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Ludlow (/ l ʌ d. l oʊ /) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England.It is located 28 miles (45 km) south of Shrewsbury and 23 miles (37 km) north of Hereford, on the A49 road which bypasses the town.
This is a list of towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. This list includes those places in Telford and Wrekin . Those with town status are shown in bold.
Middleton is a small village in south Shropshire, England. It is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of Ludlow town centre, on the B4364 road (which runs between Ludlow and Bridgnorth), in the civil parish of Bitterley. The settlement existed at the time of the Domesday Book (1086) when it had a mill on the Ledwyche Brook.
The Buttercross in Ludlow, Shropshire, England, is a market hall dating from 1746. Such market halls, or crosses, may derive from the high crosses or free-standing stones of the Early Mediaeval period. In the Middle Ages they were often used as gathering points in the centres of communities, generally as venues for regular markets. Beneath the ...
The Feathers Hotel is a historic inn in Ludlow, Shropshire. Its imposing half-timbered frontage was constructed in 1619, over an earlier core, for a local lawyer, Rees Jones. [ 2 ] John Newman describes the hotel as a "prodigy" of Tudor architecture and it is noted for its Jacobean furnishings.
Undertaken by Shropshire County Council, a temporary Bailey bridge was first opened in August 2007 to partially reopen the B4361. Over the next year, the council's consultants Mouchel designed a permanent bridge and this was constructed by McPhillips (Wellington) Ltd. Constructed to withstand any serious future flooding, the bridge now features a longer span to increase the volume capacity of ...
Clee St. Margaret is a small village and civil parish in the Clee Hills area of Shropshire, England. It is seven miles north east (about a fifteen-minute drive) from the market town of Ludlow. It lies at approximately 205 metres (673 ft) above sea level. [2] The Clee Brook passes through the settlement, as a 50-metre long, shallow ford.
The public house is described as "the best surviving medieval inn in Ludlow" and pre-dates the Feathers Hotel opposite. [2] It is a Grade II listed building . [ 1 ] Much of the current three-storey building dates to the 16th century, but the painted stucco front date from the 18th century and the roof tiles from the 20th century.