Downton Hall

Middleton is a small village in south Shropshire, England. It is located 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of Ludlow town centre, on the B4364 road (which runs between Ludlow and Bridgnorth), in the civil parish of Bitterley. The settlement existed at the time of the Domesday Book (1086) when it had a mill on the Ledwyche Brook. At the time it formed part of the hundred of Culvestan, which merged into the new hundred of Munslow in the early 12th century. For several hundred years it was known as Middleton Higford after its chief tenant Walter de Huggeford who had his main holding at Higford near Shifnal. Middleton has a Norman chapel, much renovated in the 1850s, with a Norman motte next to it. It is a grade II* listed building.Middleton Court nearby was built in 1864 by the Rouse-Boughton family of Downton Hall who owned most of the land around. Brook House, built in the late 1500s, is a timber-framed moated manor house which is also Grade II* listed. Its late 18th Century privy, 17th and 18th Century outbuilding and kiln and its stables dated 1726 are all Grade II listed. Brook House Cottage (Grade II* listed) is medieval with 17th Century and 19th Century alterations.Middleton was on the now-dismantled railway line from Clee Hill Junction in Ludlow to the quarries on Clee Hill. Most of the present-day village is 20th century and built along the B4364, comprising some older detached properties and three housing developments: Paddockside, Westview and Ledwyche Close.

The Clee Hills are a range of hills in Shropshire, England near Ludlow, consisting of Brown Clee Hill 1,772 feet (540 m), the highest peak in Shropshire, and Titterstone Clee Hill 1,749 feet (533 m). They are both in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Hopton Cangeford, also referred to as Hopton-in-the-Hole, is a small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The small parish includes Lesser Poston and Greater Poston; both were manors recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 (Hopton Cangeford was not). They formed part of the Saxon hundred of Culvestan. They are situated to the north of Hopton Cangeford village. Hopton Cangeford was historically an outlying part of Stanton Lacy parish. It belonged to (after the dissolution of Culvestan c. 1100) the hundred of Munslow. The father of painter Charles Wellington Furse was the perpetual curate of the parish.

The Fishmore Hall Hotel in Ludlow, Shropshire is a house of historical significance. A major part of it was built in about 1820 but some of the building may be older than this. It was a private residence for many years and in the late part of the 20th century it became a school. It was recently converted to a hotel.

Henley Hall is a building of historical significance and is listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in about 1610 by the Powys family and then substantially changed in 1772. Additions were again made in the late 19th century. It is a generally a three-storey building in brick with a slate roof. Flanking wings were added at both ends of the original linear building c. 1772 and further major extensions carried out in 1875 and 1907. The hall is surrounded by landscaped and formal gardens covering some 60 hectares. The hall itself is listed grade II* and the orangery, outbuildings, dovecote and Bitterley main gate are listed Grade II. It is situated 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northeast of Ludlow town centre, just off the A4117 road to Cleobury Mortimer. The Ledwyche Brook flows by the estate.

East Hamlet was a civil parish situated immediately to the east and northeast of the market town of Ludlow, Shropshire. The name, which dates much further back than the creation of the civil parish, refers to a small settlement in the eastern area of Ludlow.

Ludlow Hospital is an NHS community hospital located on Gravel Hill in Ludlow, Shropshire, England. It is managed by the Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust.

Clee Hill Junction was a railway junction in Shropshire, England, where the goods only line from Titterstone Clee Hill joined the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, a LNWR/GWR joint line. It was situated 24 chains (about a quarter of a mile) to the north of Ludlow railway station.The branch line to Clee Hill operated between 1864 and 1962, and ran up to the hill via the villages of Middleton and Bitterley, where a marshalling yard was situated. Two rope inclines, one narrow gauge and one standard gauge, carried stone from the quarries on the Titterstone Clee Hill down to this yard. The standard gauge incline was one of the longest in Great Britain.

Sunshine Radio is an Independent Local Radio station based in Ludlow, Shropshire. The station currently serves south Shropshire, north Herefordshire and north Worcestershire.

Ludlow railway station in Ludlow, Shropshire, England, lies on the Welsh Marches Line between Shrewsbury 27 miles 42 chains (44.3 km) to the north and Hereford. The station is on Station Drive, 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) to the northeast of Ludlow town centre.

Burway Bridge is a bridge in Ludlow, Shropshire, England. It takes the B4361 road across the River Corve.

Ledwyche Brook is a minor river in south Shropshire, England. It is sometimes referred to as the River Ledwyche and spelled variously, including "Ledwich" or "Ledwych". The brook is a tributary of the River Teme. Its sources are just south of Brown Clee Hill, in the vicinity of Stoke St. Milborough, from where it flows southwest to Middleton, after which it turns southwards, passing under the A4117 road at Henley, where it passes by Henley Hall. The B4364 road runs along the Ledwyche valley from its junction with the A4117 to where it runs around Brown Clee Hill.The river avoids the River Teme at Ludlow, running instead to the east of the town, resulting in a peninsula of land one mile 1 mile (1.6 km) wide between the two watercourses, at the Sheet. Ledwyche Brook then flows in a southeast direction, passing through Caynham and afterwards passing to the west of Greete.It finally discharges into the Teme at Burford. Just before its confluence the A456 road bridges the brook. For approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) between Caynham and Burford the brook forms the border between the counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire. The tripoint between the counties of Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire is just upstream of the Teme from the confluence.Two small settlements, separated by some distance, are named after the brook — Upper Ledwyche and Lower Ledwyche; with Ledwyche deriving from a personal name (Leoda) and wīc which means dwelling place.The Elan aqueduct (which carries drinking water to Birmingham from Wales) crosses the Ledwyche just downstream from the Sheet.