Bitterley is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 802. The village is about four miles east of Ludlow on the western slopes of Titterstone Clee Hill. Bitterley is the location for Bitterley Court, the longtime seat of the Walcott family, who had previously sold their Walcot Hall to Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, known as Lord Clive of India.[1] Nearby, to the east, is the small hamlet of Bedlam.
In 1899 Bitterley Court was purchased by James Volant Wheeler, younger son of Edward Vincent Wheeler of Newnham Court , Tenbury Wells, and remains in the ownership of the Wheelers to this day. Bitterley Court is a Grade 2* listed building which was extensively modernized by Thomas Prichard in the late 18th century and restored by the grandson of James Volant Wheeler in the 1960s, saving it from demolition at a time when English country houses were at risk.
The fictional village of Bitterley in the Mary Webb novel was based on Habberley in the same county.
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