Boningale

Boningale

St Chad's Church, Boningale
Boningale
 Boningale shown within Shropshire
Population 302 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ809026
Civil parishBoningale
Unitary authorityShropshire
Ceremonial countyShropshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town WOLVERHAMPTON
Postcode district WV7
Dialling code 01902
Police West Mercia
Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentThe Wrekin
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Coordinates: 52°37′16″N 2°16′55″W / 52.621°N 2.282°W / 52.621; -2.282

Boningale is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 266, increasing to 302 at the 2011 census.[1]

Its name was formerly spelt as Boningall or Bonninghall.

The red sandstone church of St. Chad was originally built in the 12th century, and now has a 19th-century interior. There are the remains of a medieval cross in the churchyard.[2]

Boningale's most famous resident is perhaps the notorious eighteenth-century criminal Jonathan Wild, who was born there in 1682.[3]

The village lies just south of Albrighton, and just west of the county border with Staffordshire. The village is about eight miles west of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, on the A464 road, and ten miles east of Telford.

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  2. Pevsner and Newton, Shropshire, the Buildings of England series, p.156
  3. Raven, M. A Guide to Shropshire, 2005, p.31

External links

Media related to Boningale at Wikimedia Commons


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