Quabbs is a very small, scattered hamlet in the southwest of 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...

, on the border between England

England

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 and Wales

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...

. The name, which also occurs in Gloucestershire as a field name, is possibly derived from the Old English word cwabba, "marsh".

It is located in the rural parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of Bettws-y-Crwyn

Bettws-y-Crwyn

This article is about the place in Shropshire. For other places called Betws or Bettws see Bettws.Bettws-y-Crwyn is a small, remote village and civil parish in south west Shropshire, England. It is close to the Welsh border, and is one of a few English villages to have a Welsh language placename,...

. The nearest village is Newcastle

Newcastle, Shropshire

Newcastle is a village in the rural south west of Shropshire, England. It lies at the confluence of the River Clun and the Folly Brook, 3 miles west of the small town of Clun...

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Quabbs lies at 390m above sea level.

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