Sprowston is a town and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. It is bounded by Heartsease to the east, Mousehold Heath and the suburb of New Sprowston to the south, Old Catton to the west, and by the open farmland of Beeston St Andrew to the north. It is close to Norwich. The 2011 census recorded a population of 14,691 making Sprowston the most populous civil parish in Broadland district.
Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.
Stanton upon Hine Heath is a village and parish in Shropshire, England. The River Roden flows through the village.
Moreton Corbet is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. The village's toponym refers to the Corbet baronets, the local landowners.
Moreton Corbet Castle is a ruined medieval castle and Elizabethan era manor house, located near the village of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and English Heritage property. Although out of use since the 18th century, it remains the property of the Corbet family. It can be visited free of charge during daylight hours.
Hopton Castle is situated in the village of the same name which lies approximately halfway between Knighton and Craven Arms, in the English county of Shropshire. Hopton Castle featured in the TV series Time Team in 2010. A ruin since the early 18th century, it was partially restored between 2006 and 2011, and was officially re-opened to the public as a visitor attraction in December 2011 by the Duke of Gloucester.
Sibdon Carwood is a hamlet and parish in Shropshire, England. To the east is the town of Craven Arms.
There have been six baronetcies created for members of the Corbet family, four in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. All creations are extinct.
This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of Shropshire
Thomas Farnolls Pritchard was an English architect and interior decorator who is best remembered for his design of the first cast-iron bridge in the world.
Reynald is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Acton Reynald Hall is a 19th-century country house at Acton Reynald, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet was an English lawyer and politician who sat for Shropshire in the House of Commons in the Short Parliament of 1640. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War.
The Corbet family is an English family of Anglo-Norman extraction that became one of the most powerful and richest of the landed gentry in Shropshire. They trace their ancestry to two barons found in the 1086 Domesday Book and they probably came from the Boitron and Essay region, near Sées in Normandy. The name Corbet derives from the Anglo-Norman word corb, meaning "crow" or "raven", matching the modern French corbeau. Variants of the name include: Corbet, Corbett, Corbitt, Corbit, Corbetts, Corbete, Corben and possibly the variant of Corbin. The underlying derivation is from the Latin word corvus, crow. Generally it is thought to be a jocular reference to a person who was thought to resemble a crow or raven: in hair colour, tone of voice or shape of nose. However, the Scandinavians believed that a raven on the battlefield was a beneficial omen and ensured victory.
Sir Andrew Corbet (1580–1637) of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1629. A Puritan sympathiser, he at first supported the government but became an increasingly vocal opponent of King Charles I's policies and ministers.
Richard Corbet was an English landowner and politician who represented Shropshire in the parliaments of 1558 and 1563.
Sir Richard Corbet (c.1545–1606) was an English landowner and politician of the Elizabethan period.
John Hiram Haycock (1759-1830) was an architect who built many notable buildings in Shropshire and Montgomeryshire. He was the son of William Haycock (1725-1802), a carpenter and joiner of Shrewsbury. He was apprenticed to his father and became a freeman of the Shrewsbury Carpenters’ and Bricklayers’ Company in 1796. From about 1814 he worked in partnership with his son Edward Haycock, Sr., and became the Shropshire county surveyor in 1824.
Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 45 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, two are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages and smaller settlements of Acton Reynald, Moreton Corbet, Lee Brockhurst, and Preston Brockhurst, and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses and cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings and associated structures, the earliest of which are timber framed. The other listed buildings include churches, memorials, a ruined castle and mansion, country houses and associated structures, a former watermill, a bridge, and two mileposts.
