Pitchford
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Pitchford is a small village in the English county of Shropshire. It is located between Cantlop and Acton Burnell and stands on an affluent of the River Severn. Pitchford takes its name from a bituminous spring/pitch in the village, located near the Row Brook.
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Place details
- Locality
- Acton Burnell
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Shropshire
- Population
- 126
- Image
- Pitchford Church - geograph.org.uk - 351076.jpg
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- OS grid reference
- SJ529036
- Commons category
- Pitchford
- P8168
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Population
- Employment
- Pitchford Estate
- St Michael's Church
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Pitchford is a small village in the English county of Shropshire. It is located between Cantlop and Acton Burnell and stands on an affluent of the River Severn. Pitchford takes its name from a bituminous spring/pitch in the village, located near the Row Brook.
It is home to Pitchford Hall, one of the most notable Elizabethan houses in Britain. The Church of St Michael and All Angels stands near to the house which contains a carved oak 13th century effigy of Sir John de Pitchford. It is also the name for the civil parish.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pitchford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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