Other places · Mid Wales
Rorrington
In or near Priestweston.
Rorrington in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
Humphrey Bolton — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Welshpool · 9.4 km
About
Rorrington is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Shropshire Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Rorrington is a hamlet in west Shropshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton. Four lanes lead into the hamlet: from Marton in the north, Meadowtown in the east, Middleton in the south, and Wotherton in the west. National Cycle Route 44 passes through the hamlet.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Rorrington's name is possibly derived from Old English personal name and could be translated as "the estate of Hror". As Roritune, it was recorded as a manor in the Domesday Book, when it was held jointly by Robert and Roger fitz Corbet. There was once a holy well here, located on the hillside at Rorrington Green. In the mediaeval period it was a place of pilgrimage and there was a small chapel on the site, administered by the canons of St Michael's church in Chirbury and probably dedicated to the Virgin Mary. This may have been the Christianisation of an earlier tradition. Until the 1830s, a "Halliwell Wakes" was held on Ascension Day, when villagers would process round the hillside, with…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.6000, -3.0380
- District
- Shropshire
- Parish
- Chirbury with Brompton
- Postcode
- SY15 6BX
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Shropshire
- Nearest railway station
- Welshpool — 9.4 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q3876834 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Rorrington (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Wotherton Castle Mound
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Meadowtown
Forests & woodlands · 1.4 km
Motte castle 100m north of Wotherton Hall
Literary houses · 1.5 km
Middleton-in-Chirbury War Memorial
Memorials & monuments · 1.5 km
Wotherton
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Castle Ring: a large univallate hillfort, 600m south east of Meadowtown Farm
Vineyards · 1.7 km
Rockabank Hill
Mountains & hills · 2.0 km
Marton The Mount
Literary houses · 2.0 km
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📷 4Frequently asked questions
- Where is Rorrington?
- Rorrington is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY15 6BX), in the parish of Chirbury with Brompton.
- What is Rorrington?
- Rorrington in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Rorrington?
- The nearest railway station is Welshpool, about 9.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode SY15 6BX.
- Is Rorrington a protected site?
- Yes — Rorrington is part of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Rorrington?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SY15 6BX. It sits within the South Shropshire parliamentary constituency.