Cherrington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tibberton and Cherrington, in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It was recorded as a manor in Domesday, when it was held by Gerard de Tournai, and was stated to have been held by a man named Uliet in the time of Edward the Confessor, although it was recorded as "waste", in an uncultivated state, by the time Gerard took possession of it.[1] In 1961 the parish had a population of 122.[2]
| Cherrington | |
|---|---|
 Cherrington Manor | |
  Cherrington Location within Shropshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ664199 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWPORT |
| Postcode district | TF10 |
| Dialling code | 01952 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Cherrington is near to the larger village of Tibberton, to the east; Waters Upton is to the west and Great Bolas to the north-west. Newport is the nearest town. It contains several half-timbered buildings including Cherrington Manor, which dates from 1635 and was probably built for a landowner and Member of Parliament, Sir Richard Leveson of Lilleshall (1598-1661).
History
editIts name is possibly derived from the Old English personal name Ceorl, or it may have originally been "Ceorranton" from the name Ceorra ("the settlement of Ceorra's people").[3]
Cherrington Manor (or in some versions, the malt-house standing behind it) was popularly supposed to have been the building referenced in the nursery rhyme This Is the House That Jack Built.[4][5] The story is, however, a purely local attribution with no particular evidence to back it up.[4]
Cherrington was formerly a township in the parish of Edgmond,[6] from 1866 Cherrington was a civil parish in its own right,[7] on 1 April 1988 the parish was abolished and merged with Tibberton to form "Tibberton & Cherrington".[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Eyton, R. W. Antiquities of Shropshire, v.VII, p.194
- ^ "Population statistics Cherrington CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Bowcock, E. W. Shropshire place names, Wilding & Son, 1923, p.68
- ^ a b Bailey, Brian J. Portrait of Shropshire, R. Hale, 1981, p.61
- ^ Auden, J. E. Shropshire, Methuen, 1918, p.217
- ^ "History of Cherrington, in Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Cherrington CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Wrekin Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
External links
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