Adeney is a hamlet in the
English
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county of
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
, in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...
of
Edgmond
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. It lies north-west of the town of Newport.
The village has two pubs (the Lion and th ...
.
Its name was formerly also spelt Adney, and derives from an
Old English name meaning "Eadwynne's island".
[Raven, M. ''A Guide to Shropshire'', 2005, p.10] It lies in an area of the
Weald Moors
The Weald Moors are located in the ceremonial county of Shropshire north of Telford, stretching from north and west of the town of Newport towards Wellington, with the village of Kynnersley lying roughly at their centre.
Etymology
Although the We ...
known as the "Birch Moors"; the closest villages are Edgmond, to the east, and
Tibberton, to the north-west.
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Villages in Shropshire
Newport, Shropshire
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