Dorrington, Shropshire

Dorrington
Dorrington
Dorrington is located in Shropshire
Dorrington
Dorrington
Location within Shropshire
Population619 in 2008
OS grid referenceSJ476031
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHREWSBURY
Postcode districtSY5
Dialling code01743
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
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52°37′23″N 2°46′23″W / 52.623°N 2.773°W / 52.623; -2.773
The church of Saint Edward

Dorrington is a village in the civil parish of Condover, in Shropshire, England, it is located 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Shrewsbury. The population of the village was estimated as being 619 in 2008.[1]

The Cound Brook flows to the east of the village, and to the southwest is Netley Hall. The A49 road runs through the village, which has a number of businesses located both in a small business park and along the main road. The public house, The Horseshoes, is a Grade II listed building.[2][3] The village also has a Persian restaurant, a convenience store, a butcher's shop, a post office and numerous other small businesses. There is also a primary school and a village hall. The village Church of England church is dedicated to Saint Edward.[4]

To the east is Ryton. Both Ryton and Dorrington lie in the civil parish of Condover. Dorrington forms a ward of the parish and sends four councillors to the parish council.

Railways

The village did once have a railway station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, opened in 1852. The station closed in 1958,[5] although the modern Welsh Marches Line still runs through the village. On the site of the station's goods yard, which is located just to the east of the village, is now an oil depot and a plant hire depot.

Other public transport

Minsterley Motors route 435 (Shrewsbury-Ludlow and vice versa) runs through Dorrington, on its way between Condover (to the northeast) and the Strettons (to the south). The service runs Monday-Saturday.[6]

Notable people

  • William Farr (1807–1883), epidemiologist and one of the founders of medical statistics, was effectively adopted, at the age of two, by a local squire, Joseph Pryce, when Farr and his family moved to Dorrington from Kenley.[7] Pryce died in November 1828, and left Farr £500, which allowed him to study medicine in France and Switzerland.[8]
  • Freddie Fox (jockey) (1888-1945) grew up in Dorrington where he was educated at the village school and was choirboy in St Edward's Church, before leaving Shropshire at age 12.[9]
  • Bert Harry (1897-1966), former professional footballer notably for Crystal Palace, was landlord of the Horseshoes Inn from 1954 to 1963.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ ONS MYE Population Estimates 2008
  2. ^ "THE HORSESHOES, Condover - 1175949 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
  3. ^ "Dorrington's Horseshoes". d-horseshoes.
  4. ^ "Dorrington: St Edward - Diocese of Hereford". www.hereford.anglican.org.
  5. ^ "Stations". Shropshire History. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  6. ^ Minsterley Motors Archived 2012-01-26 at the Wayback Machine 435 Service
  7. ^ Dunn, P. M. (1 July 2002). "Dr William Farr of Shropshire (1807–1883): obstetric mortality and training". Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 87 (1): F67 – F69. doi:10.1136/fn.87.1.F67. PMC 1721433. PMID 12091298.
  8. ^ Luckin, Bill. "Arnott, Neil". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/694. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. ^ ""Freddy" Fox's Death - Links with Salop Village". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 14 December 1945. p. 5.
  10. ^ "Leebotwood - Mr. A.E. Harry". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 14 January 1966. p. 16.Obituary.

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