Yockleton is a village in

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...

, England. Yockleton is west of the county town of

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, on the

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to Montgomery and near the

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. The population as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Westbury. Yockleton is near to

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(to its north) and Westbury (to its west), and lies in the Westbury

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; the hamlets of Edge and Farley lie due south of the village, and

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is to the east.

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There is one local pub, the Yockleton Arms (formerly the Pink Elephant), several miles west on the B4386, a 19th-century village church (

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) dedicated to the

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, and a village hall, as well as an old people's home called Yockleton Grange in the old Vicarage. There is a

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in a field not far from the church. Previously Yockleton had a school, a garage, a

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and a pub in the heart of the village. These have closed as the village has developed into a commuter village for Shrewsbury. Previously served by

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on the

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. The station closed in 1960.Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 444

Notable people

Lily Chitty Lily Frances "Lal" Chitty, (20 March 1893 – 8 February 1979) was a British archaeologist and independent scholar, who specialised in the prehistoric archaeology of Wales and the west of England. She has been described as one of the "pioneers ...

(1893-1979), archaeologist, lived at Yockleton when her father was Rector there between 1920-1938. *General Sir

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(1910-2008), senior British Army officer, was born here.

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