Boscobel,_Shropshire

Boscobel, Shropshire

Boscobel, Shropshire

Human settlement in England

Boscobel is a civil parish in the east of Shropshire, England, on the border with Staffordshire. To the north is the Staffordshire village of Bishops Wood.

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A descendant of the Royal Oak at Boscobel House

According to the 2001 census it had a population of 12.[1] Because of its small population, it shares a parish council with the neighbouring Donington parish. It is the smallest parish in Shropshire by population – the smallest by area is Deuxhill.

Boscobel House

Main article: Boscobel House

It is the site of Boscobel House, home to the Giffard family, owners of the Boscobel Royal Oak, where Charles II hid in an oak tree after losing the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

A historical romance on the subject was published as Boscobel in 1872 by William Harrison Ainsworth.

The "pine groves of Boscobel" are mentioned (twice) by Charles Kinbote, narrator of Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 postmodern novel Pale Fire, in descriptions of his escape from Zembla.

White Ladies Priory

The ruins of White Ladies Priory

Also in the parish is White Ladies Priory.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    National Statistics Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Bridgnorth district parishes

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