Quatt is a small village in
Shropshire
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, England in the
Severn Valley
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. The
civil parish
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, formally known as Quatt Malvern, has a population of 219 according to the 2001 census, reducing to 200 at the 2011 census.
It lies on the
A442 south of
Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England. The River Severn splits it into High Town and Low Town, the upper town on the right bank and the lower on the left bank of the River Severn. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,079.
History
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There are places to visit like the Quatt Village Hall and activities to take part in, from the local Cricket Club to Bell Ringing. In 2017, Quatt Village Hall won the 'Most Welcoming Village Hall award'.
Dudmaston Hall
Dudmaston Hall is a 17th-century country house in the care of the National Trust in the Severn Valley, Shropshire, England.
Dudmaston Hall is located near the village of Quatt, a few miles south of the market town of Bridgnorth, just off the ...
is located in the parish.
Notable people
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Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage (; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
Babbage is considered ...
, computing pioneer, married Georgiana Whitmore of Dudmaston and lived for significant periods at Dudmaston Hall himself, where he planned the house's central heating system.
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Samuel Gilbert
Samuel Gilbert (died ) was an English cleric, writer on horticulture, and floriculturist.
Life
Gilbert was chaplain to Jane, wife of Charles Gerard, 4th Baron Gerard of Gerards Bromley, and rector of Quatt in Shropshire. He seems to have lived ...
, writer on horticulture, was rector here in the later 17th century.
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George Labouchere
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* George W. Bush, 43rd President ...
, British diplomat and modern art collector, lived at Dudmaston Hall in retirement.
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Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson
Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson VC (29 June 1894 – 5 July 1916), was an English-born Canadian and British Army officer who was a recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the ene ...
, posthumous
Victoria Cross
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recipient in
World War I
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was born at Lodge Farm on the Dudmaston estate and has a commemorative plaque at Quatt Church.
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William Wolryche Whitmore
William Wolryche-Whitmore (16 September 1787 – 11 August 1858)
was a Shropshire landowner and British Whig
politician. He held a seat in the House of Commons from 1820 to 1835, representing first Bridgnorth and later Wolverhampton.
His sist ...
of Dudmaston Hall,
Whig politician of the early 19th century, buried at Quatt
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David York
David Leslie York (born 13 April 1941) is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Shropshire. He was born in Quatt, Shropshire.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians ...
, England cricketer
See also
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Listed buildings in Quatt Malvern
Quatt Malvern is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 15 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others ar ...
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Quatford
Quatford is a village in the Severn Valley, Shropshire, England. It is located on the A442, just south of the town of Bridgnorth and on the bank of the River Severn.
History
Quatford is one of the oldest settlements in the area. It was listed ...
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Villages in Shropshire
Civil parishes in Shropshire
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