Longdon-on-Tern
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Longdon-on-Tern (also known as Longdon-upon-Tern or colloquially Longdon) is a village in east central Shropshire, England, situated approximately seven miles east of Shrewsbury and seven miles north-west of Telford.
It takes part of its name from it position on the River Tern, a tributary of the River Severn.
[edit] Aqueduct
The village is particularly notable as the location of the world's first large-scale cast iron navigable aqueduct (, grid reference SJ617156). Designed by Thomas Telford, the aqueduct was constructed in 1796 as part of the Shrewsbury Canal. Although the canal was abandoned in 1944, the aqueduct remains and is Grade I listed and a scheduled ancient monument, situated in fields astride the River Tern.
The Tayleur Arms is a public house in the village.
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