Peaton is a

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in the

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of Diddlebury in

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, England. It is situated in the

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, between

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and Bouldon. The Pye Brook flows past the hamlet, with Peaton Bridge taking the Bouldon-Diddlebury lane across it. The hamlet lies at

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. A smaller hamlet called Peatonstrand lies further towards Bouldon at ; it is partly situated in the valley of the Strand Brook and partly along the lane to Bouldon where the Strand has its

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with the larger Pye Brook. The towns of

Ludlow Ludlow ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road (Great Britain), A49 road which bypasses the town. The town is near the conf ...

and

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are both about distant, by road.

History

Etymology

The name "Peaton" derives from "Peatta's farm".Oliver, Marina (2006) ''Castles and Corvedale''

Buildings

Immediately West of Peaton, 460m on the other side of the Pye Brook, is the site of the large extinct village of Corfham and the remaining foundations of Corfham Castle, a mid-12th century motte and bailey fortress. Corfham and the land that would become Peaton were within the

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Culvestan Culvestan was a hundred (county division), hundred of Shropshire, England. Formed during Anglo-Saxon England, it encompassed Manorialism, manors in central southern Shropshire, and was amalgamated during the reign of Henry I of England, Henry I ( ...

in 1086 according to the

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. Peaton Hall is a Grade II

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dating from the 16th or 17th century. Also Listed are 18th-century garden walls adjacent to the hall and 2 barns approximately 100 metres away. Brook Cottage is a 17th-century house, also Grade II Listed, in the hamlet. At Peatonstrand is New House Farmhouse, a Grade II 17th-century farmhouse. There was a

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chapel at Peatonstrand from 1873 to 1984. During

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some farm buildings in Peaton were transformed into a factory, producing fuel tanks for Stirling bombers. A sentry building was erected at the entrance to the site, still there but derelict. There are 6 weather-boarded houses at Peaton (called "Timber Cottages") and 4 at Peatonstrand, built in the 1950s by the

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(who bought the Holder Estate in 1942). There are also 4 in Bouldon.

Transport

Bus

The only

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provided currently in Peaton are school buses to Ludlow in the morning, returning in the late afternoon, (The school buses do not allow the public to board them). These services (176 and 715) are provided solely for travel to and from schools and colleges, and only run on schooldays.Shropshire Council
Peaton bus services

Train

The nearest railway stations are

and

, both roughly 7 miles by road.

References

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