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55 unusual facts about Shropshire


A4113 road

The A4113 road is a single-carriageway road that runs from Knighton in Powys to Bromfield in Shropshire, passing through north Herefordshire.

Abcott

It lies on the west side of the River Clun and its flood plain, just opposite from the village of Clungunford, which is the parish the hamlet is part of.

Anthony William Hall

Anthony William Hall (1898–1947) was a Shropshire man who claimed to be descended directly through the male line from Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn (from an illegitimate son, born before their marriage).

Aston on Clun

It lies near to the River Clun, with the brook from Hopesay flowing through the village itself, and is on the B4368 road between the towns of Clun and Craven Arms.

Battle of Heavenfield

Oswald was only to spend eight years upon the Northumbrian throne before he was defeated and killed by King Penda of Mercia at the Battle of Maserfield, in Shropshire.

Battle of Ludford Bridge

Richard retreated towards Ludlow, before making a stand at a fortified position near Ludford, Shropshire on 12 October.

Battle of Shrewsbury

At least part of the fighting is believed to have taken place at what is now Battlefield in Shropshire, England, some three miles north of the centre of Shrewsbury.

Broadcloth

The raw material for broadcloth from Worcester was wool from the Welsh border counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire, known as Lemster (i.e. Leominster) wool.

Brooke Forester

His first marriage was on 4 May 1734 to Elizabeth daughter and sole heiress of George Weld of Willey Park.

Cantlop Bridge

Cantlop Bridge is a single span cast-iron road bridge over Cound Brook in the parish of Berrington, Shropshire.

Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester

he assumed the additional surname of Weld by Royal licence in 1811, upon inheriting Willey Park from his cousin George Forester.

Charles Benjamin Tayler

From 1831 to 1836 he had the sole charge of the parish of Hodnet in Shropshire.

Charles Frederick Palmer

In 1919, the sitting Liberal MP for the Shropshire seat of The Wrekin, Sir Charles Henry died causing a by-election.

Charles Henry Totty

Charles Henry Totty (September 7, 1873, Shropshire, England - December 11, 1939, Orange, New Jersey) was a renowned horticulturist who was responsible for establishing the First International Flower Show in New York City.

Clee Hill Junction

Clee Hill Junction was a railway junction in Shropshire, England, where the goods only line from Titterstone Clee Hill joined the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, a LNWR/GWR joint line.

Clunton

The village centres on the B4368, though it branches southwards at Clunton Bridge (which crosses the River Clun).

Daniels Mill

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

E. M. Almedingen

Five years later she moved to Frogmore, a house near Upton Magna in Shropshire, where she remained until her death.

Eata of Hexham

The only church dedicated to him in England is St Eata's Church at Atcham in Shropshire, where he is depicted in one of the stained glass windows.

George Forester

He was the only son of Brooke Forester of Dothill in Wellington and Elizabeth daughter and heir of George Weld of Willey Park.

George Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester

He died at 3 Carlton Gardens, London, in February 1886, aged 78, and was buried at Willey parish church.

Grafton, Shropshire

The River Perry flows by to the north, and on the other side is the small village of Yeaton.

Henrietta Clive, Countess of Powis

Born in Oakley Park, at Bromfield, Shropshire, into a landed and titled family, she was the daughter of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, and Barbara, granddaughter of William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis.

History of Christianity in Mizoram

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

Hobcart

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

Hopton Heath railway station

The station is situated in a very rural area; the nearest sizeable settlement is Hopton Castle and further afield are the larger villages of Clungunford and Leintwardine (the latter in Herefordshire).

John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope

Elizabeth predeceased Sir John in death; she died on 24 November 1425 and was buried at Burford Church, Burford, Shropshire, England.

John Mainwaring

He was a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and became rector of the parish of Church Stretton, Shropshire, and, later professor of Divinity at Cambridge.

John Stokes Bagshaw

He was born in Chetwynd, Shropshire, the son of Edward (19 May 1776 – 4 February 1889) and Margaret Bagshaw.

John Weld-Forester, 2nd Baron Forester

Lord Forester died childless at Willey Hall in October 1874, aged 73, and was buried at Willey parish church.

Little Brampton

Little Brampton is situated on a notable crossroads in the Clun valley, where the B4385 (from Lydbury North) and B4368 (running between Clun and Craven Arms) roads meet, as well as the lane down to the village of Clunbury.

Llanymynech

The CR mainline from Whitchurch to Welshpool (Buttington Junction), via Ellesmere, Whittington, Oswestry and Llanymynech, closed on 18 January 1965 in favour of the more viable Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway route.

Neen Savage

The River Rea, which was historically known as the River Neen, flows past the hamlet and a notable ford exists.

Neen Sollars

The River Rea, which was historically known as the River Neen, flows by the village.

Neenton

The Rea Brook/River Rea, which was historically known as the River Neen, flows by the hamlet.

Newnham Bridge

The village derives part of its name from the bridge over the River Rea.

Pony Turf Club

In 1929, a dedicated racetrack was opened in Northolt, Middlesex and during the 1930s pony races are recorded as being held throughout the South West of England, as well as at Portsmouth Park (Paulsgrove), Worthing, Chelmsford, Southend, Sketty Park near Swansea and Lilleshall Hall, Shropshire.

Prees railway station

Prees railway station serves the village of Prees in Shropshire, England, although the actual village is a mile to the east of the station.

Roger Acherley

He was the son and heir of John Acherley of Stanwardine, or Stottesden, Shropshire, where he was the representative of a long-established family.

Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet

On 27 May 1711, he married Mary Prynce, daughter of Francis Prynce in Tibberton, Shropshire.

Sir William Forester

William Forester succeeded to Dothill Park in about 1675 under the will of his helf-brother Richard Steventon (died 1659) and this became the main family seat at least until his grandson obtained Willey Park by marrying the heiress of George Weld.

Spywatch

In the modern day, adult Norman Starkey goes to the Shropshire village where he was evacuated during the Second World War.

St Mary Magdalene's Church, Battlefield

St Mary Magdalene's Church, Battlefield, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Battlefield, Shropshire, England.

St Modwen's, Burton upon Trent

Designed in a Classical style by the brothers Richard and William Smith of Tettenhall, it is similar to the church at Whitchurch (Salop.) built by William to the designs of John Barker.

Stella Benson

Benson was born to Ralph Beaumont Benson (1862-1911), a member of the landed gentry, and Caroline Essex Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumley) at Lutwyche Hall in Shropshire in 1892.

The Old Curiosity Shop

Nell, having fallen in with a number of characters, some villainous and some kind, succeeds in leading her grandfather to safety in a far-off village (identified by Dickens as Tong, Shropshire), but this comes at a considerable cost to Nell's health.

The village where they finally find peace and rest and where Nell dies is Tong, Shropshire.

Thomas Farnolls Pritchard

Pritchard's monuments can be found in churches across Shropshire, including St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury and churches at Acton Round, Ludford and Barrow.

Tilstock Airfield

Tilstock Airfield is an airfield located in Shropshire, England

Treffgarne Bridge Quarry

The sedimentary rocks have yielded a variety of fossils that indicate that the rocks were formed around 490 million years ago and therefore provide a means of correlation with other key sites such as those in North Wales and Shropshire.

W. Adams

W Adams was the first manager of Shrewsbury Town F.C. He managed the club for seven years, between 1 May 1905 and 31 May 1912, during which period the club moved from Copthorne barracks ground to the Gay Meadow site.

Watt steam engine

In 1775, Watt designed two large engines: one for the Bloomfield Colliery at Tipton, completed in March 1776, and one for John Wilkinson's ironworks at Willey, Shropshire, which was at work the following month.

Woofferton transmitting station

The Woofferton transmitting station is the last remaining UK shortwave broadcasting site, located at Woofferton, south of Ludlow, Shropshire, England.

Yeaton

The River Perry flows by to the south, and on the other side is the hamlet of Grafton.

Yorton railway station

Yorton railway station serves the villages of Yorton and Clive in Shropshire, England.


A490 road

From here it heads north, crossing over the border into Shropshire, and passes through Chirbury.

Albrighton

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

Andrew Newport

He has been speculatively identified with the Andrew Newport who nominally wrote Memoirs of a Cavalier, (published 1720), a supposedly factual but possibly fictional account of experiences in the Thirty Years' War and Royalist campaigns in England by a Shropshire-born soldier.

Barmouth

Barmouth is (geographically) one of the closest seaside resorts to the English West Midlands and a large proportion of its tourist visitors, as well as its permanent residents, are from Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Dudley and other parts of the Black Country, and Telford, Shropshire.

BBC Midlands

BBC West Midlands, the BBC English Region covering the West Midlands metropolitan county, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and parts of Northern Gloucestershire

Bicton, Devon

The younger daughter Margaret Denys (d.1649) married Sir Arthur Mainwaring of Ightfield, Shropshire, carver to Prince Henry, eldest son of King James I.

Chapel Lawn

Chapel Lawn is a small village in southwest Shropshire, England, located within the Redlake Valley, some three miles south of the small, historic town of Clun.

Clem Wilson

From 1910 to 1912 he was, for his first time, Vicar of Calverhall, Shropshire, then from 1912 to 1921 Rector of Eccleston, Cheshire where he was also estate chaplain and librarian to the Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall, and from 1921 to 1925 Vicar of Sand Hutton, North Yorkshire.

Cold Hatton

Cold Hatton is a small village in Shropshire, located around 6 miles south of Hodnet near the confluence of the River Tern and River Meese.

Ellesmere Castle

It alternated between the English and Welsh crowns until the 1240s when it passed to the le Strange family whose origins were in Knockin, Shropshire.

Ernie Clements

Born in Hadley, Telford, Shropshire, Clements was one of the leaders in the introduction of massed start road races to Britain, initially as a rider and later as a sponsor.

Gary Watson

Gary Watson (13 June 1930 in Shropshire, England) is a retired British television actor who started out as a stage actor most notably acting in Friedrich Hebbel's 1962 play Judith at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, England with Sean Connery.

Gustavus Hamilton

Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne (1931–1995), Irish peer and Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire

Henry baronets

The Henry Baronetcy, of Parkwood in the County of Berkshire, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 February 1911 for Charles Henry, Liberal Member of Parliament for Wellington and The Wrekin.

Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott

He succeeded to the title Baron Folliott and to extensive Irish estates on the death in 1697 of his father Thomas Folliott of Ferney Hall, Onibury, Ludlow, Shropshire and Wardtown Castle, Ballymacaward, Co Donegal.

Holcombe Burnell

Margaret Denys (d. 1649), married in 1623 Sir Arthur Mainwaring of Ightfield, Shropshire, carver to Prince Henry, eldest son of King James I.

Jacob Rees-Mogg

In his long speech on the Sustainable Livestock Bill, he recited poetry; spoke of the superior quality of Somerset eggs, and mentioned the fictional pig, the Empress of Blandings, who won silver at the Shropshire Show three years in a row, before moving on to talk about the sewerage system and the Battle of Agincourt.

John Astley

Sir John Astley, 2nd Baronet, of Pateshull (1687–1772), Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury 1727–1734 and Shropshire 1734–1772

John Charleton, 1st Baron Cherleton

John Charleton split his last years between his properties at Apley Castle in Shropshire, Charlton Hall in Shrewsbury (the site now occupied by the theatre) and Powis Castle in Mid-Wales.

Knighton railway station

Knighton railway station serves the market town of Knighton in Powys, Wales, although the station itself is located in Shropshire, England (the boundary is immediately adjacent to the south side of the station).

Llywelyn ap Dafydd

A force of cavalry and infantry were deployed to escort Llywelyn and Owain out of Gwynedd via Acton Burnell in Shropshire to Bristol before the end of July 1283.

Marsh Farm Junction

Marsh Farm Junction was a railway junction in Shropshire where the GWR's line from Buildwas via Much Wenlock joined the LNWR/GWR joint line between Shrewsbury and Hereford.

My Favourite Time of Year

Blists Hill Victorian Town at Ironbridge Museum's in Shropshire was chosen as the location due to its authentic recreation of a Victorian street which would become Florin Street in the video.

Rebellion of 1088

They were spread far and wide geographically from Kent, controlled by Bishop Odo, to Northumberland, controlled by Robert de Mowbray, to Gloucestershire and Somerset under Geoffrey de Montbray (Bishop of Coutances), to Norfolk with Roger Bigod, Roger of Montgomery at Shrewsbury in Shropshire, and a vast swathe of territory in the south-west, centre and south of England under Count Robert.

Reuben Jones

Reuben (Ben) Jones (born 19 October 1932 in Newport, Shropshire, England; died 3 January 1990 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire) was an Olympic equestrian rider who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Richard Newport

Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford (1644–1723), English peer and MP for Shropshire 1670–1685 and 1689–1698

Sir Anthony Nutting, 3rd Baronet

In his later years, still a political outcast, he divided his time between writing biographies and histories in London, fox hunting in Shropshire, and farming at Achentoul in Scotland.

Sir George Honyman, 4th Baronet

His father, Sir Ord Honyman, 3rd Baronet, born 25 March 1794, became lieutenant-colonel commanding the Grenadier Guards 27 December 1850, and died at Nice 27 January 1863, having married, 7 April 1818, Elizabeth Essex, youngest daughter of George Bowen of Coton Hall, Shropshire, an Admiral of the Red.

Sir Thomas Harries, 1st Baronet

He was the eldest of four sons of John Harries, of Cruckton in Shropshire.

Ternhill

Ternhill is a village in Shropshire, England, notable for its Royal Air Force training airfield ("Clive Barracks"/RAF Ternhill) which was the site of a bombing by the Provisional IRA on 20 February 1989 in which one person was injured.

Thomas Charles

This was enough to make him unpopular with many of the Welsh clergy, and being denied the privilege of preaching for nothing at two churches, he helped his old Oxford friend John Mayor, now vicar of Shawbury, Shropshire, from October until 11 January 1784.

Timothy Turner

His initial practice was centered around Ludlow, the legal center of Wales and the Marches, but he was of little note officially until 1626, when he became a justice of the peace for Shropshire, through the influence either of Sir Thomas Coventry, or Ellesmere's son and heir the Earl of Bridgewater.

Universities Superannuation Scheme

The scheme formerly owned Telford Shopping Centre in Telford, Shropshire, prior to its sale to Hark Group and Apollo Real Estate.

Walter Flight

The later papers were chiefly upon meteorites, dealing in detail with the recorded circumstances of their fall, and with their mineralogical and chemical constituents; several, written in conjunction with Professor Story-Maskelyne, give accounts, published in the 'Philosophical Transactions,' of the meteorites which fell at Rowton in Shropshire, at Middlesbrough, England, and at Cranbourne, Australia.

Weston-under-Redcastle

Weston-under-Redcastle was pronounced as Westune in the 1086 Doomsday Book, it was included in the Hundred of Hodnet within the county of Shropshire.

Wigstan

The site of Wigstan's martyrdom has been variously claimed to be Wistanstow (Shropshire), Wistow (Leics) or Wistow (Cambs).

William Penny Brookes

In response, King George I of Greece sent a silver cup which was presented at the Shropshire Olympian Games held that year in Shrewsbury.