Roden is a

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in the borough of

Telford and Wrekin Telford and Wrekin is a borough and unitary authority in Shropshire, England. In 1974, a non-metropolitan district of Shropshire was created called The Wrekin. In 1998, the district became a unitary authority and was renamed "Telford and Wrekin" ...

and ceremonial county of

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, England, six miles northeast of Shrewsbury. The little River Roden flows past the village. The population at the 2011 census can be found under

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. Roden Hall, dating in part from the 14th century, when the Lee family, lords of Berrington, were lords of the ''

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'' of Roden, was rebuilt in 1868 by the

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as a convalescent home for millworkers from

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and

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. It is now a care home, in which English baritone Derek Hammond-Stroud passed his last days. White House, a Grade II listed 16th or 17th century vernacular

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house with whitened brick infill panel was formerly used as a post office. Foundations remain of a detached medieval chapel. The hamlet is located on Roden Lane, the

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, one mile southwest of

; a former

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stands by the roadside. Local transport links are provided by

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. There is a large

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at Roden, and the huge greenhouses can be clearly seen from the main road through the village. The surrounding countryside is largely flat pastureland. Possible remains of medieval

ridge and furrow Ridge and furrow is an archaeological pattern of ridges (Medieval Latin: ''sliones'') and troughs created by a system of ploughing used in Europe during the Middle Ages, typical of the open-field system. It is also known as rig (or rigg) and f ...

field pattern near the river have been detected from the air (1991).Discover Shropshire: Roden
/ref> Roden had a long history of producing tomatoes, and was once covered in greenhouses owned by the Farmcare subsidiary of the Co-operative Wholesale Society; the society had purchased land there in 1896 for its first farm.Redfern, P. ''The New History of the CWS'', Dent, 1938, p. 356 By the 1950s some 90% of the Society's site was devoted to growing tomatoes.''The Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture'', V. 64 (1957), 19 Most of the greenhouses have now been removed.

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Telford and Wrekin Hamlets in Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub

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