Cound

Also known as Cound, Shropshire

Cound is a village and civil parish on the west bank of the River Severn in Shropshire, England. It is south east of Shrewsbury.

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Place details

Locality: Cross Houses
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.civil_parish: Cound
UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Cound
UK place.population: 476
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.unitary_england: Shropshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Shropshire
UK place.region: West Midlands
UK place.constituency_westminster: Shrewsbury and Atcham
UK place.post_town: SHREWSBURY
UK place.postcode_district: SY5
UK place.postcode_area: SY
UK place.dial_code: 01743
UK place.os_grid_reference: SJ559051
UK place.static_image_name: Riverside Inn, Cound - geograph.org.uk - 151189.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: The Riverside Inn at Upper Cound, originally Cound halt on the Severn Valley Railway and built in 1862. Although unseen from this view, the original road and railway ran at what is now the rear of the building. The building is Grade II listed.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: civil parish
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Shropshire
Population: 476
Body of water: River Severn
Image: Riverside Inn, Cound - geograph.org.uk - 151189.jpg
Dialing code: 01743

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Commons category: Cound
postal code: SY3
OS grid reference: SJ559051
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Encyclopedic overview

29 sections

Contents

Etymology
Parish area
History
Prehistoric and Roman
A medieval forest
Iron bridges
Cound Hall
A river port and railway
Cound today
Governance
Parish
County
Westminster
Geography
Waterway
Geology
Sandstone quarrying and gravel sink holes
Education
Primary
Secondary
Religious sites
War memorial
Sport
Cound Cricket Club
Cound in the media
Notable people
See also
References
External links

Cound is a village and civil parish on the west bank of the River Severn in Shropshire, England. It is south east of Shrewsbury.

==Etymology== Locally the village name is pronounced "COOnd" (rhymes with spooned or crooned) although those local residents who have Cound as their surname usually pronounce it as "COWnd" (rhymes with pound or hound.)

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