Linley is a
hamlet
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in
Shropshire
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, England. It is part of the
civil parish
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of
More
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.
The hamlet is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the
A488 road
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, and 2 miles north of the village of
Lydham
Lydham is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.
Lydham is situated on the junction of the A488 and the A489 main roads, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Bishop's Castle.
There is a market held on Fridays in the village ...
, and 3.5 miles north of
Bishop's Castle
Bishop's Castle is a market town in the south west of Shropshire, England. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 1,893.
Bishop's Castle is east of the Wales-England border, about north-west of Ludlow and about south-west of ...
. It is situated near the West
Onny river and a local feature is Linley Hall.
Geology
It approximates to the southern extremity of the Pontesford-Linley geological fault, which trends approximately to
Pontesford
Pontesford is a small village in Shropshire, England.
It is located on the A488 outside the large village of Pontesbury, southwest of Shrewsbury. The population as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Pontesbury.
It approximates to the ...
. On 2 April 1990, the Pontesford-Linley
Fault registered an
earthquake
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with a magnitude of 5.1 on the
Richter scale
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, known as the
Bishop's Castle earthquake.
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See also
*Listed buildings in More, Shropshire
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References
Hamlets in Shropshire
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