Sutton upon Tern
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Sutton upon Tern is a civil parish in Shropshire
, England
. It is situated south of Market Drayton
, on the River Tern
.
It is unusual in that a small area of the parish, at Ternhill
, is almost an exclave of the parish (only a 5m wide strip of land joins it with the bulk of the parish).
Buntingsdale Hall
is located within the parish.
The parish also includes the hamlet
of Woodseaves, in the east of the parish on the A529
. A deep cut
on the Shropshire Union Canal
is called the Woodseaves Cutting and is named after this hamlet, which is situated to the west of the canal.
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...
. It is situated south of Market Drayton
Market Drayton
Market Drayton is a small market town in north Shropshire, England. It is on the River Tern, between Shrewsbury and Stoke-on-Trent, and was formerly known as "Drayton in Hales" and earlier simply as "Drayton" ....
, on the River Tern
River Tern
The River Tern is a river in Shropshire, England. It rises north-east of Market Drayton in the north of the county. The source of the Tern is considered to be the lake in the grounds of Maer Hall, Staffordshire...
.
It is unusual in that a small area of the parish, at Ternhill
Ternhill
Ternhill is a village in Shropshire, England, notable for its Royal Air Force training base which was the site of a bombing by the Provisional IRA on 20th of February 1989 in which one person was injured...
, is almost an exclave of the parish (only a 5m wide strip of land joins it with the bulk of the parish).
Buntingsdale Hall
Buntingsdale Hall
Buntingsdale Hall is a historic country house in the parish of Sutton upon Tern, to the southwest of Market Drayton in Shropshire, England. It became a Grade II* listed building on 14 February 1979.-History:...
is located within the parish.
The parish also includes the hamlet
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Woodseaves, in the east of the parish on the A529
A529 road
The A529 is a non-primary road in England that runs from the A41 at Hinstock in Shropshire to the A530 in Nantwich, Cheshire. ....
. A deep cut
Cut (earthmoving)
In civil engineering, a cut or cutting is where soil or rock material from a hill or mountain is cut out to make way for a canal, road or railway line....
on the Shropshire Union Canal
Shropshire Union Canal
The Shropshire Union Canal is a navigable canal in England; the Llangollen and Montgomery canals are the modern names of branches of the Shropshire Union system and lie partially in Wales....
is called the Woodseaves Cutting and is named after this hamlet, which is situated to the west of the canal.