Boningale

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Boningale
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Boningale
Location within Shropshire
Population302 (2011)
OS grid reference SJ809026
Civil parish
  • Boningale
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WOLVERHAMPTON
Postcode district WV7
Dialling code 01902
Police West Mercia
Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
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Shropshire
52°37′16″N2°16′55″W / 52.621°N 2.282°W / 52.621; -2.282

Boningale is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. The village lies just south of Albrighton, and just west of the county border with Staffordshire. The village is about eight miles west of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, on the A464 road, and ten miles east of Telford.

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According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 266, increasing to 302 at the 2011 census. [1]

Its name was formerly spelt as Boningall or Bonninghall.

Church

The red sandstone church of St. Chad was originally built in the 12th century, and now has a 19th-century interior. There are the remains of a medieval cross in the churchyard. [2]

Notable residents

Boningale's most famous resident is perhaps the notorious eighteenth-century criminal Jonathan Wild, who was said to have been born there in 1682, [3] although he is otherwise described as a native of nearby Wolverhampton.

The mansion of Pepper Hill in the parish was the home of John Talbot (1545-1611) when it had a peripheral role in the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot. After the plot's discovery, one of the fugitive conspirators Thomas Wintour, the brother of Talbot's son-in-law, Robert, sought assistance from Talbot who turned him away. Talbot was investigated but not charged with complicity while the Wintours were ultimately executed. [4] [5] [6] The mansion, rebuilt in 1698, still stands. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Pevsner and Newton, Shropshire, the Buildings of England series, p.156
  3. Raven, M. A Guide to Shropshire, 2005, p.31
  4. Fraser, Antonia (2005). The Gunpowder Plot. Phoenix. pp. 218, 220–223. ISBN   0-7538-1401-3.
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  6. "TALBOT, John (1545-611), of Grafton, Worcs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

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