Edgmond

Coordinates: 52°46′19″N 2°24′40″W / 52.772°N 2.411°W / 52.772; -2.411
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Edgmond
Edgmond from helicopter. The Wrekin on the horizon
Edgmond is located in Shropshire
Edgmond
Edgmond
Location within Shropshire
Population2,062 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ722194
Civil parish
  • Edgmond
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWPORT
Postcode districtTF10
Dialling code01952
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
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England
Shropshire
52°46′19″N 2°24′40″W / 52.772°N 2.411°W / 52.772; -2.411

Edgmond is a village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. The village population at the 2011 Census was 2,062.[1] It lies 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) north-west of the town of Newport.

The village has two pubs (the Lion and the Lamb), a Methodist chapel and hall (neither of which are in use), a village hall, and a village shop with a co-located post office.

There is a

biking including an area called the Rock Hole, an old sandstone quarry from which the rock used to build the local church was taken [citation needed
].

Also popular is the canal walk, which leads down to the local town of Newport along the old canals. The canals are now often used for fishing competitions. There has been much speculation about the possibility of reopening the old

Shrewsbury and Newport Canal route.[2]

There is a

Archdeaconry of Salop and Diocese of Lichfield
.

The parish war memorial, on a roadside, erected to commemorate war dead of World War I, consists of a sandstone pillar surmounted by a crucifix with figures of a soldier and a nurse looking up at the figure of Christ.[3]

Education

The village has a Church of England primary school, called St.Peter's.

English lowest temperature weather record was broken (and is kept to this day): −26.1 °C (−15.0 °F).[4]

Notable people

Previous Rectors of Edgmond include:

  • Thomas Gilbert was Puritan Rector of Edgmond 1648 to 1662 when he was ejected. During that period he was nicknamed 'the bishop of Shropshire'.[5]
  • Thomas Bucknall Lloyd (also concurrently Archdeacon of Salop) from 1888 to 1896, dying there,[6]
  • Sir Lovelace Stamer (also concurrently Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury), from 1896 to 1905, during which period he built new schools for local children, organised a working men's club and reading rooms, and paid for a piped water supply for the village.[7]

Folklorist

Charlotte Burne (1850-1923) lived in childhood at Edgmond.[8]

Customs

The church holds an annual Church Clipping service, which claims to be the longest uninterrupted clipping service in the country.[9]

Edgmond was once associated with the practice of

folk song "The Edgmond Man's Souling Song" was released by folk musicians John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris
on their 1976 album Among The Many Attractions at the Show will be a Really High Class Band.

Etymology

The name Edgmond comes from the

Anglo-Saxon for edge of marsh; the hamlet of Edgmond Marsh lies north of the village at 52°46′55″N 02°25′05″W / 52.78194°N 2.41806°W / 52.78194; -2.41806 (Edgmond Marsh)
.

Transport

Bus

Services operating in the Edgmond area, as of 2023:

Number Route Operator Days of operation
103 Newport - Tibberton - Wellington Telford and Wrekin Council Monday - Friday (excluding public holidays)
519 Newport - Shrewsbury Arriva Midlands Monday - Friday (school terms only)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  2. ^ "BBC - Shropshire - Features - Shrewsbury & Newport Canal". www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ISBN 978-1-909644-11-3
    .
  4. OCLC 921875505
    .
  5. ^ Gordon, Alexander (1890). "Gilbert, Thomas (1613–1694), ejected minister". Dictionary of National Biography Vol. XXI. Smith, Elder & Co. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Death of Archdeacon Lloyd". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 28 February 1896. p. 6.
  7. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Stamer, Lovelace Tomlinson" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 381.
  8. ISBN 0-903802-37-6
    .
  9. ^ "Church Clipping". Retrieved 25 May 2023.

External links

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