Sheriffhales
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 Pool at Sheriffhales, and lodge of Sherriffhales Manor |
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  Sheriffhales |
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| Population | 722 (2011) |
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| OS grid reference | SJ759123 |
| Civil parish | Sheriffhales |
| Unitary authority | Shropshire |
| Ceremonial county | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHIFNAL |
| Postcode district | TF11 |
| Dialling code | 01952 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | The Wrekin |
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Coordinates: 52°42′29″N 2°21′22″W / 52.708°N 2.356°W
Sheriffhales is a scattered village in Shropshire, England, 6 km (3.7 mi) north-east of Telford, 3 km (1.9 mi) north of Shifnal and 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Newport.
Despite being a small village of around 100 people, there is a primary school, a Church of England church and a local post office, as well as a playing field with football goals and a children's playground. The church parish has a population of about 700 people, however it reached 1019 people in 1850, when the Duke of Sutherland owned most of it. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 722.[1]
The 2007 Tour of Britain bike race passed through the village on the first of September as part of the Wolverhampton to Birmingham stage.
The main farm within the village, Meadow Farm, was a predominantly dairy farm, but has been subsequently converted into an arable farm. It is also the centre for a point to point yard.
Sheriffhales was the site of the World War II POW Camp 71, located along the drive to Lilleshall Hall.
Sheriffhales is mentioned (under the name "Hales") in the Ellis Peters novel The Confession of Brother Haluin.
Hope Vere Anderson is Lord of the Manor of Sheriffhales and descends from the senior branch of the Hope Vere's of Lesmahagow, Scotland. The Hope Vere's trace their ancestry to Roger De Vere who was Lord of the Manor of Hales and when he became Sheriff of Shropshire in the 16th century changed the name of his Manor from that of Hales to Sheriffhales to reflect his importance in being appointed to this additional role.
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 November 2015.
External links
Media related to Sheriffhales at Wikimedia Commons
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