Pimhill is a geographically large

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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 ...

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, to the north of

Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...

. It is named after a hill, which rises to 163 m, sometimes spelt Pim Hill. In recent times the parish is more well known as "

Bomere Heath Bomere Heath ( , also ) is a village in Shropshire, England, which lies north of the county town of Shrewsbury and between Baschurch and Harlescott. It is situated between the A528 road and Berwick Road. The village has a primary school. ...

and District". As well as the large village of Bomere Heath, the small villages of Albrighton,

Fitz Fitz (pronounced "fits") was a patronymic indicator used in Anglo-Norman England to help distinguish individuals by identifying their immediate predecessors. Meaning "son of", it would precede the father's forename, or less commonly a title held ...

Leaton Leaton is a small village in Shropshire, England. It is situated on the B5067, Shrewsbury to Baschurch road, in the parish of Pimhill. The village has an impressive church, the Holy Trinity. This was built in 1859, with the tower added in 187 ...

, Merrington and

Preston Gubbals Preston Gubbalds is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Pimhill, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It lies on the A528 Shrewsbury- Ellesmere road. In 1931 the parish had a po ...

, as well as the hamlets of Crossgreen,

Dunnsheath Dunnsheath is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is sometimes spelt as "Dunn's Heath"."Shropshire Place Names", A Poulton-Smith, 2009, p 79 It is situated on the B5067, Shrewsbury to Baschurch road, in the parish of Pimhill. Just to the north ...

Forton Heath Forton Heath is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is located north of Montford Bridge, near to the small village of Fitz and near to the hamlets of Broomfields, Mytton and Grafton. It is in the parish of Pimhill. There is a large disused ...

, Grafton, Mytton,

Old Woods Old Woods is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, located to the north-west of Shrewsbury. It is alternatively known and spelt as Oldwood, Oldwoods and Old Wood. Situation It is situated on a lane between the small villages of Merrington (to the ...

and Walford Heath, lie in the parish. The 2001 census recorded 2008 people living in the parish, in 853 households, the population increasing to 2,118 at the 2011 Census. Near Pim Hill is Lea Hall, a notable

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brick house and

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. The

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(1403) was fought in the eastern part of the parish, near the present settlement of

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, though much of the battlefield now lies in the parish of Shrewsbury. The

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forms the parish boundary to the south, whilst the

River Perry The River Perry is a river in Shropshire, England. It rises near Oswestry and flows south to meet the River Severn above Shrewsbury. Along its length, its level drops by some 320 feet (95 m). The channel has been heavily engineered, both ...

flows through the south-western area of the parish. The parish has numerous

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s and

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s, making it quite a wooded area overall. On the hill itself is a stone carving of a naked woman which has been dubbed by some as the "Rock Lady". Its origin is as yet unknown. Its earliest sighting on record is 1993 but it is thought to date much further back this.

Local governance

The parish is sub-divided into 5 wards for the purpose of electing the parish council. The wards are: Albrighton (1 councillor), Bomere Heath (6 councillors), Fitz (2 councillors), Leaton (2 councillors) and Preston Gubbals (2 councillors). The parish council therefore consists of a total of 13 members. The elections to the parish council were held in 2017. Since 2009 the parish forms part of the

Shropshire Council Shropshire Council, known between 1980 and 2009 as Shropshire County Council and prior to 1980 as Salop County Council, is the Local government in England, local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire (district), Shropshire in t ...

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of "Tern".

References

Civil parishes in Shropshire Hills of Shropshire Shrewsbury and Atcham {{Shropshire-geo-stub

Local governance

See also

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