Wem Rural is a large

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 ...

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 ...

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that encircles, but does not include, the market town of

Wem Wem may refer to: * HMS ''Wem'' (1919), a minesweeper of the Royal Navy during World War I *Weem, a village in Perthshire, Scotland * Wem, a small town in Shropshire, England *Wem (musician), hip hop musician WEM may stand for: * County Westmeath, ...

(a separate parish formally known as "Wem Urban"). It includes the villages of

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and Barkers Green (east of Wem), Coton, Edstaston,

Quina Brook Quina Brook is a hamlet in north Shropshire, near the border between England and Wales. Population details for the 2011 census are found under Wem Rural. Quina Brook was the final destination of an arm of the Ellesmere Canal. This arm was origi ...

and Pepperstreet (north of Wem), Horton, Newtown, Wolverley and Northwood (northwest of Wem) and Tilley (south of Wem).

Prees railway station Prees railway station serves the village of Prees in Shropshire, England, although the station is a mile to the west of the village and in the parish of Wem Rural. The station is from South Junction (approximately north of Shrewsbury) on the ...

is also in the parish. The population of the Civil Parish at the 2011 census was 1,659. The parish has three electoral

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- Edstaston ward to the north and north east of Wem, Newtown ward to the north and north west of

and the confusingly named Wem ward to the west, south and east of

. The parish was formed in 1900 from the outer part of the parish of Wem, the inner part of which became the parish of Wem Urban in the Wem urban district. Wem Rural was part of Wem Rural District until 1967, when the rural district was abolished and became part of

North Shropshire Rural District {{coord, 52.856, -2.723, display=title, region:GB_scale:50000 North Shropshire was a rural district in Shropshire, England from 1967 to 1974. It was formed in 1967 by a merger of most of the Ellesmere Rural District, Wem Rural District, along wi ...

.Wem Rural CP through time
/ref> From 1974 to 2009 it was part of

North Shropshire North Shropshire was a local government district in Shropshire, England from 1974 to 2009. The district council was based at Edinburgh House in Wem. Other settlements included the towns of Ellesmere, Market Drayton, Wem and Whitchurch, as w ...

district.

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External links

Wem Rural Parish CouncilWem Rural Community Plan
Civil parishes in Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub

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