Towns & cities · West Midlands
Cheswardine
Cheswardine — village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Cheswardine is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 991 people. Address: TF9. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 52.8667°, -2.4167°.
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Cheswardine ( CHEZ-war-dyne) is a rural village and civil parish in north east Shropshire, England. The village lies close to the border with Staffordshire and is about 8 miles north of Newport and 5 miles south east of Market Drayton. At the 2001 census, the parish (which also includes the villages of Chipnall and Soudley as well as several small hamlets such as Goldstone and Ellerton), had a population of 991 people, increasing to 1,076 at the 2011 Census.
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Background
History
The name Cheswardine, recorded in 1086 as Ciseworde, in 1189 as Chesewordin and about 1650 as Cheswardyne, is probably derived from the Old English for "cheese-producing settlement". Cheswardine was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, when the manor was held by Robert of Stafford, but is probably a much older settlement, with the church likely being built on an ancient fortified site. Land 130 m north of the church was granted to Hamon le Strange in 1155 and a manor house surrounded by a moat built soon after. The manor was rebuilt as a small castle between 1250 and 1350. Ownership passed to the Earl of Arundel and Surrey in 1376. The moat, earthworks and some buried ruins remain, and…
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- Coordinates
- 52.8667, -2.4167
- District
- Shropshire
- Parish
- Cheswardine
- Postcode
- TF9
- Parliamentary constituency
- The Wrekin
- Population
- 991
Sources
- wikidata: Q1865401 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Cheswardine (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Cheswardine High Street - geograph.org.uk - 1925725.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cheswardine?
- Cheswardine is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode TF9), in the parish of Cheswardine.
- Is Cheswardine free to visit?
- Yes, Cheswardine is free to enter.
- How do I get to Cheswardine?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TF9. It sits within the The Wrekin parliamentary constituency.