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Also known as Bitterley, Shropshire

Bitterley is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 802, increasing to 902 at the 2011 Census. The village is about east of Ludlow on the western slopes of Titterstone Clee Hill. Bitterley is the location for Bitterley Court about east of the modern village. Nearby to the east, is the small hamlet of Bedlam.

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Locality
Ludlow
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Church
  • Bitterley Court
  • Henley Hall
  • Transport
  • Parish
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Bitterley is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 802, increasing to 902 at the 2011 Census. The village is about east of Ludlow on the western slopes of Titterstone Clee Hill. Bitterley is the location for Bitterley Court about east of the modern village. Nearby to the east, is the small hamlet of Bedlam.

==History== Bitterley is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was known as Buterlei. The fictional village of Bitterley in the Mary Webb novel The Golden Arrow (published 1916) was based on Habberley in the same county.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bitterley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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