West Felton
West Felton is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. At the 2001 census the parish, which also includes the settlements of Rednal, Grimpo and Haughton, had a population of 1,380.[1]
The village originally grew around a Norman castle, whose motte lies next to the church. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as Feltone, and as "Felton by le Knokyn" in 1303.[2] The name Felton probably represents a combination of Old English feld, "open land", and tun, "settlement".[2]
The old ecclesiastical parish of West Felton contained the townships of West Felton, Sutton, Rednall, Haughton, Teddesmere, Woolston (now in Oswestry Rural), Sandford and Twyford. The modern civil parish has similar, though not identical, boundaries. The parish church, which has a 12th-century nave,[3] is dedicated to St Michael, and has a chapel of ease at Haughton.
Notable people
The ornithologist and poet John Freeman Milward Dovaston was born in Twyford.[4]
Former Shrewsbury School Headmaster, Benjamin Hall Kennedy, was Rector of West Felton from 1866 to 1868.[5]
Boer War Victoria Cross winner General Sir Walter Congreve had his home at West Felton Grange from 1903 to 1924, with his son William, who was killed in World War I when he also, posthumously, received the VC. Their service in the latter war is recorded in one of the Rolls of Honour books in St Michael's Church. The former gave land to the Church of England for the erection of a community facility called the Haslehurst Institute.[6]
References
- ↑ West Felton CP, Office for National Statistics
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gelling, M. The Place-names of Shropshire: Vol I, the Major Names of Shropshire, English Place-Name Society, 1990, p.307
- ↑ Pevsner and Newman, Shropshire, Buildings of England Series, p.682
- ↑ "Dovaston, John Freeman Milward (1782–1854), naturalist and poet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7946. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ↑ "Kennedy, Benjamin Hall (KNDY822BH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ Francis, Peter (2013). Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance. YouCaxton Publications. pp. 166–168. ISBN 978-1-909644-11-3.
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Coordinates: 52°49′N 2°59′W / 52.817°N 2.983°W
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