Uffington,_Shropshire

Uffington, Shropshire

Uffington, Shropshire

Human settlement in England

Uffington (/ʌfɪŋtən/) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Shropshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 234.[1] It lies between Haughmond Hill and the River Severn, 3 miles east from the town centre of Shrewsbury, at grid reference SJ53151395.

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Uffington viewed from Haughmond Hill with the River Severn and A49 road visible.
The Corbet Arms in Uffington.

Uffington is home to a church and a pub, the Corbet Arms. The Shrewsbury to Newport Canal once ran through the village. Within the parish lie the grade I listed ruins of Haughmond Abbey.[2]

Antiquary Edward Williams (1762-1833) was perpetual curate of the church from 1786 to his death.[3]

Highway engineer Sir Henry Maybury (1864-1943) was born in Uffington.[4]

The 1997 Grand National winner, Lord Gyllene was trained by Steve Brookshaw in the village.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Haughmond Abbey, Uffington". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  3. [3]
     This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Fletcher, William George Dimock (1900). "Williams, Edward (1762-1833)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 61. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  4. [4]
    Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 37. Oxford University Press. 2004. p. 572.Article by J.S. Killick, revised by John Hibbs.



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