Shawbury is a village and
civil parish in the
English county of
Shropshire. The village is northeast of the town of
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
, northwest of
Telford and northwest of
London.
The village straddles the
A53 between Shrewsbury and
Market Drayton
Market Drayton is a market town and electoral ward in the north of Shropshire, England, close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders. It is on the River Tern, and was formerly known as "Drayton in Hales" (c. 1868) and earlier simply as "Dray ...
. The nearest railway station is at
Yorton
Yorton is a small village in Shropshire, England, north of the county town of Shrewsbury and south of the town of Wem.
Governance
Yorton is represented in the unitary Shropshire Council and the North Shropshire constituency of the Parliam ...
on the
Welsh Marches Line for Shrewsbury/
Crewe
Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. The Crewe built-up area had a total population of 75,556 in 2011, which also covers parts of the adjacent civil parishes of Willaston ...
. The 2011 census recorded a population of 2,872 for the entire civil parish of Shawbury.
History
Shawbury has an entry in the
Domesday Book of 1085. In the great book Shawbury is recorded by the name ''Sawesberie''. The main landholders was Gerard from
Earl Roger of Shrewsbury. The survey also mentions that there is a church and a mill.
Geography
The
River Roden flows through the village. The village of
Moreton Corbet, with its
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
, is just to the north.
The main weather station for
Shropshire is located in the village, at the RAF base. On 13 December 1981 a temperature of -25.2 °C was recorded, one of the coldest on record for England.
Governance
An Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward covers much of the surrounding area with a total ward population as taken at the 2011 Census of 4,666.
Landmarks
There has been a church on this site since at least the 12th century, although the present church is not from that date.
Many air force personnel from RAF Shawbury, an air station founded in 1917, are buried in the churchyard, which contains 32 Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Commonwealth War Graves, 3 from World War I and 29 from World War II, besides 7 Polish Air Force personnel from the latter war.
CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown of figures obtained from count of casualty list accompanying.
The village is home to RAF Shawbury, a helicopter airfield for the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom and home of the tri-services Defence Helicopter Flying School.
Notable people
* Thomas Charles (1755-1814), later Calvinistic Methodism, Calvinistic Methodist minister and founder of the British and Foreign Bible Society, worked in Shawbury in 1783-84 as assistant to then rector, friend John Mayor
* William Hazledine (born Shawbury 1763–1840) an English ironmaster, he was a pioneer in casting structural ironwork, most notably for canal aqueducts and early suspension bridges
* Lieutenant-General Richard Butler (British Army officer), Sir Richard Butler (1870-1935 in Shawbury) a British Army general during WW1, lived in retirement at Roden Lodge where he died.
[ Both the ''Dictionary of National Biography'' and ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' are erroneous in stating he died in Shrewsbury.]
Bus service
Shawbury is served by the 64 route, operated by Arriva Midlands, Arriva Midlands North, which runs between
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
and
Market Drayton
Market Drayton is a market town and electoral ward in the north of Shropshire, England, close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders. It is on the River Tern, and was formerly known as "Drayton in Hales" (c. 1868) and earlier simply as "Dray ...
.
Sport
Shawbury's football club is Shawbury United F.C.
See also
* Listed buildings in Shawbury
Notes
References
External links
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