Cherrington

Cherrington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Tibberton and Cherrington, in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It was recorded as a manor in Domesday, when it was held by Gerard de Tournai, and was stated to have been held by a man named Uliet in the time of Edward the Confessor, although it was recorded as "waste", in an uncultivated state, by the time Gerard took possession of it.[1] In 1961 the parish had a population of 122.[2]

For other uses, see Cherrington (disambiguation).

Cherrington
Cherrington Manor
Cherrington is located in Shropshire
Cherrington
Cherrington
Location within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSJ664199
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWPORT
Postcode districtTF10
Dialling code01952
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Cherrington is near to the larger village of Tibberton, to the east; Waters Upton is to the west and Great Bolas to the north-west. Newport is the nearest town. It contains several half-timbered buildings including Cherrington Manor, which dates from 1635 and was probably built for a landowner and Member of Parliament, Sir Richard Leveson of Lilleshall (1598-1661).

History

Its name is possibly derived from the Old English personal name Ceorl, or it may have originally been "Ceorranton" from the name Ceorra ("the settlement of Ceorra's people").[3]

Cherrington Manor (or in some versions, the malt-house standing behind it) was popularly supposed to have been the building referenced in the nursery rhyme This Is the House That Jack Built.[4][5] The story is, however, a purely local attribution with no particular evidence to back it up.[4]

Cherrington was formerly a township in the parish of Edgmond,[6] from 1866 Cherrington was a civil parish in its own right,[7] on 1 April 1988 the parish was abolished and merged with Tibberton to form "Tibberton & Cherrington".[8]

See also

References
  1. Eyton, R. W. Antiquities of Shropshire, v.VII, p.194
  2. "Population statistics Cherrington CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  3. Bowcock, E. W. Shropshire place names, Wilding & Son, 1923, p.68
  4. Bailey, Brian J. Portrait of Shropshire, R. Hale, 1981, p.61
  5. Auden, J. E. Shropshire, Methuen, 1918, p.217
  6. "History of Cherrington, in Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  7. "Relationships and changes Cherrington CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  8. "Wrekin Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

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