Edgmond is a village and civil parish in the borough of

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and

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, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 2,062. It lies north-west of the town of Newport. The village has two pubs (the Lion and the Lamb), a Methodist chapel and hall (neither of which are in use), a village hall, and a village shop with a co-located

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. There is a

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field called simply "The Playing Fields", where there are Sunday

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games, pub

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matches, and a

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for young children. The village also has many areas for walking and

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including an area called the Rock Hole, an old sandstone quarry from which the rock used to build the local church was taken . Also popular is the canal walk, which leads down to the local town of Newport along the old canals. The canals are now often used for fishing competitions. There has been much speculation about the possibility of reopening the old Shrewsbury and Newport Canal route. There is a

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parish church in Edgmond, dedicated to St.Peter. It is in the Archdeaconry of Salop and

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. The parish war memorial, on a roadside, erected to commemorate war dead of

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, consists of a sandstone pillar surmounted by a crucifix with figures of a soldier and a nurse looking up at the figure of Christ.

Etymology

The name Edgmond comes from the

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for edge of marsh; the

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of Edgmond Marsh lies north of the village at .

Education

The village has a

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, called St.Peter's.

Harper Adams University Harper Adams University, founded in 1901 as Harper Adams College, is a public university located close to the village of Edgmond, near Newport, Shropshire, Newport, in Shropshire, England. Established in 1901, the college is a specialist provi ...

is in Edgmond. The University has accommodation in the village, where many international students stay. The main subjects taught at the college are related to the food chain and much research is done there. Here on 10 January 1982 the English lowest temperature weather record was broken (and is kept to this day): .

Notable people

Richard Barnfield Richard Barnfield (baptized 29 June 1574 – 1620) was an English poet. His relationship with William Shakespeare has long made him interesting to scholars. It has been suggested that he was the " rival poet" mentioned in Shakespeare's sonnet ...

(1574 – 1620) – English poet, obscure though close relationship with

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, brought up in Edgmond. Previous Rectors of Edgmond include: * Thomas Gilbert was Puritan Rector of Edgmond 1648 to 1662 when he was ejected. During that period he was nicknamed 'the bishop of Shropshire'. * Thomas Bucknall Lloyd (also concurrently Archdeacon of Salop) from 1888 to 1896, dying there, * Sir Lovelace Stamer (also concurrently Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury), from 1896 to 1905, during which period he built new schools for local children, organised a working men's club and reading rooms, and paid for a piped water supply for the village. Folklorist Charlotte Burne (1850-1923) lived in childhood at Edgmond.

Customs

The church holds an annual Church Clipping service, which claims to be the longest uninterrupted clipping service in the country. Edgmond was once associated with the practice of souling, a possible contributor to the

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practice of trick or treating. The

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"The Edgmond Man's Souling Song" was released by folk musicians John Kirkpatrick and Sue Harris on their 1976 album ''Among The Many Attractions at the Show will be a Really High Class Band''.

Civil parish

In addition to the village of Edgmond, the parish includes the settlements of Edgmond Marsh and Adeney.

Transport

Bus

Services operating in the Edgmond area, as of 2023:

References

External links

Edgmond Wines
- A popular wine store an
wine club
in Edgmond. {{authority control Villages in Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Newport, Shropshire Civil parishes in Shropshire