Rudge, Shropshire

Rudge
Rudge Location within Shropshire
Area	6.247 km2 (2.412 sq mi)
Population	98 (2001 census)
•  Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Civil parish	Rudge
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Website	https://www.worfieldparish.co.uk/
List of places UK England Shropshire 52°34′24″N2°16′50″W / 52.573213°N 2.2806029°W / 52.573213; -2.2806029

Rudge is a settlement and civil parish about 6 miles east of Bridgnorth, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 98. ^[1] The parish touches those of Claverley and Worfield within Shropshire and Pattingham and Patshull and Trysull and Seisdon in Staffordshire. ^[2] Rudge shares a parish council with Worfield. ^[3]

Landmarks

There are 4 listed buildings in Rudge. ^[4] Rudge Hall, with a medieval core, was a seat of the Talbot and Wright-Boycott families. The estate was purchased in 1921 by William Wilson, a Wolverhampton brewer, and reconstructed with an elegant neo-Queen Anne facade in the 1930s to the designs of James A. Swann, in brick with stone dressings, sash windows and a loggia. ^{[5] [6]} An 18th-century cattle pound is nearby.

History

The name "Rudge" means 'ridge'. ^[7]

Rudge was recorded in the Domesday Book as Rigge. ^[8] Rudge was formerly a township in the parish of Pattingham ^[9] until in 1866 Rudge became a civil parish in its own right. On 1 April 1967 17 acres was transferred to Claverley parish. ^[10]

References

1. Neighbourhood Statistics
2. "Rudge". Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 25 June 2021.
3. "Worfield and Rudge Parish Council". Shropshire Council . Retrieved 25 June 2021.
4. "Listed buildings in Rudge, Shropshire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
5. "Rudge Hall, Shropshire" . Retrieved 25 March 2024.
6. https://www.blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB149_DB-84_1_10
7. "Rudge Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
8. "Shropshire M-S". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
9. "History of Rudge, in Bridgnorth and Shropshire". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 25 June 2021.
10. "Relationships and changes Rudge Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

• "Rudge". City Population De. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

External links

• Parish council