Sheriffhales
Sheriffhales is a scattered village in Shropshire, England, 4 miles north-east of Telford, 3 miles north of Shifnal and 4 miles south of Newport. The name derives from Halh and scīr-rēfa which is a combination of Hales and Sheriff.Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 734 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Shropshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Sheriffhales, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Donnington Wood Canal and Lilleshall Abbey.
Donnington Wood Canal
Canal
Photo: Bob1960evens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Donnington Wood Canal was a 5.5-mile private canal in East Shropshire, England, which ran from coal pits owned by Earl Gower at Donnington Wood to Pave Lane on the Wolverhampton to Newport Turnpike Road. Donnington Wood Canal is situated 2 miles northwest of Sheriffhales.
Lilleshall Abbey
Ruins
Photo: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lilleshall Abbey was an Augustinian abbey in Shropshire, England, today located 6 miles north of Telford. It was founded between 1145 and 1148 and followed the austere customs and observance of the Abbey of Arrouaise in northern France. Lilleshall Abbey is situated 2 miles northwest of Sheriffhales.
Lilleshall Hall
Building
Photo: Jack Barber, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lilleshall Hall is a large former country house and estate at Lilleshall, Shropshire, England. It is run by Serco Leisure Operating Ltd on behalf of Sport England as one of three National Sports Centres, alongside Bisham Abbey and Plas y Brenin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Chatwell and Muxton.
Great Chatwell
Hamlet
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Chatwell is a small village within the civil parish of Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard, in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. Great Chatwell is situated 2½ miles northeast of Sheriffhales.
Muxton
Suburb
Photo: A Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muxton is a village in the parish of Donnington and Muxton in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England. It situated between the towns of Newport, Oakengates and Telford. Muxton is situated 3 miles west of Sheriffhales.
Shifnal
Photo: Shropman, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Shifnal is a small market town in Shropshire. Some writers have claimed that Shifnal was the inspiration for Market Blandings, a town that appears in several of P.G.
Sheriffhales
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Sheriffhales, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.70926° or 52° 42′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.35526° or 2° 21′ 19″ westPopulation
734Elevation
427 feet (130 metres)Open location code
9C4VPJ5V+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 8346099005OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2638023Wikidata ID
Q3878265
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Sheriffhales” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Шерифхалес”
- Cebuano: “Sheriffhales”
- Dutch: “Sheriffhales”
- French: “Sheriffhales”
- Irish: “Sheriffhales”
- Japanese: “シェリフヘイルズ”
- Ladin: “Sheriffhales”
- Polish: “Sheriffhales”
- Swedish: “Sheriffhales”
- Turkish: “Sheriffhales”
- Welsh: “Sheriffhales”
- “Sheriffhales”
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