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Cleobury Mortimer (/ ˈ k l ɪ b r i /, KLIH-bree) [2] is a market town and civil parish in south-east Shropshire, England, which had a population of 3,036 at the 2011 census. It was granted a market charter by King Henry III in 1226.
The presence of a priest in Cleobury Mortimer is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and it is likely that there was a Saxon church on the site of the current church, but there are no residual signs of such a church. The earliest structure in the present church is the tower, which dates from the 12th century.
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Castle Toot, or Cleobury Castle, was a motte castle by the River Rea in the town of Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire. It is a scheduled monument, first listed in 1951. [1] The castle was built in the early 12th century and owned by the Mortimer family. Hugh de Mortimer rebelled against Henry II and as a result the castle was destroyed in 1155.
Hopton Wafers is a small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England.The population of the public parish at the 2011 census was 753. [1] The village is at the north of the A4117 road, and to the west of the market town of Cleobury Mortimer.
The Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway once ran to the village and during (and for a period after) the Second World War there was a major military armaments depot near the village because of the village's remote, rural location and the railway link.
History; Original company: Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway: Pre-grouping: Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway: Post-grouping: Great Western Railway: Key dates; 21 November 1908: Opened [1] 26 September 1938: Closed to passengers [1] 11 September 1939: Closed to goods [2]
Cleobury Mortimer is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.It contains 77 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, three are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.