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7 unusual facts about Bridgnorth


Albrighton

Albrighton, Bridgnorth, a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, north-west of Wolverhampton

Bewdley railway station

Bewdley was disused for only four years before preservationists from the new SVR Company bought the land, track and buildings in 1974 enabling the SVR to extend from BridgnorthHampton Loade to Highley and eventually Bewdley that same year.

Bridgnorth Cliff Railway

The Bridgnorth Cliff Railway, also known as the Bridgnorth Funicular Railway or Castle Hill Railway, is a funicular railway in the town of Bridgnorth in the English county of Shropshire.

Henry Whitmore

Whitmore was the son of Thomas Whitmore of Apley Park near Bridgnorth and his wife Catherine Thomasson, daughter of Thomas Thomasson of York.

At the 1852 general election, Whitmore was elected MP for Bridgnorth in succession to his brother Thomas Charlton Whitmore.

Hobcart

A hobcart was a type of mobility device designed in the late 1960s by Dr. Steven Perry of Albrighton, Shropshire, UK.

Ropewalk Dingle

The Ropewalk Dingle Countryside Site is located by the river in the centre of Bridgnorth, in Shropshire.


Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth

The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth, is a Parish Church in the Church of England.

Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway

Three possible extensions were proposed from Ditton Priors: east to Bridgnorth; north east to Coalport; north to Presthope (near Much Wenlock).

Craig Parnham

He represented Great Britain in two Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004, and played club hockey for Stourport, Bridgnorth and Cannock.

Daniels Mill

Daniels Mill, Shropshire, a watermill near Bridgnorth in the English county of Shropshire

History of Christianity in Mizoram

In 1930s, additional finance came from Bruce Lorrain-Foxall’s family and a church in Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

Oldbury, Shropshire

Coffins were brought from Bridgnorth by mourners, as at one time they could be buried at St Nicholas's for free whereas there was a fee in Bridgnorth churchyards.

Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet

She was one of the Hampton Court Beauties and was the daughter of Sir Thomas Whitmore of Bridgnorth and his wife Hon.

Trevor Meredith

Meredith was born on 25 December 1936 in the village of Stottesdon, near Bridgnorth, Shropshire.


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