Yorton
Yorton is a small village in Shropshire, England, north of the county town of Shrewsbury and south of the town of Wem.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Shropshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Yorton, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yorton railway station and Church of St Mary.
Yorton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Yorton railway station serves the villages of Yorton and Clive in Shropshire, England. It is 7¼ miles north of Shrewsbury on the Welsh Marches Line towards Crewe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clive and Grinshill.
Clive
Village
Photo: J Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clive is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. Clive is situated around the west side of Grinshill Hill. Grinshill sandstone, from the nearby quarry at Grinshill is used throughout the village for building material from walls and houses to the village church.
Grinshill
Village
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Grinshill is a small village, and civil parish in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. The parish is one of the smallest in the district. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 274.
Harmer Hill
Village
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harmer Hill is a village in Shropshire, England located on the A528 south of Wem and north of Shrewsbury. The name Harmer comes from the two words "hare" and "mere", as there was a lake situated in a plain below the hill, but it was drained in the 15th century for farm land.
Yorton
- Category: locality
- Location: Myddle, Broughton and Harmer Hill, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.80935° or 52° 48′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.73705° or 2° 44′ 13″ westElevation
285 feet (87 metres)Open location code
9C4VR757+P5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1876778141OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Yorton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Yorton”
- French: “Yorton”
- Hungarian: “Yorton”
- Irish: “Yorton”
- Polish: “Yorton”
- Welsh: “Yorton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Clive Village Hall and Church of All Saints.
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