Abdon, Shropshire

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Abdon is an upland village in the Clee Hills area of English county of Shropshire.

[edit] Domesday Book Village

It was called Abetune in the Domesday Book. "ABDON, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Munslow, in the county of Salop, a short distance from Bridgnorth, and 10 miles N. of Ludlow, which is a market town and railway station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway. It is situated near the foot of the Clee hills, and looks out upon Corve Dale, through which flows the small river Corve. The living, a discharged rectory, value £147, is in the diocese of Hereford, and in the patronage of Lord Herbert. The church is dedicated to St. Margaret." Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)

[edit] Clee Hills

Abdon is an inaccessible rural hamlet on the slopes of the Brown Clee Hill. The population currently stands at approx. 28 dwellings. The hamlet includes a church, village hall and the remains of a deserted medieval village. The hamlet is very close to the remains of an Iron Age hill fort now known as Nordy Bank, situated on the southern end of the Brown Clee. Abdon has a lively community, with regular events at the village hall. It is a very nice place.