Habberley, Shropshire
Coordinates: 52°37′33″N 2°53′24″W / 52.62594°N 2.88987°W
Habberley is a small village in the English county of Shropshire.
Habberley lies near the Stiperstones southwest of the town of Shrewsbury.
Formerly a small (325 acres (132 ha)) civil parish in its own right Habberley was merged in to the Pontesbury civil parish in 1967.[1] Its main amenities are a small Anglican church (St Mary's), a public house (The Mytton Arms), and village hall.
In 1824 its population was recorded as 151[2] - by 1961 this had declined to 66[1] but residential development such as the conversion of redundant farm buildings has seen it rise again to about 100 residents in 2012.[3] Mary Webb, the romantic novelist, called the place and surrounding district 'Bitterley' in her 1916 novel The Golden Arrow.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Vision of Britain
- ↑ Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824
- ↑ Martinali (compiler), Richard. Pontesbury Parish 2012, Celebrating life in our parish in Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Year. Pontesbury 2012 Guide Committee. p. 13.
- ↑ Shropshire County Council
External links
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