Uffington, Shropshire

Uffington
Uffington village
Uffington is located in Shropshire
Uffington
Uffington
Location within Shropshire
Population234 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ530139
Civil parish
  • Uffington
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHREWSBURY
Postcode districtSY4
Dialling code01743
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
England
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52°43′16″N 2°41′42″W / 52.721°N 2.695°W / 52.721; -2.695
Uffington viewed from Haughmond Hill with the River Severn and A49 road visible.
The Corbet Arms in Uffington.

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.

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. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Haughmond Abbey, Uffington". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  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. ^ 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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