Claverley
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| Population | 1,620 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SO792934] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wolverhampton |
| Postcode district | WV5 |
| Dialling code | 01746 |
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| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Claverley is a village and civil parish in east Shropshire, England. The parish also includes the hamlets of Beobridge, Hopstone, Upper Aston, Ludstone, Heathton and a number of other small settlements.
Claverley village is east of the market town of Bridgnorth, near the Staffordshire county boundary. The village has two public houses, The Plough and The Crown. Originally there were three pubs (top middle and bottom) however the bottom pub was converted into apartments after closing in the late 2010s.
On the edge of the village is the Arts and Crafts style mansion, Brook House; it was built in 1937 for the Gibbons family, who made their money as lock and window merchants in Wolverhampton.[2]
Church
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There are also a number of tombs of the Gatacre family, who dominated the parish from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. In the Tudor period they were closely associated with religiously conservative and recusant circles. The chapels in the church were originally their private preserve.
Notable people
- Sir Robert Broke (died 1558), Tudor-era judge and politician was son of a Claverley family and has tomb in Claverley Church.[6]
- Thomas Gatacre (died 1593), politician, later Protestant cleric, member of family seated at Gatacre in Claverley parish.[7]
- Lieutenant-General Sir William Forbes Gatacre KCB DSO (1843–1906) was a son of the family seated at Gatacre.[8]
- Mary Whitehouse CBE (1910–2001), the TV/radio clean-up campaigner, lived in Claverley at time she set up the National Viewers and Listeners Association in 1965, using her home as its office.[9]
- Gerry Harris (1935–2020), professional footballer for Wolves and Walsall, was born at Claverley.[10]
- Jay Blades MBE (born 1970), furniture restorer and TV presenter, lives in Claverley.[11]
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."James Gibbons Ltd by Frank Spittle". Localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 6 May 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ernest W., Tristram (1944). English Medieval Wall Painting: The Twelfth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 111.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Caiger-Smith, A (1963). English Medieval Mural Paintings. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 11.
- ^ Christopher Barrett (2012). 'Roland and Crusade Imagery in an English Royal Chapel', The Antiquaries Journal, vol.92, pp. 129-168.
- ^ The History of Parliament: Members 1509–1558 – BROKE, Robert (Author: Helen Miller)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "GATACRE, Thomas (by 1533-93), of London". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sir William Forbes Gatacre". Ladysmith Historical Society. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fearsome Mary and her fight to rid TV of 'filth'". Shropshire Star. 11 October 2021. pp. 20, 29.Report by Toby Neal, part of 'Great Lives' series on Midlands worthies. She was reportedly living there 1965 and 1968.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gerry Harris 1935-2020". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 28 July 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Watts, Matt (13 September 2024). "The Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades charged with engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour". The Evening Standard.
External links
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