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Pontesford
Pontesford is a small village in Shropshire, England. It is located on the A488 road, A488 outside the large village of Pontesbury, southwest of Shrewsbury. The population as taken at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census can be found under Pontesbury. It approximates to the northern extremity of the Pontesford-Linley geological fault, which trends approximately 11 miles to Linley, More, Linley near Bishops Castle. On 2 April 1990, the Pontesford-Linley, More, Linley Geologic fault, Fault - registered an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter magnitude scale, Richter scale, known as the 1990 Bishop's Castle earthquake, Bishop's Castle earthquake. Coal was mined there in the 19th century. Pontesford Hill To its south is Pontesford Hill, which adjoins the foot of Earls Hill, the latter property of the Shropshire Wildlife Trust. Pontesford Hill was property of the Forestry Commission until it was sold to a private owner, Simon Hutchen, in 2010. Hutchen challenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Buildings In Pontesbury
Pontesbury is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 93 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, five are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish is to the southwest of Shrewsbury. It contains a number of villages and smaller settlements, including Pontesbury, Pontesford, Plealey, Asterley, Cruckton, Cruckmeole, Arscott, Malehurst, and Habberley, Shropshire, Habberley, and is otherwise rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages, farm houses and farm buildings, a high proportion of which are timber framed, or have timber framed cores, and the earliest of these have cruck construction. The other listed buildings include two small English country house, country houses, churches and chapels, items in the churchyards, and public houses. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
