Beckbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. Beckbury had a population of 327 according to the 2001 census,[1] increasing to 340 at the 2011 Census,[2] The village is 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Telford and is close to the Staffordshire border.[3] The small rural parish of Beckbury lies on the Shropshire–Staffordshire border 3.7 miles (6 km) south of Shifnal.[3] It has a pub – the Smokey Cow, a Church of England school, a village hall, and a parish church dedicated to St Milburga (who was Abbess at Much Wenlock in Saxon times).
| Beckbury | |
|---|---|
 St Milburga's Church, Beckbury | |
  Beckbury Location within Shropshire | |
| Population | 341 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ765016 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Shifnal |
| Postcode district | TF11 |
| Dialling code | 01952 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Beckbury makes up one of the six parishes of Beckbury, Ryton, Kemberton, Badger, Sutton Maddock and Stockton, which became a united benefice in 1989 (the first group of 6 parishes in the Diocese of Lichfield).
Beckbury was included in the Domesday Book and the name means Beocca's Fort or defended place (Beocca being someone's name).[4]
The village was struck by an F0/T1 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ from census 2001 statistics
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ a b From: 'Beckbury', A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 10: Munslow Hundred (part), The Liberty and Borough of Wenlock (1998), pp. 240-247. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22874 Date accessed: 19 April 2012.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4. ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 36. ISBN 0198691033.
- ^ "European Severe Weather Database". www.eswd.eu.
External links
editMedia related to Beckbury at Wikimedia Commons
