Halford is a hamlet and former

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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, now in the parish of

Craven Arms Craven Arms is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sited on the A49 road and the Welsh Marches Line, Welsh Marches railway line, which link it north and south to the larger towns of Shrewsbur ...

, in the

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 M ...

district, in south

, England. It lies just east of the market town of Craven Arms, on the other side of the

River Onny The River Onny is a river in Shropshire, England. It is a major tributary of the River Teme. Etymology The river's name derives from Welsh and means the river on which ash trees (Welsh: ''onnau'') grew. Course The river has its sources in th ...

. In 1961 the parish had a population of 167. The grade II listed church of St Thomas at Halford is the

Anglican parish church A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ...

of Craven Arms.

History

Until the 19th century, Halford was a

detached part An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an independent territory or part of a larger one. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is s ...

of the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

of Bromfield. The detached part ran up Long Lane, on the other side of the River Onny. Being part of Bromfield brought it into the

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101. In mathematics 100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...

Culvestan Culvestan was a hundred (county division), hundred of Shropshire, England. Formed during Anglo-Saxon England, it encompassed Manorialism, manors in central southern Shropshire, and was amalgamated during the reign of Henry I of England, Henry I ( ...

and from c. 1100 that of

Munslow Munslow is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is situated on the B4368, northeast of the town of Craven Arms, in the River Corve, Corvedale, at around above sea level. The village formed part of and gave its name to t ...

(Lower Division).

Bromfield Priory Bromfield Priory was a priory in Shropshire, England, located at Bromfield near Ludlow. It was a college of secular canons, founded before 1061. The Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manusc ...

held land at Halford, explaining the connection. Halford was formerly a

chapelry A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century. Status A chapelry had a similar status to a Township (England), township, but was so named as it had a chapel of ease ...

in Bromfield parish, from 1866 Halford was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished to form Craven Arms, parts also went to

Sibdon Carwood Sibdon Carwood is a hamlet and Civil parishes in England, parish in Shropshire, England. To the east is the town of Craven Arms. Etymology and history The place is occasionally written simply with the first part of the name, which has been spe ...

and

Wistanstow Wistanstow is a village and Civil parishes in England, parish in Shropshire, England. Wistanstow is located about south of Church Stretton and north of Ludlow. It is about north of Craven Arms. It is just off the main Shrewsbury-Hereford roa ...

. Halford and Stokesay continued as parish wards, however a review of the governance of Craven Arms in 2012 concluded that these two wards would be abolished from May 2013.Shropshire Council
Governance Review - Craven Arms

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{{Commons category-inline, Halford, Shropshire Hamlets in Shropshire Former civil parishes in Shropshire Craven Arms

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