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Ollerton, Shropshire
Ollerton is a small village, located in the parish of Stoke upon Tern in Shropshire, England. Ollerton is located in a rural area approximately midway between the towns of Telford and Market Drayton Market Drayton is a market town and civil parish on the banks of the River Tern in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders. It is located between the towns of Whitchurch, Shropshire, Wh ...; immediately to the west is the hamlet of Peplow, while Child's Ercall lies to the east. See also * Listed buildings in Stoke upon Tern External links * Villages in Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peplow
Peplow is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Hodnet, a larger village to the north. The hamlets of Bowling Green and Radmoor are both in the village's vicinity. It lies in a rural area on the A442 road, between Crudgington and Hodnet, with Ollerton immediately to the east. At the time of the Domesday survey, the manor of Peplow was held by Ranulph de Mortimer. The land later became part of the Hodnet estate, and was held by the Ludlow and Vernon families, until 1715 when it was sold to the Pigot family, who built Peplow Hall. The hamlet is best known for Peplow Hall, an 18th-century manor house, and Peplow Mill. The mill contains an early water turbine dating from 1820 and spans the River Tern. There is a cricket club called Hodnet and Peplow CC, and the club's badge is that of a gold lion (from the gates of Hodnet Hall), lying beneath a green beech tree (representing the beech trees lining the driveway of Peplow Hall). Its first eleven play i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoke Upon Tern
Stoke on Tern is a village located in Shropshire, England, on the River Tern. The civil parish is known as Stoke upon Tern. History Stoke on Turn was a substantial Domesday manor well-established by at least the later 1000s. Roger de Lacy is recorded as holding it, and the presence of priest here in the 11th century suggest a church was already present and this was a principle manor for the de Lacys (and their successors the de Say and Vernon families). There are records of a moat that is square, of significant scald, in the area of the church. This could be a lordly house of the 1200s/1300s. Church The Anglican Church of St Peter, Stoke on Tern, has a Sunday service every other week and a Wednesday prayer meeting four times a month. The church building (1874–1875) and some concurrent and earlier features to be found in and around it are Grade II listed. There is a war memorial listing the First World War victims of Stoke and Hodnet held in St Luke's Church, Hodnet. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shropshire
Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England, on the England–Wales border, border with Wales. It is bordered by Cheshire to the north-east, Staffordshire to the east, Worcestershire to the south-east, Herefordshire to the south, and the Welsh principal areas of Powys and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham to the west and north-west respectively. The largest settlement is Telford, while Shrewsbury is the county town. The county has an area of and a population of 498,073. Telford in the east and Shrewsbury in the centre are the largest towns. Shropshire is otherwise rural, and contains market towns such as Oswestry in the north-west, Market Drayton in the north-east, Bridgnorth in the south-east, and Ludlow in the south. For Local government i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wrekin (UK Parliament Constituency)
The Wrekin is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, British Parliament, located in the Counties of England, county of Shropshire in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It has existed continuously since its creation by the Representation of the People Act 1918, and is named after a prominent landmark hill in the area, The Wrekin. It has been represented by the Labour Party (UK), Labour and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative parties since the 1920s, a post held since 2005 by Conservative MP Mark Pritchard (politician), Mark Pritchard. Boundaries and boundary changes 1918–1950: The Borough of Wenlock, the Urban Districts of Dawley, Newport, Oakengates, and Wellington, and the Rural Districts of Newport, Shifnal, and Wellington. When originally constituted, the constituency, with a population of 71,352, was the largest division of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telford
Telford () is a town in the Telford and Wrekin borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Shropshire, England. The wider borough covers the town, its suburbs and surrounding towns and villages. The town is close to the county's eastern boundary, and near the River Severn. The notable hill near the town called The Wrekin is part of the Shropshire Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. To the south of the town is the Ironbridge Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Places around the Ironbridge Gorge area, which were developed into the town itself, are internationally recognised as being "The Birthplace of Industry" being to a large extent constructed during the Industrial Revolution on the Shropshire Coalfield. The town is the main administrative centre for Telford and Wrekin Council. The M54 motorway was completed in 1983, improving the town's road links with the West Midlands conurbation, Wolverhampton is south east and Birmingham is in the same direction. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Market Drayton
Market Drayton is a market town and civil parish on the banks of the River Tern in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders. It is located between the towns of Whitchurch, Shropshire, Whitchurch, Wem, Nantwich, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newport, Shropshire, Newport and the city of Stoke on Trent. The town is on the Shropshire Union Canal and bypassed by the A53 road. History Prehistory "The Devil's Ring and Finger" is a notable site from the town at Mucklestone. These are across the county boundary in neighbouring Staffordshire. There are also and several Neolithic standing stones. Medieval Drayton is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a Manorialism, manor in the Hundred (county division), hundred of Hodnet, Shropshire, Hodnet. It was held by William Pantulf, Lord of Wem, from Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury. Drayton is listed as having five households in 1086, putting it in the smallest 20% of settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child's Ercall
Child's Ercall ( ) is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is located in a rural area between the towns of Market Drayton and Newport: the civil parish had a total population of 599 at the 2001 census,Child's Ercall CP Office for National Statistics rising to 732 at the 2011 Census. The closest neighbouring village is , around 1 mile to the west. Etymology The second part of its name, recorded in the forms "Archelou" and "Erkalwe" in the 13th century, has been suggested as derived from a Celtic word, perhaps an old[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Buildings In Stoke Upon Tern
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