Edgmond is a village in the borough of
Telford and Wrekin
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and
ceremonial county
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of
Shropshire
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, England. The village population at the 2011 Census was 2,062. It lies north-west of the town of
Newport.
The village has two pubs (the Lion and the Lamb), a Methodist chapel and hall (neither of which are in use), a village hall, and a village shop with a co-located
post office
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.
There is a
recreation
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field called simply "The Playing Fields", where there are Sunday
cricket
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games, pub
football
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matches, and a
playground
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for young children. The village also has many areas for walking and
biking
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including an area called the Rock Hole, an old sandstone quarry from which the rock used to build the local church was taken .
Also popular is the canal walk, which leads down to the local town of Newport along the old canals. The canals are now often used for fishing competitions. There has been much speculation about the possibility of reopening the old
Shrewsbury and Newport Canal
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route.
There is a
Church of England
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parish church in Edgmond, dedicated to St.Peter. It is in the
Archdeaconry of Salop and
Diocese of Lichfield
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.
The parish war memorial, on a roadside, erected to commemorate war dead of
World War I
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, consists of a sandstone pillar surmounted by a crucifix with figures of a soldier and a nurse looking up at the figure of Christ.
Education
The village has a
Church of England
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primary school
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, called St.Peter's.
Harper Adams University
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is in Edgmond. The University has accommodation in the village, where many international students stay. The main subjects taught at the college are related to the food chain and much research is done there. Here on 10 January 1982 the
English
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lowest temperature weather record was broken (and is kept to this day): .
Notable people
Previous Rectors of Edgmond include:
*
Thomas Gilbert was Puritan Rector of Edgmond 1648 to 1662 when he was ejected. During that period he was nicknamed 'the bishop of Shropshire'.
*
Thomas Bucknall Lloyd (also concurrently
Archdeacon of Salop
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History
Shropshire was historically split between the diocese of Hereford (under the Archdeacon of Shropshir ...
) from 1888 to 1896, dying there,
*
Sir Lovelace Stamer (also concurrently
Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury
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), from 1896 to 1905, during which period he built new schools for local children, organised a working men's club and reading rooms, and paid for a piped water supply for the village.
Folklorist
Charlotte Burne
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Life
Charlotte Sophia Burne was born on 2 May 1850 at Moreton, Staffordshire, Moreton vicarage in S ...
(1850-1923) lived in childhood at Edgmond.
Customs
The church holds an annual
Church Clipping service, which claims to be the longest uninterrupted clipping service in the country.
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Edgmond was once associated with the practice of souling
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, a possible contributor to the halloween
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practice of trick or treating
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. The folk song
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"The Edgmond Man's Souling Song" was released by folk musicians John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris
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Biography
Harris is fluent in reading and writing music and switched from her original instrument, t ...
on their 1976 album ''Among The Many Attractions at the Show will be a Really High Class Band''.
Etymology
The name Edgmond comes from the Anglo-Saxon
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for edge of marsh; the hamlet
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of Edgmond Marsh lies north of the village at .
Transport
Bus
Services operating in the Edgmond area, as of 2014:
See also
* Listed buildings in Edgmond
References
External links
Edgmond Wines
- A popular wine store an
wine club
in Edgmond.
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Villages in Shropshire
Telford and Wrekin