Welsh End is a small rural hamlet in the village of Whixall

Whixall

Whixall is a small and rural village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.The nearest towns are Whitchurch, to the north, and Wem, to the south....

, Shropshire

Shropshire

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, England

England

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. The hamlet

Hamlet

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 is adjacent to the border with the Welsh county of Clwyd

Clwyd

Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east, bordering England with Cheshire to its east, Shropshire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Gwynedd to its immediate west and Powys to the south. It additionally shares a maritime border with the metropolitan county of...

, and is traversed by the Llangollen

Llangollen Canal

The Llangollen Canal is a navigable canal crossing the border between England and Wales. The waterway links Llangollen in Denbighshire, north Wales, with Hurleston in south Cheshire, via the town of Ellesmere, Shropshire....

 canal

Canal

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. The main place of worship within the hamlet is Welsh End Methodist Chapel

Chapel

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. Welsh End, small as it is, once boasted two public houses, The Pheasant and The Waggoners. The Pheasant is now a private house and The Waggoners burnt down in early 2008.