Beckbury is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in
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 ...
, England. Beckbury had a population of 327 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 340 at the 2011 Census, The village is south-east of
Telford
Telford () is a town in the Telford and Wrekin borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Shropshire, England. The wider borough covers the town, its suburbs and surrounding towns and villages. The town is close to the county's eastern b ...
and is close to the
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, ...
border.
[From: 'Beckbury', A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 10: Munslow Hundred (part), The Liberty and Borough of Wenlock (1998), pp. 240-247. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22874 Date accessed: 19 April 2012.] The small rural parish of Beckbury lies on the Shropshire–Staffordshire border south of
Shifnal
Shifnal () is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about east of Telford, 17 miles (27 km) east of Shrewsbury and 13 miles (20 km) west-northwest of Wolverhampton. It is near the M54 motorway and A5 (road), A5 road ...
.
It has a pub – the Smokey Cow, a
Church of England school
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...
, a village hall, and a parish church dedicated to
St Milburga (who was Abbess at
Much Wenlock
Much Wenlock is a market town and Civil parishes in England, parish in Shropshire, England; it is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the north-east, is the Ironbridge Gorge and Telford. The civil parish incl ...
in Saxon times).
Beckbury makes up one of the six parishes of Beckbury,
Ryton,
Kemberton,
Badger
Badgers are medium-sized short-legged omnivores in the superfamily Musteloidea. Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united by their squat bodies and adaptions for fossorial activity rather than by the ...
,
Sutton Maddock
Sutton Maddock is a village and civil parish south east of Shrewsbury, in the Shropshire district, in the county of Shropshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Brockton. In 2011 the parish had a population of 254. The parish touches ...
and
Stockton, which became a united benefice in 1989 (the first group of 6 parishes in the
Diocese of Lichfield
The Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad in the city of Lichfield. The diocese covers of seve ...
).
Beckbury was included in the
Domesday Book
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and the name means Beocca's Fort or defended place (Beocca being someone's name).
The village was struck by
an F0/T1 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.
See also
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Listed buildings in Beckbury
References
External links
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Villages in Shropshire
Civil parishes in Shropshire