Cleeton St Mary

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Cleeton St Mary
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The village with the church and former schoolhouse, both Victorian
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Cleeton St Mary
Location within Shropshire
OS grid reference SO610786
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KIDDERMINSTER
Postcode district DY14
Dialling code 01584
Police West Mercia
Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
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England
Shropshire
52°24′14″N2°34′19″W / 52.404°N 2.572°W / 52.404; -2.572

Cleeton St Mary (or Cleeton) is a small village in south Shropshire, England.

It lies on the northeast slope of Titterstone Clee Hill, at an elevation of 316 metres (1,037 ft) above sea level. Cleeton forms part of the civil parish of Bitterley, even though the parish largely exists on the other side of Titterstone Clee, and Cleeton is effectively detached (by road). Cleeton St Mary is a parish ward. Large areas of common land remain around the village; the countryside here is largely pasture (for grazing of sheep and horses), woodland and moorland. [1]

The church of Saint Mary (Church of England) is situated here but is relatively new, being built in the second half of the 19th century (along with the schoolhouse). [2] It is grade II listed. [3]

Cleeton is mentioned in the Cadfael novel The Virgin in the Ice which is set in 1139.

See also

References

  1. Ordnance Survey mapping
  2. Church of England A Church Near You
  3. Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1383665)". National Heritage List for England .