Hodnet, Shropshire
Hodnet is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. To the northeast of the village is the nearby town of Market Drayton.
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[edit] Attractions and facilities
Hawkstone Hall, formerly home of the Hill family, stands in Hawkstone Park near the village. It was the home of Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill. Hodnet Hall, with its spectacular gardens and ancient timber tithe barn is the village's main tourist attraction. The village shop is now open. Amongst other attractions in Hodnet is the local church, St. Luke's, which is rather famous for its right hand stained-glass window and was plundered in the early part of this decade by a group of people attempting to follow Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code"!
To the south-east of the church, within the grounds of Hodnet Hall, are the earthwork remains of Hodnet Castle, a motte-and-bailey castle, with some traces of a stone keep.
The village also has two shops and notably the Bear at Hodnet Pub, which has been recently refurbished.There is also a flower shop near to the first shop in Hodnet and also a crockery shop. Up until recently, there were three shops, although one has closed, possibly due to the reduced through-traffic as a result of the by-pass. In terms of education, there is the Hodnet Primary School, a school of 162 pupils, which is maintained by Shropshire County Council [1]. There is no provision of secondary education in the village.
[edit] Parish Website
In 2009, the Parish Council published a new Parish Plan and asked for volunteers to help implement aspects of it. One of the objectives was to establish a website for the villages in the Parish - these are Hodnet, Marchamley, Wollerton and Peplow. Work on the site was begun in January 2010 and by June 2010 the site was ready to go public. Put together by people from the community for both the community and also for visitors, it is hoped the website will become valued resource. Visit it at www.hodnet.org.uk[1]
[edit] Sport
Hodnet has its own cricket club, Hodnet and Peplow CC (Peplow being a neighbouring village) and the club's badge is that of a gold lion (from the gates of Hodnet Hall), lying beneath a green beech tree (representing the beech trees lining the driveway of Peplow Hall). Its first eleven play in the Rollinson Smith Shropshire Cricket League Division 3. The firsts have been captained for a number of years by David Tunks.
FC Hodnet, a football club formed for the 2007-08 season, play at the Hodnet Social Club. They were crowned champions of the Shropshire Alliance football league on May 10, 2008 and since the 2008-09 season have competed in the Shropshire County Premier Football League. Starting in that league's Division One, after two seasons the team were promoted to the Premier Division in 2010. In 2011, FC Hodnet won the Premier Division Cup, beating league champions Haughmond in the final.[2]
Hodnet Social Football Club, originating in the late 1990s, compete in the Telford Sunday Leagues.
[edit] Transport
The A53 road runs around the village on a by-pass road built in 2003. The A442 road ends where it meets the A53 just to the south west of the village, at this by-pass. The by-pass was built by the contractors Alfred McAlpine, which also provided a set of BMX/mountain-bike ramps, for the local children.
Hodnet Station was a stop on the The Wellington and Market Drayton Railway, which was opened in 1867 and operated by the Great Western Railway Company. However, lack of use forced the line to close to passenger traffic on 9 September 1963, and to freight four years later.[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.hodnet.org.uk
- ^ The FA (Full-Time League Websites) Haughmond 1 - 2 FC Hodnet
- ^ http://www.telfordsites.co.uk/telford/railway/mkt-drtn.html
- ^ http://archelou.co.uk/ercall_photos/Railway%20line.htm
[edit] External links
Media related to Hodnet, Shropshire at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 52°51′N 2°35′W / 52.85°N 2.583°W
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