Cleobury North
| Cleobury North | |
| Shropshire | |
|---|---|
 St Peter & St Paul, Cleobury North | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO6152287459 |
| Location: | 52°28’60"N, 2°34’0"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 87 (est.) |
| Postcode: | WV16 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bridgnorth |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Ludlow |
Cleobury North is a village in south-eastern Shropshire. It is situated on the B4364 southwest of the market town of Bridgnorth. To the north is the village of Ditton Priors and to the west is Brown Clee Hill, the county's highest hill.
The Village
Cleobury North is a parish along the River Rea, under the Clee Hills and is 8 miles southwest of Bridgnorth.
The parish church, St Peter and St Paul, dates back to the late 12th century, which is a Grade II* listed building.[1] Grade II* buildings are of particular special interest with only 5.5% listed as Grade II* in England.[2]
History
The Domesday Book of 1086 records that Cleobury North had a total population of 9 households with only 2.5 geld of taxable units. The value in 1066 was £0.60 and increased in 1086 to £1, the amount was extremely low as the village only consisted of 4 villagers, 4 smallholders and 1 slave.[3]
Hearth Tax records of the seventeenth century (which record the number of fireplaces in a family unit) show that at that time there were 26 households in Cleobury North with taxable hearths.
Out and about
The Burwarton Show is a one-day agricultural show which attracts over 20,000 visitors each year on the first Thursday in August between 8:15am-7pm.[4] Activities include sheep ring, fleece competition and sheep shearing competition. The annual dance which starts the show brought in £8,000 in 2011 which raises money for charities which include the Air Ambulance, Nightingale Nurses and Breast Cancer.[5]
Sport
- Football: Brown Clee FC play their home games at the Hall Meadow football field.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Cleobury North) |
References
- ↑ "British Listed Buildings". Church of St Peter and St Paul, Cleobury North. www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-254677-church-of-st-peter-and-st-paul-cleobury-. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ↑ "Listed Buildings". Categories of listed buildings. English Heritage. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings/. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ↑ "Place: Cleobury [North"]. Domesday Book. Open Domesday. http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO6286/cleobury-north/. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ↑ "Burwarton Show". Cleobury North. http://www.burwartonshow.co.uk/. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ↑ "Burwarton show dance makes £8,000". Farmers Guardian. Farmers Guardian. http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/young-farmers/young-farmers-news/burwarton-show-dance-makes-%C2%A38000/45433.article. Retrieved 11 April 2012.