Morda
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In Welsh mythology, Morda was a blind old man whom Ceridwen hired to tend to the fire underneath her cauldron.
Coordinates: 52°50′35″N 3°03′29″W / 52.843°N 3.058°W
Morda is a village on the outskirts of the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, England, located near the border of England and Wales.
It is named after the River Morda, which, with the River Tanat, is one of the first major tributaries joining the River Severn as it wends its way from its birth place on Plynlimon, mid-Wales, to the Bristol Channel.
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[edit] Football club
Morda is home to the football club Morda United F.C., who play their home games at the Weston Road Ground.[1] The first team are in the Shropshire County Premier Football League's Premier Division, whilst the reserves team play in the Montgomeryshire Football League's Division Two.
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- Morda Tramway linked the local coal mines to market
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