Tibberton and Cherrington is a

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

in the

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", ...

borough of

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. It consists of the villages of Tibberton and Cherrington. The population was 684 at the 2001 census.Tibberton and Cherrington CP
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Geography

The majority of the parish is made up of open agricultural land, with the areas in the south-west and south-east respectively known as the Cherrington and Tibberton Moors, being at the northern extremity of the area known as the

Weald Moors The Weald Moors are located in the ceremonial county of Shropshire north of Telford, stretching from north and west of the town of Newport towards Wellington, with the village of Kynnersley lying roughly at their centre. Etymology Although the W ...

. In the north the boundary is formed by the

River Meese The River Meese is a river, located in Shropshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Tern, itself a tributary of the River Severn. The river is only known as the Meese below Aqualate Mere, but its source lies considerably higher via the ...

, while part of the southern boundary runs along the

River Strine The River Strine is a tributary of the River Tern flowing through the Telford and Wrekin district of Shropshire in England. The river drains the Weald Moors a fenland area north of Telford, and also takes runoff from Newport and Lilleshall. Tr ...

. A small area of the parish near Cherrington Manor is a near-

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, being almost completely surrounded by the parish of

Waters Upton Waters Upton is a small village and civil parish in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the county of Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 951. It was recorded in the Domesday book as "Uptone", when it w ...

History

The civil parish was originally formed by a merger of Tibberton and Cherrington, two parishes of the pre-1974 Wellington Rural District. They had both originally been

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

s of the manor, and later parish, of

Edgmond Edgmond is a village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. The village population at the 2011 Census was 2,062. It lies north-west of the town of Newport. The village has two pubs (the Lion and t ...

. The rivalry between the outlying townships of this parish was expressed in a local rhyme, recorded by Shropshire folklorist

Charlotte Burne Charlotte Sophia Burne (Shropshire, 1850–1923) was an English author and editor, and the first woman to become president of the Folklore Society. Life Charlotte Sophia Burne was born on 2 May 1850 at Moreton, Staffordshire, Moreton vicarage in S ...

during the 19th century: :" Tibberton tawnies and Cherrington chats, : Edgement bulldogs and

Adeney Adeney is a hamlet in the English county of Shropshire, in the civil parish of Edgmond. Its name was formerly also spelt Adney, and derives from an Old English name meaning "Eadwynne's island".Raven, M. ''A Guide to Shropshire'', 2005, p.10 It ...

cats, :Edgement bulldogs made up in a pen, :Darna come out for Tibberton men"Jackson, G. F. (ed.) ''Shropshire folk-lore: a sheaf of gleanings'', Trubner, 1883, p.570 Various versions of the rhyme - the version above was from Tibberton - were often used to tease the residents of neighbouring villages, or when couples from outlying townships were married in the parish church. People from

told her that "chats" meant "gossips", and a Tibberton resident explained that the residents of their village were known for their unusually dark complexions, hence "tawnies" ("this is ''true'' as regards the only family I had any particular knowledge of", remarked Burne).

External links

Tibberton and Cherrington Parish Council website

References

Telford and Wrekin Civil parishes in Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub

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