Ashford Carbonel is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire

Shropshire

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, near the county border with Herefordshire

Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...

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According to the 2001 census it had a population of 328. The village lies on the eastern side of the River Teme

River Teme

The River Teme rises in Mid Wales, south of Newtown in Powys, and flows through Knighton where it crosses the border into England down to Ludlow in Shropshire, then to the north of Tenbury Wells on the Shropshire/Worcestershire border there, on its way to join the River Severn south of Worcester...

, facing the smaller Ashford Bowdler

Ashford Bowdler

Ashford Bowdler is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, near the county border with Herefordshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 55. The village lies on the western side of the River Teme, facing the larger Ashford Carbonel.-External...

. The parish church, dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene, is Norman

Norman architecture

About|Romanesque architecture, primarily English|other buildings in Normandy|Architecture of Normandy.File:Durham Cathedral. Nave by James Valentine c.1890.jpg|thumb|200px|The nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the...

 in origin.

Education

On 1 November 2011, a new £3m primary school (the "Bishop Hooper School") opened in the village, which replaced both the village's old primary school as well as the school in neighbouring Caynham

Caynham

Caynham is a small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England.It is located 2½ miles to the southeast of the market town of Ludlow, and close to the border with Herefordshire. The Ledwyche Brook runs through the parish....

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