St George's and Priorslee is a

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in the borough of

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, England. St. George's and Priorslee are suburbs of

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. The parish had a population of 11,033 at the 2011 census, and has an area of . The parish lies northeast of the

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and east of the town of

Oakengates Oakengates is a constituent town and civil parish in Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. The towns parish population was recorded as 8,517 in the 2001 census. Etymology The name is not derived from "oak" or "gates" but is derived from the ...

. The A5 runs through the area, and junction 4 of the

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is just to the south. The Priorslee area of Telford contains the Priorslee Campus of the

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. At the centre of the Priorslee Campus is the grade II listed eighteenth century Priorslee Hall. The Priorslee area is also the site of major housing developments concentrating some of the more expensive housing in the town of Telford. There is also a

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and a secondary school ( Holy Trinity Academy). Priorslee is also famous for the Lion public house, on the Shifnal Road behind Priorslee Village. There is a parish council, the lowest tier of local government. The nearest railway stations are

and Telford Central.

Naming

The village of St George's was originally named "Pains Lane". Priorslee is partly Latin: *''prios'' means monk or priest *''lee'' is a clearing in a wood. *''leasow'' is the area in which land was used for mainly agricultural reasons. *''priors'' is linked to the religious site at Priorslee. If you link the word 'Priors Leasow' together, you will find that the prior of Priorslee and St Georges was mainly providing agricultural services. The area named Priorslee was once in the ownership of the priors of Wombridge Priory that once stood 1½ miles to the north west.

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Telford Civil parishes in Shropshire {{Shropshire-geo-stub

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