Harnage

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Harnage
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The lane from Cound approaching Harnage
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Harnage
Location within Shropshire
OS grid reference SJ566042
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SHREWSBURY
Postcode district SY5
Dialling code 01952
Police West Mercia
Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
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UK
England
Shropshire
52°38′02″N2°38′28″W / 52.634°N 2.641°W / 52.634; -2.641

Harnage is a small village in the English county of Shropshire. It is located just SE of the village of Cound, in whose civil parish it lies, and the nearest notable settlement is Cressage.

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Harnage is considered a hamlet, not a village, as it does not have a post office. One road runs through the hamlet, passing residences, Harnage Farm, and Harnage House, a 17th-century house built on the site of an older mansion, allegedly dating back to the 11th or 12th century. [1] The land was owned in the 12th century by Richard de Harnage, the progenitor of the Harnage family in England and in the USA.

The name derives from the old English and means "rocky edge", which describes the area's landscape. It is completely agricultural. At the NW end of the road running through Harnage is the village of Cound (pronounced Koond) and at the other end is a junction at the foot of the hill, that runs into the place called Harnage Grange, a farm consortium, which, in ancient times pre-Henry VIII, used to be the home farm of Buildwas Abbey and Wenlock Priory, a few miles away near the town of Much Wenlock. [2]

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References

  1. "Harnage House". Historic England. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  2. "Harnage Grange". Historic England. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

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