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Eyton on Severn (pronounced: Eye-ton on Severn) is a small village in the
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county of
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 ...
, east of
Shrewsbury. It is located on a ridge above the northern bank of the
River Severn
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. The significant tributary of the
Cound Brook
Cound Brook (pronounced COOnd) is a tributary of the River Severn in Shropshire, England, running to south of the county town Shrewsbury. The Cound Brook rises in the Shropshire Hills AONB, Stretton Hills and discharges into the River Severn at ...
joins the Severn at Eyton, albeit on the opposite bank.
Wroxeter
Wroxeter is a village in Shropshire, England, which forms part of the civil parish of Wroxeter and Uppington, beside the River Severn, south-east of Shrewsbury.
'' Viroconium Cornoviorum'', the fourth largest city in Roman Britain, was site ...
, the village located at a ruined
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city, is only a mile north-west of the village. The hamlet of Dryton is just east of Eyton. All lie in the parish of
Wroxeter and Uppington.
There is a historical octagonal tower here, built in 1607 as the
summerhouse of a mansion then belonging to the Newport family of
High Ercall
High Ercall, also known in the past as Ercall Magna, is a village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. The civil parish is still called Ercall Magna, and had a total population of 1,679 at the 2001 ce ...
.
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (or Chirbury) KB (3 March 1583 – 5 August 1648) was an English soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher of the Kingdom of England.
Life
Early life
Edward Herbert was the ...
, whose mother was a Newport, was born there in 1583 and lived there till the age of nine.
Sir Francis Newport rebuilt the mansion in a version completed by 1595, Walter Hancock being its master mason, but only the tower remains from his lifetime.
The Shrewsbury architect
Thomas Farnolls Pritchard
Thomas Farnolls Pritchard (also known as Farnolls Pritchard; baptised 11 May 1723 – died 23 December 1777) was an English architect and interior decorator who is best remembered for his design of the first cast-iron bridge in the world.
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lived in the tower at Eyton from 1769 until his death in 1777.
There is also a racecourse, with
point-to-point races held mainly on bank holidays and other special occasions.
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Villages in Shropshire
Populated places on the River Severn
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