Harmer Hill

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Harmer Hill
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The Red Castle public house, Harmer Hill (Closed for business 2018)
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Harmer Hill
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Post town SHREWSBURY
Postcode district SY4
Dialling code 01939
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52°47′56″N2°45′58″W / 52.799°N 2.766°W / 52.799; -2.766

Harmer Hill is a village in Shropshire, England located on the A528 south of Wem and north of Shrewsbury.

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The name Harmer comes from the two words "hare" and "mere", as there was a lake situated in a plain below the hill, but it was drained in the 15th century for farm land. The village was home to two pubs, the Bridgewater Arms and the Red Castle; the Red Castle closed in 2018. There is a village hall and Presbyterian chapel with its own burial ground. Harmer Hill is said to be haunted,[ citation needed ] notably by a "White Lady".

Queen Mary's brother, the Marquess of Cambridge, lived at nearby Shotton Hall from after World War I until his death in 1927. [1] Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat MP, lives in Harmer Hill, which is in her North Shropshire constituency. [2]

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References

  1. "Death of the Marquess of Cambridge". The Shrewsbury Chronicle. 25 October 1927. p. 7.Obituary.
  2. "Meet Helen". Helen Morgan. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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