Stowe or Stow is a small village and
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 ...
in south
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...
,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
.
The parish has a border with
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
and the Welsh town of
Knighton is less than two miles to the southwest of the village; a very small part of the town (including
Knighton station) actually lies within Stowe parish and Shropshire. The population of the civil ward at the
2011 census was 140.
Also nearby is the Salopian village of
Bucknell and the Welsh hamlet of
Milebrook.
The
A488 and
A4113 roads pass nearby.
Parish meeting
Instead of a
parish council it has a
parish meeting
A parish meeting, in England, is a meeting to which all the electors in a civil parish are entitled to attend.
In some cases, where a parish or group of parishes has fewer than 200 electors, the parish meeting can take on the role of a parish cou ...
;
Shropshire Council
Map of Local Joint Committee 19 this is due to the very small population of the parish. The parish is represented by an elected chairman, these have been
:* Mrs Peggy Pickup 1981 - 1991
:* Mrs M L Blyghton 1991 - 1993
:* Bill Parker 1993 - 1994
:* Brenda Sadler 1994 - 2003
:* Liz Trow 2003 - 2007
:* Connor Birch 2007 - 2012
:* Roger Casstles 2012 - 2016
:* Colin Bentley 2016 -
See also
* Listed buildings in Stowe, Shropshire
References
External links
*
Civil parishes in Shropshire
Villages in Shropshire
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