Waters Upton

Civil parishes in ShropshireShropshire geography stubsTelford and WrekinVillages in Shropshire

Waters Upton is a small village and civil parish in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the county of Shropshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 951.It was recorded in the Domesday book as "Uptone", when it was stated to be tenanted by a "Seuuard", and to have been held by a man called "Gamel" before the Conquest. At the time of the survey it contained 3 ox-teams, 4 neat-herds, 4 villeins, 1 boor and 1 radman, and a mill of 12s. 1d. annual value. In a reversal of the usual order seen in the naming of places and landowning families, it became known as Waters Upton after an early landowner, Walter Fitzjohn. The civil parish, which had a total population of 873 at the 2001 census, also includes the villages of Great Bolas and Crudgington. The village is just off the A442 and has a church, one pub (the Lion) as well as a post office.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Waters Upton (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Waters Upton
The Stackyard,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Continue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude	Longitude
N 52.771 °	E -2.544 °

placeShow on map

Address

The Stackyard

The Stackyard
TF6 6BF , Waters Upton
England, United Kingdom
mapOpen on Google Maps

Nearby Places

Rowton Halt railway station

Rowton Halt railway station was a station in Rowton, Shropshire, England. The station was opened in 1935 and closed in 1963. The halt was located to the south of a road over bridge and there were steps down to the platforms. The site of the halt has now been infilled.

Crudgington

Crudgington is a village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is situated in the civil parish of Waters Upton, a village to the north, and is 7 miles north-west of Telford. Nearby is the confluence of the rivers Tern and Strine; the village lies at an elevation of 55 metres (180 ft).

River Meese

The River Meese is a river, located in Shropshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Tern, itself a tributary of the River Severn. The river is only known as the Meese below Aqualate Mere, but its source lies considerably higher via the stream known successively as Dawford Brook, Lynn Brook, Moreton Brook, Back Brook, and Coley Brook, which flows north from its source near the Roman Watling Street (now the A5) just to the east of Weston-under-Lizard until it reaches Aqualate Mere.For around 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) near Newport, Shropshire it forms the border between Shropshire and Staffordshire, where it is joined by Lonco Brook from the north.

Crudgington railway station

Crudgington railway station was a station in Crudgington, Shropshire, England. The station was opened in 1867 and closed in 1963.

River Strine

The River Strine is a 3.4-mile-long (5.4 km) tributary of the River Tern flowing through the Telford and Wrekin district of Shropshire in England. The river drains the Weald Moors a fenland area north of Telford, and also takes runoff from Newport and Lilleshall. Tributaries of the Strine include the Pipe Strine, Red Strine, and Wall Brook.

Ellerdine Halt railway station

Ellerdine Halt railway station was a station in Cold Hatton, Shropshire, England. The station was opened in 1930 and closed in 1963. The station was named for the nearby hamlet of Ellerdine.

Cold Hatton

Cold Hatton is a small village in Shropshire, located approximately six miles south of Hodnet near the confluence of the River Tern and River Meese. It is in the civil parish of Ercall Magna. Since 1998 it has been part of the Telford and Wrekin unitary district.

Great Bolas

Great Bolas (), or Bolas Magna, is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, It is situated north-west of Newport, and about eight miles north of Telford. It is part of the civil parish of Waters Upton. It is situated at the confluence of the Tern and the small River Meese. There is a hamlet called Little Bolas a short distance to the west. Another hamlet called Meeson, south of the River Meese, was formerly a separate township of Great Bolas parish.

Rowton, Shropshire

Rowton is a small village in the Telford and Wrekin Borough, Shropshire, England. It is located seven miles north-west of Wellington. The area is a Chapelry Division of High Ercall Parish.

Ellerdine

Ellerdine () is a small hamlet located six miles north of the market town of Wellington, Shropshire. It is located at the convergence of six ancient footpaths and comprises two small communities; Ellerdine and Ellerdine Heath and is located within the parish of Ercall Magna, the administrative centre of which is in the neighbouring village of High Ercall. The village consists of a number of scattered farms and cottages with a small cluster of council houses. Local attractions include Ellerdine Lakes, one of the main trout fisheries in the countyThe area is served by one Public House officially known as The Royal Oak, the establishment is known locally as The TiddlyThe village benefits from the presence of a well equipped Village Hall

Longdon Halt railway station

Longdon Halt railway station was a station in Longdon-on-Tern, Shropshire, England. The station was opened in 1934 and closed in 1963. There were two short wooden edged platforms with wooden waiting shelters. Both platforms were accessible from steps down the shallow cutting leading from the road over bridge.

RAF Bratton

Royal Air Force Bratton or more simply RAF Bratton is a former Royal Air Force station located at Bratton, Shropshire, England. The following units were here at some point: No. 5 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF No. 11 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF No. 11 Service Flying Training School RAF No. 21 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF