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Bishop's Castle is a small market town in Shropshire, England, and formerly its smallest borough. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,630. Bishop's Castle is 4 miles east of the Welsh border, about ten miles north-west of Ludlow and about twenty miles south-west of Shrewsbury. To the south is Clun and to the east is Church Stretton. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 11 KB) Summary Description: A blank map of the United Kingdom, with country outline and coastline; contact the author for help with modifications or add-ons Source: Reference map provided by Demis Mapper 6 Date: 2006-21-06 Author: User...
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Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified - by Athelstan 967 AD Area - Total 130,395 km² 50,346 sq mi Population - 2007 estimate...
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The SY postcode area, also known as the Shrewsbury postcode area[1], is a group of postal districts around Aberystwyth, Bishops Castle, Borth, Bow Street, Bucknell, Caersws, Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Ellesmere, Llanbrynmair, Llandinam, Llanfechain, Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Llanon, Llanrhystud, Llansantffraid, Llanymynech, Ludlow, Lydbury North, Machynlleth, Malpas, Meifod, Montgomery, Newtown, Oswestry...
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Feathers Hotel, Ludlow A view of Ludlow market, which is situated in Castle Square, taken from the tower of St Laurences Church. ...
Shrewsbury (pronounced either or ) is a town of 70,560 inhabitants [1] in Shropshire, England. ...
Map sources for Clun at grid reference SO352801 Clun is a small town in Shropshire, England, in the district of South Shropshire. ...
Statistics Population: 4,186 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SO453937 Administration District: South Shropshire Shire county: Shropshire Region: West Midlands Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Shropshire Historic county: Shropshire Services Police force: West Mercia Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: West Midlands Post office and telephone...
There is no main road running through the town, though the A488 runs north-south to the east of the town, on its way from Shrewsbury, Pontesbury and Minsterley to Clun and Knighton. The B4385 runs around the town and connects with the A488. The A488 is a route on the UK highway network that runs from Penybont, near Llandrindod, in Wales, to Shrewsbury, Shropshire, in England. ...
Shrewsbury (pronounced either or ) is a town of 70,560 inhabitants [1] in Shropshire, England. ...
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Map sources for Clun at grid reference SO352801 Clun is a small town in Shropshire, England, in the district of South Shropshire. ...
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Bishop's Castle was close to the epicentre of a magnitude 5.1 earthquake on April 2, 1990.
It is also known for its alternative community. The phrase alternative society may have been in usage since the 19th century when Karl Marx and Proudhon represented two factions for alternative visions of social change. ...
Facilities
Although it is smaller than many villages, Bishop's Castle has all the facilities of a small town and still retains its important cattle market in the heart of the town. It has a post office, two banks, two butchers, a bread shop, a chemist, three general groceries and shoe and clothes shops where you can buy walking gear. It also has several good pubs, including two micro-breweries, the Six Bells Brewery and the renowned John Roberts Brewery at the Three Tunns, and all of which have restaurants or do bar meals. There are also several other places to eat, The Castle Hotel and plenty of B&B's, two second hand bookshops and several antique shops. Beer barrels outside the Castle Rock microbrewery in Nottingham, England. ...
Sights in the town include Bishop's Castle Town Hall, the House on Crutches, the John Roberts Brewery and the Six Bells Brewery.
The Town also possesses a vibrant sporting community, including Cricket Club, Football Club, Rugby Club, Womens Hockey Club, Squash Club, Tennis Club.
The town has many pubs: starting from the bottom of the town, to the top; The Six Bells, The Boar's Head, The Kings Head, The Vaults, The castle Hotel, The Three Tuns.
It also has a good Indian resteraunt/takeaway, Chinease takeaway, "Happy bap" sandwich bar, and Chip shop.
History
The Castle The Castle at Bishop's Castle was originally a motte and bailey design built in 1087 to defend the church and village from the Welsh, grid reference SO323891. The castle has been under attack several times, most noticeably in 1263 when John Fritz Alan, Lord of Oswestry and Clun, held it under siege and caused significant damage, the damage was estimated at 1,060 marks. Model of a motte-and-bailey Plan of Windsor Castle in 1743 by Batty Langley The remains of a motte, at Brinklow in Warwickshire, England The motte, at Knockgraffon, New Inn in County Tipperary, Ireland The remains of a Motte situated in Callan, Co Kilkenny, Ireland A motte-and-bailey...
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In 1557 the castle was described as thirteen rooms covered with lead, a tower on the outer wall on the eastern side containing a stable, and two rooms covered with tiles. There were two other rooms called 'le new buyldinge' situate on the outer wall between the building over the gate and the tower called 'le prison tower'. There was also a dovecote, a garden, a forest and a park.
In 1618 the castle started to deteriorate and in the 1700s the Keep and surroundings were flattened to make a bowling green, and in 1719 The Castle Hotel was built on the site of the outer bailey. (Some historians believe that the houses along Market Sq and Castle Street were built on the foundations on an outer wall due to the curvature of the houses).
All that's physically left of the castle now is a 10m long, coursed stone wall on the west side of the castle site which is 2m thick and 3 m high, It was overgrown with ivy and was recently renovated too keep it safe and stable.
The castle at Bishop's Castle is written about every year by students at the local highschool for their coursework. They don't enjoy it much.
The Town The layout of the town in the present day shows that originally the town was made up of 46 burgage plots which were separated by a few small lanes which have developed to be Church Street, Union Street and Station Street. a tenure under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering a service such as watching and warding This article is a stub. ...
In 1249 a Royal Charter for a weekly market and an annual fair was granted, they are both still very popular with a Friday market in the town hall and a May fair in the playing fields.
The town hall was built in the 1600s as a new administrative centre, a court and possibly a prison.
Bishop's Castle has been on a main route for travellers since prehistoric times. The inns would have provided accommodation for travellers and have stabled their horses. Bishops Castle had a railway between 1865 and 1935, originally it was meant to go from Craven Arms to Montgomery although it never made it that far as the money ran out. Sections of the old railway can still be seen today including some of the embankments, brides and stations. Craven Arms is a small town in South Shropshire, Shropshire, England. ...
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The town was bypassed in the 19th century by Thomas Telford's great road further north, which ran through Shrewsbury. The Bishops Castle Railway was later built from Craven Arms to Bishop's Castle, but closed in 1935. Thomas Telford (August 9, 1757 - September 2, 1834) was born in Westerkirk, Scotland. ...
Shrewsbury (pronounced either or ) is a town of 70,560 inhabitants [1] in Shropshire, England. ...
The original plan for the Bishops Castle Railway was to build a line from Craven Arms to Montgomery, eventually linking to mid-Wales and Shrewsbury, with a branch line from Lydham to Bishops Castle. ...
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The church of St John the Baptist lies at the lower end of the town and the remains of the castle at the upper end. Between the two runs Church Street and the High Street.
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Feathers Hotel, Ludlow A view of Ludlow market, which is situated in Castle Square, taken from the tower of St Laurences Church. ...
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External links - Shropshire Tourism The official tourism website for Shropshire
- BC Online
- Bishop's Castle Photos
- Images of Bishop's Castle on Shropshire Gallery
- [1] Bishop's Castle Railway
- [2] Bishops Castle Cricket Club
- [3] Bishops Castle
- Description and photographs of Bishops Castle for visitors
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