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Edgebold
Edgebold is a dispersed hamlet on the western edge of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. It is on the A488 Shrewsbury to Bishop's Castle road. History It was described in 1897 as consisting chiefly of two farmhouses: Upper Edgebold and Lower Edgebold. Upper Edgebold is a grade II listed building, probably early seventeenth century with later additions, and moated to the north and west. Edgebold appears in the Domesday Book as Edbaldinesham. This suggests the name of the original Saxon settler could have been 'Edbalding'; with 'ing' being a Saxon termina of descent, he may have been the son of an Edbald or Ethelbald. ''Thieves' Lane'', an ancient lane labelled on OS maps as a Roman road, ran through this area. Sections remain as footpaths, farm tracks and hedge-lines between Mousecroft Lane on the outskirts of Shrewsbury, through Edgebold and out to where it joins the modern day B4386 Shrewsbury to Montgomery road at Cruckton. There was formerly a brick works at Edgebold, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanwood Road Railway Station
Hanwood Road railway station was a station in Edgebold, Shropshire, England. The station opened as Edgebold railway station, first opened in 1866 and closed for last time in 1933. Edgebold station stood on what became the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway. The station was located on the south side of the bridge by which the line crossed the main road, between Lower Edgebold and Hanwood Bank. The same station was initially open under the name ''Hanwood Road'', during the line's first incarnation as the Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway The Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway, (known informally as the 'Potts'), was a railway built between Shrewsbury, England, and quarry locations at Nantmawr and Criggion in Wales. It was initially opened in 1866; despite the extensive .... On the site of that station, in 1938, was built a plant that prepared and bottled milk for delivery until it closed in 1990. References Further reading * Disused rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobold
Nobold is a hamlet on the south-western edge of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. It is located on the Shrewsbury to Longden road. Nobold boasts Shropshire's oldest natural water well. Nearby are Meole Brace and Hook-a-Gate villages. See also * Edgebold References External links Hamlets in Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanwood
Hanwood is a large village in Shropshire, England. It is located SW of Shrewsbury town centre, on the A488 road. The A5 road (Great Britain), A5 is only a mile away. The Cambrian Line runs through the village but there is no longer a Hanwood railway station, railway station here. It was closed in 1964, as a result of the Beeching Axe. The nearest working passenger station is at Shrewsbury railway station, Shrewsbury. The Rea Brook flows through the village and the village is laid along the floor of a small valley. The village forms the main of the civil parishes in England, civil parish of Great Hanwood. Etymology It is thought Hanwood derives its name from the Teutonic word "Han" or "Hane", meaning "cock", denoting a large number of woodcock living in what were then extensive woods of the vicinity. In the Domesday Book of 1086, it is named "Hanewde". Village facilities Hanwood has a small combined post office and shop, a garage (but no longer a petrol station), a public h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A5 Road (Great Britain)
The A5, the London-Holyhead trunk road, is a major road in England and Wales. It runs for about from London to the Irish Sea at the ferry port of Holyhead. In many parts the route follows that of the Roman Iter II route which later took the Anglo-Saxon name Watling Street. History Roman road The section of the A5 between London and Shrewsbury is roughly contiguous with one of the principal Roman roads in Britain: that between ''Londinium'' (modern-day London) and ''Deva'' (modern-day Chester), which diverges from the present-day A5 corridor at Wroxeter ('' Viroconium Cornoviorum'') near Shrewsbury. Telford's Holyhead Road The Act of Union 1800, which unified Great Britain and Ireland, gave rise to a need to improve communication links between London and Dublin. A parliamentary committee led to an act of Parliament, the ( 55 Geo. 3. c. 152) that authorised the purchase of existing turnpike road interests and, where necessary, the construction of new road, to com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shropshire And Montgomeryshire Railway
The Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Light Railway was a railway running from Shrewsbury, England to Llanymynech, Wales, with a branch to Criggion. It was promoted by H. F. Stephens, Holman Fred Stephens, better known as Colonel Stephens, proprietor of several ultra-low budget light railways. It adopted the track network of the defunct Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway that had closed in 1880; the S&MLR opened in 1911. Running through sparsely inhabited terrain, it struggled to achieve financial stability, and following a serious deterioration of maintenance conditions, it closed to passengers in 1933, continuing with a basic goods and mineral service. During World War II, the line was taken over by the War Department (UK), War Department in 1941, and extensively reconstructed to serve Nesscliffe#CAD Nesscliffe, Central Ammunition Depot Nesscliffe. It was finally closed in 1960. First railway Richard Samuel France was the proprietor of important limestone quarries at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruckton
Cruckton is a small village in Shropshire, England (). Cruckton is situated approximately five miles from Shrewsbury town centre, off the B4386 road to Montgomery, Powys. The postcode begins SY5. It is within the civil parish of Pontesbury and the Shrewsbury and Atcham (UK Parliament constituency), Shrewsbury and Atcham parliamentary constituency. Village In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's ''The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' described Cruckton like this: "CRUCKTON, a chapelry, with a village, in Pontesbury parish, Salop; 3 miles WSW of Shrewsbury town and r[ailway]. station. Post town, Shrewsbury. Real property,[value] £4,981. Pop[ulation]., 155. The property is divided among a few. Cruckton Hall is the seat of the Harrieses. The living is a p[erpetual]. curacy, annexed to the second Pontesbury rectory, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is good." The village has a crescent of council house, council-built houses, called Church Close (originally Rural Cottages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potteries, Shrewsbury And North Wales Railway
The Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway, (known informally as the 'Potts'), was a railway built between Shrewsbury, England, and quarry locations at Nantmawr and Criggion in Wales. It was initially opened in 1866; despite the extensive title it never reached further than those extremities. It had cost about £1.5 million to construct, but its financial performance was extremely poor, and economies resulted in near-suspension of maintenance, leading to dangerous conditions. The line rapidly became very run down as a result of low revenues and poor maintenance, and was closed at the instigation of the Board of Trade for safety reasons in June 1880. It lay derelict for 30 years but was revived when the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway re-opened it as a light railway in 1911. Background By the early 1860s Shrewsbury had become an important railway centre, dominated together by the Great Western Railway and the London and North Western Railway, and the main station was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brickworks
A brickworks, also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock (the most common material from which bricks are made), often with a clay pit, quarry for clay on site. In earlier times bricks were made at brickfields, which would be returned to agricultural use after the clay layer was exhausted. Equipment Most brickworks have some or all of the following: *A kiln, for firing, or 'burning' the bricks. *Drying Yard (land), yard or shed, for drying bricks before firing. *A building or buildings for manufacturing the bricks. *A quarry for clay. *A pugmill or clay preparation plant (see below). Brick making Bricks were originally made by hand, and that practice continues in developing countries and with a few specialty suppliers. Large industrial brickworks supply clay from a quarry, moving it by conveyor belt or truck/lorry to the main factory, although it may be stockpiled outside b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A488 Road
List of A roads in zone 4 in Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European ... starting north of the A4 and south/west of the A5 (roads beginning with 4). __TOC__ Single- and double-digit roads Triple-digit roads Only roads that have individual articles have been linked in the "Road" column below. Four-digit roads (40xx) Four-digit roads (41xx) Four-digit roads (42xx and higher) References {{UK road lists 4 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Hanwood
Great Hanwood is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. The population in 2001 was 1,023 and there were 457 households, rising to 1,090 at the 2011 Census in 494 households. Its main settlement is the village of Hanwood Hanwood is a large village in Shropshire, England. It is located SW of Shrewsbury town centre, on the A488 road. The A5 road (Great Britain), A5 is only a mile away. The Cambrian Line runs through the village but there is no longer a Hanwood .... Hanwood Bank is a smaller settlement adjoining Hanwood, further north-east on the A488 towards Shrewsbury. See also * Listed buildings in Great Hanwood References Civil parishes in Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Road
Roman roads ( ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. They provided efficient means for the overland movement of armies, officials, civilians, inland carriage of official communications, and trade goods. Roman roads were of several kinds, ranging from small local roads to broad, long-distance highways built to connect cities, major towns and military bases. These major roads were often stone-paved and metaled, cambered for drainage, and were flanked by footpaths, bridleways and drainage ditches. They were laid along accurately surveyed courses, and some were cut through hills or conducted over rivers and ravines on bridgework. Sections could be supported over marshy ground on rafted or piled foundations.Corbishley, Mike: "The Roman World", page 50. Warwick Press, 1986. At the peak of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
