Brompton and Rhiston was a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

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. In 1987 it merged with Chirbury civil parish to form the present-day civil parish of

Chirbury with Brompton 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 t ...

. Brompton and Rhiston continues as a parish

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within the new civil parish, returning 2 councillors. The parish included the settlements of Brompton and

Pentreheyling Pentreheyling is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It lies just west of Brompton on the A489 between Church Stoke and Newtown. The hamlet is notable for the fact that it is impossible to reach any other settlement in England (except Brompton) b ...

, both hamlets. Rhiston is a small

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, partly in

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; it was historically more notable and has an entry in the

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.Open Domesday
Rhiston The neighbouring places of Brompton and Pentreheyling are notable for the fact that they are impossible to reach from any other place in England by road without first passing through

. Public footpaths are the only access which link them with the rest of England. They are however not geographically an

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References

{{Authority control Former civil parishes in Shropshire Extremities of Shropshire