Adderley
Coordinates: 52°57′20″N 2°30′00″W / 52.9555°N 2.5°W
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| Unitary authority | Shropshire |
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| Ceremonial county | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
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Adderley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Shropshire, several kilometres north of Market Drayton. It is known as Eldredelei in the Domesday Book. Adderley Hall was completed in 1881 but was demolished in 1955.[1]
Here is the description of the village from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868):
"ADDERLEY, (or Atherley), a parish in the hundred of North Bradford, in the county of Salop, 4 miles to the N.W. of Market Drayton. It is situated on the Grand Junction canal and the river Weaver. It comprises the townships of the Morrey and Spoonley. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Lichfield value £665, in the patronage of Richard Corbet. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. The parochial charities amount to £68 a year. Shavington Hall, the residence of the Earl of Kilmorey, and Adderley Hall are the principal seats."[2]
Also of note is Tittenley Farm. The Tittenley Lodge has been a listed building since 1987.[3]
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