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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.
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.
Hugh and Maud's son Roger Mortimer of Wigmore succeeded his father as Lord of Wigmore. Hugh and Maud had three other sons, Hugh (killed in a tournament), Ralph, and William. Hugh may have died 26 Feb 1180/81 in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England, and was buried at Wigmore.
CORELEY, a parish in Cleobury-Mortimer district, Salop; under the Clee Hills, 3½ miles NNE of Tenbury r[ailway]. station, and 5 WSW of Cleobury-Mortimer. Post town, Tenbury. Acres, 2,175. Rated property, £1,490. Pop[ulation]., 515. Houses, 106. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £280.*
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.
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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.