Boningale
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Boningale is a village and civil parish in Shropshire
, England
. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 266.
It was formerly also spelt Boningall or Bonninghall.
The red sandstone church of St Chad was originally built in the 12th century, and now has a 19th century interior. There is the remains of a medieval cross in the churchyard.
Boningale's most famous resident is perhaps the notorious eighteenth-century criminal Jonathan Wild
, who was born there in 1682.
The village is just south of Albrighton
, and is just west of the county border with Staffordshire
. The village is about eight miles west of Wolverhampton
in West Midlands
, on the A464 road, and ten miles east of Telford
.
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...
. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 266.
It was formerly also spelt Boningall or Bonninghall.
The red sandstone church of St Chad was originally built in the 12th century, and now has a 19th century interior. There is the remains of a medieval cross in the churchyard.
Boningale's most famous resident is perhaps the notorious eighteenth-century criminal Jonathan Wild
Jonathan Wild
Jonathan Wild was perhaps the most infamous criminal of London — and possibly Great Britain — during the 18th century, both because of his own actions and the uses novelists, playwrights, and political satirists made of them...
, who was born there in 1682.
The village is just south of Albrighton
Albrighton, Bridgnorth
Albrighton is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is located to the northwest of Wolverhampton and is best described as a dormitory village for the city...
, and is just west of the county border with Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked 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. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
. The village is about eight miles west of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
in West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, on the A464 road, and ten miles east of Telford
Telford
Telford is a large new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, approximately east of Shrewsbury, and west of Birmingham...
.