Shebdon is a

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in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is part of the

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High Offley High Offley is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. It lies 3 miles southwest of the small town of Eccleshall and about 1 mile west of the village of Woodseaves, both on the A519. Woodseaves is the largest settlement in th ...

, a small village approximately 1.5 miles to the ENE. To the northwest is the hamlet of Knighton, to the north the small village of

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and to the south the hamlet of

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. The

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passes through the hamlet, which gives its name to a number of features on this section of the canal, from west to east: the Shebdon aqueduct (between Knighton and Shebdon), the Wharf Inn (Shebdon)

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, the Shebdon embankment (through Shebdon), Shebdon bridge (number 44) and the lengthy Shebdon wharf.CanalPlanAC
Shebdon The

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situated by the canal near the aqueduct called the ''Wharf Inn'' closed in 2013.

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