Yockleton
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Yockleton is a village in Shropshire
, England
.
It is west of the county town of Shrewsbury
, just off the B4386 road to Montgomery
and near to the River Severn
.
There is one local pub, the Yockleton Arms, several miles west on the B4386, a Village Church (C of E) with its own website, and a village hall, as well as an old people's home in the old Vicarage.
Previously Yockleton had a school, a garage a post office
and a pub right in the heart of the village. These have progressively closed as the village has developed into a commuter village for Shrewsbury. There is a Motte and Bailey in a field not far from the church.
Yockleton is near to Ford
and Westbury
; the hamlet of Edge lies due south of the village.
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...
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It is west of the county town of Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...
, just off the B4386 road to Montgomery
Montgomery, Powys
The historic county town of Montgomery in Powys, Wales lies just three miles from the English border in the Welsh Marches. It is best known for its castle, Montgomery Castle, begun in 1223, and its parish church, begun in 1227. However its origins go back much further, as seen by the Celtic Iron...
and near to the River Severn
River Severn
The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about , but the second longest on the British Isles, behind the River Shannon. It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon, Ceredigion near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales...
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There is one local pub, the Yockleton Arms, several miles west on the B4386, a Village Church (C of E) with its own website, and a village hall, as well as an old people's home in the old Vicarage.
Previously Yockleton had a school, a garage a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
and a pub right in the heart of the village. These have progressively closed as the village has developed into a commuter village for Shrewsbury. There is a Motte and Bailey in a field not far from the church.
Yockleton is near to Ford
Ford, Shropshire
Ford is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.It is west of the county town of Shrewsbury, just off the A458 and near to the River Severn, at . The Royal Mail postcode is SY5. There is one pub in Ford, The Cross Gates, to the west. The Pavement Gates , is now an Indian restaurant called...
and Westbury
Westbury, Shropshire
Westbury is a village and parish in Shropshire, England. It lies 8 miles west of the town of Shrewsbury, very close to the Wales-England border.During the Roman settlement of Britain it was an outpost of Wroxeter....
; the hamlet of Edge lies due south of the village.