Pickstock

For the Belizean electoral constituency, see Pickstock (Belize House constituency).

Pickstock
Minor road through Pickstock, Shropshire
Pickstock Pickstock shown within Shropshire
OS grid reference	SJ726230
Civil parish	Chetwynd
Unitary authority	Telford and Wrekin
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWPORT
Postcode district	TF10
Dialling code	01952
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	The Wrekin
List of places UK England Shropshire

Coordinates: 52°48′14″N 2°24′22″W / 52.804°N 2.406°W / 52.804; -2.406

Pickstock is a small hamlet in Shropshire, England, where it is part of the civil parish of Chetwynd, near the town of Newport.

Its name is of Old English origin and may mean "Pices' stoc ("dependent settlement")".^[1] Situated in an isolated rural area, it was an outlying township of the manor, and later parish, of Edgmond.^[2]

Pickstock is south-east of the village of Sambrook and the River Meese (where there was once a watermill) runs nearby. The Pickstock Cross, the stump of an old preaching cross of unknown age, lies in a private garden in the village.^[3]

References

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↑ Bowcock, E. W. Shropshire place names, Wilding & Son, 1923, p.182
↑ Eyton, R. W. Antiquities of Shropshire v.9, 1859, p.125
↑ Pickstock Cross, Newport History Society

Ceremonial county of Shropshire

Unitary authorities	Shropshire Council Telford and Wrekin Council

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