dorrington forms a ward of the parish and sends four councillors to the parish council.

Railways

The village did once have a

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on the

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, opened in 1852. The station closed in 1958, although the modern Welsh Marches Line still runs through the village. On the site of the station's goods yard, which is located just to the east of the village, is now an oil depot and a

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hire depot.

Other public transport

Minsterley Motors route 435 (Shrewsbury-

Ludlow Ludlow () is a market town in Shropshire, England. The town is significant in the history of the Welsh Marches and in relation to Wales. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road which bypasses the town. The ...

and ''vice versa'') runs through Dorrington, on its way between Condover (to the northeast) and the Strettons (to the south). The service runs Monday-Saturday.

Notable people

William Farr William Farr CB (30 November 1807 – 14 April 1883) was a British epidemiologist, regarded as one of the founders of medical statistics. Early life William Farr was born in Kenley, Shropshire, to poor parents. He was effectively adopted b ...

(1807–1883),

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and one of the founders of

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, was effectively adopted, at the age of two, by a local squire, Joseph Pryce, when Farr and his family moved to Dorrington from

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. Pryce died in November 1828, and left Farr £500, which allowed him to study medicine in

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and Switzerland. *

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(1888-1945) grew up in Dorrington where he was educated at the village school and was choirboy in St Edward's Church, before leaving Shropshire at age 12. * Bert Harry (1897-1966), former professional footballer notably for

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, was landlord of the Horeseshoes Inn from 1954 to 1963.Obituary.

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Villages in Shropshire Shrewsbury and Atcham {{Shropshire-geo-stub

Railways

Other public transport

Notable people

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