Priestweston (or Priest Weston) is a small village in the
civil parish of
Chirbury with Brompton,
Shropshire, England, lying in the
Welsh Marches
The Welsh Marches ( cy, Y Mers) is an imprecisely defined area along the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom. The precise meaning of the term has varied at different periods.
The English term Welsh March (in Medieval Latin ...
. Its name is based on the
Old English
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for "western settlement (''tun'')", with the affix ''priest'' in reference to the estate of the Prior of
Chirbury
Chirbury () is a village in west Shropshire, England. It is situated in the Vale of Montgomery, close to the Wales–England border ( at its nearest), which is to its north, west and south. The A490 and B4386 routes cross at Chirbury.
It is th ...
at Weston Parva.
[Thorn, F. and Thorn, C. (eds.) ''Domesday Book: v.25, Shropshire'' Phillimore, 1986, p.1] It was mentioned in
Domesday
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
, and later became part of the possessions of the Botterell family.
The village is located near to the
English-
Welsh border, at the foot of
Corndon Hill. Due to a quirk of the border geography in the area of Corndon Hill, the nearest village in
Wales,
White Grit
White Grit is a small, scattered village beneath Corndon Hill in Powys, Wales, directly on the border with (and partly in) Shropshire. The nearby village of Priest Weston, despite being in England, actually lies to the west of White Grit. To the ...
, lies to the east of Priestweston.
Second World War Victoria Cross winner
John Brunt
Captain John Henry Cound Brunt, (6 December 1922 – 10 December 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He served i ...
was born there in 1922 and his family lived there before moving to near
Whittington
Whittington may refer to:
Places
* Whittington, Victoria, Australia
* Whittington, Illinois, United States
England
* Old Whittington, Derbyshire
* New Whittington, Derbyshire
* Whittington Moor, Derbyshire
* Whittington, Gloucestershire
* Whitti ...
some six years later. An outdoor memorial plaque to his memory was put up in the village in May 2004.
The village church at
is located a mile from Priestweston.
A megalithic stone circle known as
Mitchell's Fold is located within Shropshire on nearby Stapeley Hill, and there are also remains of a second circle, known as the
Whetstones, a short distance to the east over the Welsh border in
Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire, also known as ''Maldwyn'' ( cy, Sir Drefaldwyn meaning "the Shire of Baldwin's town"), is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It is named after its county tow ...
. There is also a traditional pub, ''The Miner's Arms''.
National Cycle Route 44 passes through the village.
Shropshire Council
National Cycle Route 44
See also
* Listed buildings in Chirbury with Brompton
References
External links
Villages in Shropshire
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