Shepperdine
Coordinates: 51°39′N 2°33′W / 51.65°N 2.55°W
Shepperdine is a rural land forming the north of Oldbury-on-Severn in South Gloucestershire, England, with a border with Stroud (district). It comprises farms and a scarcely populated hamlet.
The land lies wholly on the river's flood plain, although has remained largely unflooded since the 18th and 19th century barraging and canalisation of much the River Severn, enabling cultivation and pasture in lower parts of Gloucestershire to be continued without interruption.
Amenities
The River Severn has a wide tidal rise and fall on the beach here and the high tide straight of the beach forms a footpath with scenic views of the Severn Bridge and the Oldbury power station to the south-west of the area.
Shepperdine has a Church of England chapel of ease (small church) dedicated to St Mary next to Manor Farm in Nupdown Road which is open to visitors of every faith.[1] The ecclesiastical parish is Oldbury on Severn, whose cleric is the vicar of Thornbury and that small town was its medieval (ancient) parish; it is centred 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east.[2]
Nuclear power plant project
As of summer 2009 the German power company E.ON started to acquire land from local farmers with the intention of constructing of a 3,300 megawatt nuclear power station on the banks of the River Severn. They formed a joint venture with German power company RWE. The two companies bought the existing Oldbury and Wylfa Magnox Nuclear Power Stations from the NDA for the sum of £500 million. RWE and Eon have now formed a company called Horizon to proceed with the development.
References
- ↑ The Church of England Retrieved 2014-01-12.
- ↑ Samuel Lewis (editor) (1848). "Ogbourn - Oldham". A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
External links
Media related to Shepperdine at Wikimedia Commons
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