Abdon, Shropshire

Abdon
Abdon, St. Margaret.
Abdon  Abdon shown within Shropshire
Population	199 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SO576863
Civil parish	Abdon
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CRAVEN ARMS
Postcode district	SY7
Dialling code	01746
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Ludlow
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Coordinates: 52°28′25″N 2°37′41″W / 52.4736°N 2.6281°W

Abdon is an upland village and civil parish in the Clee Hills area of English county of Shropshire.

Domesday Book Village

It was called Abetune in the Domesday Book.

Clee Hills

Abdon is a remote rural hamlet on the slopes of the Brown Clee Hill. The population currently stands at approx. 28 dwellings. The hamlet includes a parish church (St Margaret's), a village hall and the remains of a deserted medieval village. The hamlet is very close to the remains of an Iron Age hill fort now known as Nordy Bank, situated on the southern end of the Brown Clee. Abdon has a lively community, with regular events at the village hall.

The Abdon parish registers begin in the 1560s but are only complete from 1614 on, with a gap from 1641-9.

Civil parish

The civil parish is large and includes other settlements, including Tugford and Holdgate which were transferred into the parish in the late 20th century.

References

1. "Civil Parish population". Retrieved 20 November 2015.

'Abdon' in A History of the County of Shropshire. Volume 10: Munslow Hundred, The Liberty and Borough of Wenlock (1998), pp. 120-127. Available at British History Online: Abdon.

External links

• Abandoned Communities ... Deserted villages of Shropshire, including Abdon
• Abdon in the Domesday Book