Pentreheyling is a
hamlet
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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. It lies just west of
Brompton on the
A489
The A489, officially known as the Newtown to Machynlleth Trunk Road in Wales, is a trunk road in the United Kingdom running from Craven Arms, Shropshire to Machynlleth, Powys and crossing the Wales-England border.
The road starts about one mile ...
between
Church Stoke and
Newtown. The hamlet is notable for the fact that it is impossible to reach any other settlement in England (except Brompton) by road without first passing through
Wales
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. Public footpaths are the only access which links it with the rest of England. It is however not geographically an
exclave
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.
Pentreheyling is in the
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 ...
of
Chirbury with Brompton
Chirbury () is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Chirbury with Brompton, in the Shropshire district, in west Shropshire, England. It is situated in the Vale of Montgomery, close to the Wales–England border ( at its nea ...
; formerly in the parish of
Brompton and Rhiston
Brompton and Rhiston is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Chirbury with Brompton, in Shropshire, England. Brompton and Rhiston continues as a parish ward within the new civil parish, returning 2 councillors. In 1971 the parish had a po ...
.
The remains of a Roman fort have been discovered in the hamlet.
Discovering Shropshire's History website
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See also
*Listed buildings in Chirbury with Brompton
Chirbury with Brompton is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 80 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highe ...
References
External links
Villages in Shropshire
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