Nether Skyborry
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Nether Skyborry is a hamlet consisting of six houses in Shropshire
, England, one mile northwest of the town of Knighton. The Welsh
border lies very close - the River Teme
runs to the south of the hamlet. The Welsh border is just on the other side of the river (but no longer follows the exact course of the river).
The name "Skyborry" is an anglicisation of the Welsh
for barn, ysgubor. "Nether" is English
and means near or under. The hamlet is downstream of the other hamlet with the Skyborry place name (Skyborry Green
- less than 1 miles (2 km) northwest) and it is sometimes referred to as "Lower Skyborry".
Nether Skyborry lies 190 – above sea level, on the northern (English) slope of the Teme valley.
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, one mile northwest of the town of Knighton. The Welsh
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
border lies very close - 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...
runs to the south of the hamlet. The Welsh border is just on the other side of the river (but no longer follows the exact course of the river).
The name "Skyborry" is an anglicisation of the Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
for barn, ysgubor. "Nether" is English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and means near or under. The hamlet is downstream of the other hamlet with the Skyborry place name (Skyborry Green
Skyborry Green
Skyborry Green is a hamlet consisting of a small number of houses and a farm in Shropshire, England, northwest of Knighton. The Welsh border lies very close.The name is an anglicisation of the Welsh for barn - ysgubor....
- less than 1 miles (2 km) northwest) and it is sometimes referred to as "Lower Skyborry".
Nether Skyborry lies 190 – above sea level, on the northern (English) slope of the Teme valley.