Plowden, Shropshire

Plowden is a hamlet in the parish of Lydbury North, Shropshire, England.[1] It is in the valley of the River Onny and lies 3 miles east of Bishop's Castle.

Plowden Hall is a grade II* listed building, being a timber framed building dating in part from about 1300.[2] and is described in the novel John Inglesant by Joseph Henry Shorthouse.[3]

When Edwin Plowden was awarded a life peerage in 1959 he took the title of Baron Plowden of Plowden in the county of Salop.

There is a Roman Catholic church of St Walburga in Plowden.[4]

Plowden was one of the stations on the Bishops Castle Railway, which closed in 1935.[5]

References

  1. ^ "North Lydbury". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/NorthLydbury/. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 
  2. ^ Details from listed building database (257001) . Images of England. English Heritage.
  3. ^ "Plowden". Literary Heritage: West Midlands. http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/plowden.htm. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 
  4. ^ "Pastoral Spiritual and Practical Care to the Local Communities". The Diocese of Shrewsbury. http://www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org/contactsview.asp. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 
  5. ^ "History". Bishops Castle Railway Society. http://www.bcrailway.co.uk/railway-history.htm. Retrieved 19 July 2010.