Weston Lullingfields
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| Weston Lullingfields | |
| Shropshire | |
|---|---|
 The old vicarage and village church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SJ426248 |
| Location: | 52°49’5"N, 2°51’4"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Shrewsbury |
| Postcode: | SY4 |
| Dialling code: | 01939 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Shropshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Shropshire |
Weston Lullingfields is a village in Shropshire, located about ten miles north-west of Shrewsbury in the parish of Baschurch.
Etymology
The village name 'Weston' is a common one in Britain. It is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means 'west farm'.
Canal
Weston Lullingfields was a terminus of a branch of the Ellesmere Canal known as the Weston Branch. The canal was originally intended to continue on to Shrewsbury, but was never completed as intended. At Weston Lullingfields the canal company built a wharf, four lime kilns, a public house, stables, a clerk's house and weighing machine. These were opened in 1797 and closed in 1917 when the Weston branch was closed following a breach of the canal.[1]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Weston Lullingfields) |
- ↑ Raven, Michael (2005). A guide to Shropshire. Michael Raven. pp. 264. ISBN 0-906114-34-9.
