Moreton Corbet

Moreton Corbet
Moreton Corbet.

Moreton Corbet is a small village in Shropshire, England, in the civil parish of Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst. Its name refers to the Corbet Baronets, the local landowners.

It lies just north of the larger village of Shawbury, near to Stanton upon Hine Heath and the River Roden.

At the village is the ruin of Moreton Corbet castle.[1]

References

  1. ^ Moreton Corbet Castle BBC Shropshire

External links

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Coordinates: 52°48′N 2°39′W / 52.8°N 2.65°W / 52.8; -2.65


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