Shawbury
Shawbury | |
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Shawbury parish church from the village | |
Shawbury Shawbury shown within Shropshire | |
Population | 2,872 (2011) |
OS grid reference | SJ550210 |
• London | 163 miles (262 km) |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SHREWSBURY |
Postcode district | SY4 |
Dialling code | 01939 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Shropshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
EU Parliament | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Shawbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Shropshire.[1] The village is 8.4 miles (13.5 km) north east of the town of Shrewsbury, 11.5 miles (18.5 km) north west of Telford and 163 miles (262 km) north west of London.
The village straddles the A53 between Shrewsbury and Market Drayton.[2] The nearest railway station is at Yorton on the Welsh Marches Line for Shrewsbury/Crewe. The 2011 census recorded a population of 2,872 for the entire civil parish of Shawbury.[3]
History
Shawbury has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085.[4] In the great book Shawbury is recorded by the name Sawesberie. The main landholders was Gerard from Earl Roger of Shrewsbury. The survey also mentions that there is church and a mill.
Notable people
- Thomas Charles (1755-1814), later Calvinistic Methodist minister and founder of the British and Foreign Bible Society, worked in Shawbury in 1783-84 as assistant to then rector, friend John Mayor [5]
- William Hazledine (1763–1840) an English ironmaster, he was a pioneer in casting structural ironwork, most notably for canal aqueducts and early suspension bridges
- Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Butler (1870-1935) a British Army general during WW1, lived in retirement at Roden Lodge where he died.[6]
Landmarks
There has been a church on this site since at least the 12th century, although the present church is not from that date. Many air force personnel from RAF Shawbury, an air station founded in 1917, are buried in the churchyard, which contains 32 Commonwealth War Graves, 3 from World War I and 29 from World War II, besides 7 Polish Air Force personnel from the latter war.[7]
The village is home to RAF Shawbury, a helicopter airfield for the Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom and home of the tri-services Defence Helicopter Flying School. The River Roden flows through the village. The village of Moreton Corbet, with its castle, is just to the north. Shawbury's football club is Shawbury United F.C.
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward covers much of the surrounding area with a total ward population as taken at the 2011 Census of 4,666.[8]
Weather station
The main weather station for Shropshire is located in the village, at the RAF base.[9] On 13 December 1981 a temperature of -25.2 °C was recorded, one of the coldest on record for England.[10]
Climate data for Shawbury 72m asl (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 7.2 (45) |
7.5 (45.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
13.9 (57) |
10.0 (50) |
7.2 (45) |
13.6 (56.4) |
Average low °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) |
0.6 (33.1) |
2.3 (36.1) |
3.5 (38.3) |
6.5 (43.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
11.1 (52) |
9.1 (48.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
0.9 (33.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 56.3 (2.217) |
39.0 (1.535) |
46.5 (1.831) |
49.1 (1.933) |
53.5 (2.106) |
53.4 (2.102) |
53.9 (2.122) |
59.4 (2.339) |
57.2 (2.252) |
67.8 (2.669) |
61.5 (2.421) |
62.3 (2.453) |
659.9 (25.98) |
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0mm) | 11.7 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 126.4 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 53.2 | 72.4 | 104.5 | 148.5 | 188.9 | 180.7 | 192.4 | 175.6 | 131.7 | 99.4 | 61.1 | 45.4 | 1,453.8 |
Source: Met Office[11] |
References
- ↑ OS Explorer Map 241, Shrewsbury, Wem, Shawbury & Baschurch. ISBN 978-0-319-46276-8
- ↑ Shrewsbury & Telford Street Atlas, ISBN 978-1-84348-389-2
- ↑ Neighbourhood Statistics Census 2011 - Shawbury CP
- ↑ The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde, Shropshire, Shawbury, page 230, ISBN 1-85833-440-3
- ↑ 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 5, Charles, Thomas retrieved 28 September 2018
- ↑ "A Famous General's Death – Sir R.H.K.Butler, of Shawbury". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 26 April 1935. p. 7. Both the Dictionary of National Biography and Oxford Dictionary of National Biography are erroneous in stating he died in Shrewsbury.
- ↑ CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown of figures obtained from count of casualty list accompanying.
- ↑ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ↑ Observations Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ https://blog.metoffice.gov.uk/2012/10/16/top-ten-coldest-recorded-temperatures-in-the-uk/
- ↑ "Shawbury 1981–2010 averages". UK government. Met Office. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
External links
Media related to Shawbury at Wikimedia Commons