Cruckmeole
Cruckmeole is a small hamlet in Shropshire, England.[1][2] It is located on the A488, where a lane which connects Cruckmeole to the B4386 crossroads at Cruckton forms a three way junction near to Hanwood. It is within the civil parish of Pontesbury.
| Cruckmeole | |
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.jpg.webp) The ford at Cruckmeole | |
  Cruckmeole Location within Shropshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ430094 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHREWSBURY |
| Postcode district | SY5 |
| Dialling code | 01743 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
The Cambrian Line railway passes close to the village on its way from Shrewsbury to the west Wales coast. There was a junction from which ran the Minsterley branch line, created in 1861, passing through Pontesbury and terminating in Minsterley but this closed, as a result of the Beeching Axe, in 1967.
A residential school, Cruckton Hall, is located near the village. The building of a former primary school within the village, built 1872 but closed in 1969, now serves as Cruckton Village Hall. A Royal Mail post box is in a wall at the Cruckmeole junction.
The Rea Brook, historically called the Meole Brook, flows through the village.
John Wood Warter (1806-1878), antiquarian and cleric and editor of the works of Robert Southey, was born at Cruckmeole.[3]
See also
References
- Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 126 Shrewsbury & Oswestry (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319228753.
- "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
