Colebatch, Shropshire

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Colebatch
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Colebatch
Location within Shropshire
Population210 (2011)
OS grid reference SO318870
Civil parish
  • Colebatch
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BISHOPS CASTLE
Postcode district SY9
Dialling code 01588
Police West Mercia
Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
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England
Shropshire
52°28′37″N3°00′14″W / 52.477°N 3.004°W / 52.477; -3.004

Colebatch is a small village and civil parish in southwest Shropshire, England. The population of the Civil Parish as at the 2011 census was 210. [1]

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The village lies on the A488, one mile south of Bishop's Castle, on the road to Clun. Also nearby, to the east, is the village of Lydbury North, while the hamlet of Cefn Einion lies to the west.

In the village, on the west side of a tributary of the River Kemp, are the earthwork remains of Colebatch Castle, a small motte castle.

The village is named after the Colebatch family who owned the village and castle of Colebatch. Descendants include John Colebatch and Hal Colebatch. The name was originally the Norman word d'Colebatche. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. Colebatch, Hal G. P. (2004). Steadfast Knight: A Life of Sir Hal Colebatch. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. p. 14. ISBN   1-920731-39-3.
  3. De Garis, Brian (1962). A Political Biography of Sir Hal Colebatch (MA thesis). University of Western Australia. p. 1.

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