The River Corve is a minor river in

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, England. It is a tributary of the

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which it joins in the town of

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, and which joins the

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near

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. The valley it flows through is known as the Corvedale (or Corve Dale), a term used as a general name for the area, and a name used for example by the primary school in

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. It is sometimes (archaically) spelled "Corf", which is its pronunciation.

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It flows near

Corfton Corfton is a small village in Shropshire, England, located east of Craven Arms and north of Ludlow, the two nearest towns. There is a pub, with its own small brewery (the Corvedale Brewery), called ''The Sun Inn''. It is named after the near ...

(which it gives its name to), then by Culmington, then through

Stanton Lacy Stanton Lacy is a small village and geographically large civil parish located in south Shropshire, England, north of Ludlow. The River Corve flows through the parish, on its way south towards the River Teme, and passes immediately to the west o ...

and then through the northwest outskirts of Ludlow before joining the Teme in an area of meadows just outside the town. It also gave its name to Corfham Castle, near Peaton. Corfham was the ''caput'' (the centre of medieval administration) for two Saxon hundreds that encompassed the Corve Dale —

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and

Culvestan Culvestan was a hundred of Shropshire, England. Formed during Anglo-Saxon England, it encompassed manors in central southern Shropshire, and was amalgamated during the reign of Henry I (1100 to 1135) with the neighbouring hundred of Patton to for ...

. They were merged into a single hundred ( Munslow) in the reign of

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, however Culvestan continued to be a name used to describe the lower Corve valley for at least a century afterwards.

Pollution and floods

In 2006 as a result of pollution by slurry from a livestock farm in Brockton near Stanton Long, fish were found dead in the river. During heavy flooding in 2007 when the river rose in three hours, a house collapsed into the river and the Burway Bridge collapsed severing the connection of the B4361 Coronation Avenue, a major access route, with the town centre of

. A new, modern bridge designed by the Shrewsbury office of the consultants Mouchel on behalf of

Shropshire County Council Shropshire County Council was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire in England. History The Council came into its powers under the Local Government Act 1888 on 1 April 1889 and was known as Salop County Council from for ...

, and built by McPhillips (Wellington) Ltd, was completed in 2008. A temporary

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had been erected to reduce disruption in traffic flow during the construction.

Electoral wards

'Corvedale' is an

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for electing one member to

Shropshire Council Shropshire Council is the local authority of Shropshire, in England, comprising the ceremonial county of Shropshire except Telford and Wrekin. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combi ...

. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 3,783. It covers a large rural area, consisting of 13 civil parishes, and encompassing more than that of the familiar Corvedale area. 'Corve' is a parish ward for electing two members to Ludlow Town Council, covering the northwest part of the town.

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Pollution and floods

Electoral wards

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