The River Corve is a minor river in
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 ...
, England. It is a tributary of the
River Teme which it joins in the town of
Ludlow
Ludlow () is a market town in Shropshire, England. The town is significant in the history of the Welsh Marches and in relation to Wales. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road (Great Britain), A49 road which ...
, and which joins the
River Severn
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at
Powick near
Worcester. 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
Diddlebury. It is sometimes (archaically) spelled "Corf", which is its pronunciation.
Course
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 ...
(which it gives its name to), then by
Culmington
Culmington is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England, about east of Craven Arms and north of Ludlow. The village is about above sea level, beside the River Corve, just east of the B4365 road. The 2011 Census recorded the ...
, 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 w ...
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 —
Patton 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 ...
. They were merged into a single hundred (
Munslow
Munslow is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is situated on the B4368, northeast of the small town of Craven Arms, in the Corvedale, at around above sea level.
The village formed part of and gave its name to the ...
) in the reign of
Henry I, 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
Burway Bridge is a bridge in Ludlow, Shropshire, England. It takes the B4361 road across the River Corve.
Original bridge
The original bridge was built in the mid-20th century to take the new Coronation Avenue across the Corve, relieving the ...
collapsed severing the connection of the B4361 Coronation Avenue, a major access route, with the town centre of
Ludlow
Ludlow () is a market town in Shropshire, England. The town is significant in the history of the Welsh Marches and in relation to Wales. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road (Great Britain), A49 road which ...
. A new, modern bridge designed by the Shrewsbury office of the consultants Mouchel on behalf of
Shropshire County Council, and built by McPhillips (Wellington) Ltd, was completed in 2008. A temporary
Bailey bridge
A Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge. It was developed in 1940–1941 by the British for military use during the Second World War and saw extensive use by British, Canadian and American military engineering units. ...
had been erected to reduce disruption in traffic flow during the construction.
Electoral wards
'Corvedale' is an
electoral division
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...
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.
See also
*
Corvedale Three Castles Walk
References
External links
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Rivers of Shropshire
Ludlow
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