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Malehurst
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Malehurst
Location within Shropshire
OS grid reference SJ383063
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Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SHREWSBURY
Postcode district SY5
Dialling code 01743
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52°39′04″N2°54′43″W / 52.651°N 2.912°W / 52.651; -2.912 Coordinates: 52°39′04″N2°54′43″W / 52.651°N 2.912°W / 52.651; -2.912

Malehurst is a hamlet in Shropshire, England between the large villages of Pontesbury and Minsterley and north of the small village of Asterley. It is within the civil parish of Pontesbury.

Shropshire County of England

Shropshire is a county in England, bordering Wales to the west, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire to the south. Shropshire Council was created in 2009, a unitary authority taking over from the previous county council and five district councils. The borough of Telford and Wrekin has been a separate unitary authority since 1998 but continues to be included in the ceremonial county.

Pontesbury village in the United Kingdom

Pontesbury is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire and is approximately eight miles southwest of the county town of Shrewsbury. In the 2011 census, its population was 3,227. The village of Minsterley is just over a mile further southwest. The A488 road runs through the village, on its way from Shrewsbury to Bishop's Castle. The Rea Brook flows close by to the north with the village itself nestling on the northern edge of the Shropshire Hills AONB. Shropshire County Council in their current Place Plan detail the development strategy and refer to Pontesbury and neighbouring Minsterley as towns.

Minsterley village in Shropshire

Minsterley is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. In the 2011 census, its population was 1,777. Minsterley lies one mile south-west of Pontesbury and 10 miles south-west of Shrewsbury. East from Minsterley along the A488, is the larger village of Pontesbury and to its south the hill range, the Stiperstones. The Rea Brook flows nearby and the smaller Minsterley Brook flows through the centre of the village.

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The Rea Brook flows around Malehurst and the Minsterley Brook flows into the Rea Brook here.

Rea Brook

The name Rea Brook can refer to either of two brooks in Shropshire, England.

Minsterley Brook is a small stream in Shropshire, England. The source of this stream is at the northeast part of Stapeley Hill. It is later on joined by other smaller streams flowing into it. It is a steep rocky brook, fast flowing with occasional small water falls. The brook passes down the steep wooded Hope Valley which houses the nature reserve, afterwards passing the head offices of Espiritu Balloons in Plox Green. The brook then descends less steeply down through the grounds of the 16th century Minsterley Hall past Minsterley's Parish Hall. After this it joins the larger river called the Rea Brook.

There is an industrial estate that accommodates a number of small businesses. There is also a highly successful dairy farm.

There was a lead smelting house at Malehurst, operated with a Boulton and Watt steam engine, between 1778 and it is going out of use by 1831. [1] A barytes-processing plant was established at Malehurst Mill in c.1910, linked by an aerial ropeway to a mine at Huglith, until 1949 when the ropeway was taken down. The buildings became used to mill animal foodstuffs. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Gaydon & Lawson, A.T. & J.B. (1982). A History of Pontesbury. Shropshire Libraries. p. 279.Reprint from Victoria County History of Shropshire, Volume VIII, published 1968.
  2. ↑ A History of Pontesbury. p. 281.

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