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Peplow is a hamlet 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 is part of 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
Hodnet Hodnet ( ) is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Shropshire, England. The town of Market Drayton lies 5.7 miles (9.2 km) north-east of the village. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1534. History Evidence of a ...
, a larger village to the north. The
hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...
of Bowling Green and Radmoor are both in the village's vicinity. It lies in a rural area on the
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, between Crudgington and Hodnet, with
Ollerton Ollerton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ollerton and Boughton, in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in the area known as the Dukeries. The p ...
immediately to the east. At the time of the
Domesday survey Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
, the manor of Peplow was held by
Ranulph de Mortimer Ranulph I de Mortimer (''Ralf'', ''Ralph'', ''Raoul de Mortemer'') (born before –died in/after 1104) was a Marcher Lord from the Montgomery lands in the Welsh Marches (border lands between Wales and England). In England, he was Lord of Wigmore ...
. The land later became part of the Hodnet estate, and was held by the Ludlow and Vernon families, until 1715 when it was sold to the Pigot family, who built Peplow Hall. The hamlet is best known for Peplow Hall, an 18th-century
manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...
, and Peplow Mill. The mill contains an early water turbine dating from 1820 and spans the
River Tern The River Tern (also historically known as the Tearne) is a river in Shropshire, England. It rises north-east of Market Drayton in the north of the county. The source of the Tern is considered to be the lake in the grounds of Maer Hall, Staff ...
. There is a
cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
club called Hodnet and Peplow CC, and the club's badge is that of a gold lion (from the gates of Hodnet Hall), lying beneath a green beech tree (representing the beech trees lining the driveway of Peplow Hall). Its first eleven play in the Rollinson Smith Shropshire Cricket League Division 3.


Transport

Peplow railway station was on the line from
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to
Market Drayton Market Drayton is a market town and civil parish on the banks of the River Tern in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders. It is located between the towns of Whitchurch, Shropshire, Wh ...
operated by
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. It opened in 1867 and closed in 1963. The former station building is now a private residence.
RAF Peplow Royal Air Force Peplow, or more simply RAF Peplow, is a former Royal Air Force located, located South of Market Drayton in Shropshire, England. It was operational between 1941 and 1949, being used by both the Royal Air Force (1942-1945) and the ...
is a former
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air base near Child's Ercall. It operated from 1941 to 1949. It is named after Peplow (even though it is not the closest settlement) because Peplow's railway station was the closest station and servicemen would disembark from it and would walk to the air base.


Peplow Hall

Peplow Hall is an 18th-century mansion in the hamlet. It is a
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. The current building was constructed by Hugh Pigot, an ancestor of the Pigot Baronets, in 1725. His grandson, Sir George Pigot Bt, sold the estate to the Clegg family. After passing to the
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Family, in 1873 the Hall was sold to the industrialist Francis Stanier. As well as expanding the Hall, Francis Stanier is also believed to have brought a collection of stuffed animals to the Hall, including an
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,
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, and at least one
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. In 1877, work began on the Chapel of the Epiphany, with the building being designed by
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. The chapel remained in the Stanier family's possession until 1951, when it was passed to the
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. In 1921, Sir Beville Stanier moved from the Hall to the Citadel, in
Weston-under-Redcastle Weston-under-Redcastle is an estate village of the Rowland Hill (MP), Sir Rowland Hill legacy estates. It is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies 10 km (6.2 miles) by road east of Wem. Historically, it has been part of the manor ...
. In 1921, the Hall was sold, and in 1932 the south-east wing of the Hall was demolished. From some point during the
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, to 1963, the Hall was owned by Neville Howard Rollason, and from 1963 to 1978 the property was owned by William B Higgin. In 1978 the Hall was sold to
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. in 2015, Robert Wynn, 8th
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, sold the Estate.


See also

* Listed buildings in Hodnet, Shropshire


References


External links

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