Maesbury
Maesbury is a small scattered community in Shropshire, England, south of the town of Oswestry, falling within the Oswestry Rural parish. The name is derived from maes, meaning field or plain in Brythonic Welsh, and burh, meaning fort in Old English.
Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.- Type: Village
- Description: village in Shropshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Maesbury Marsh” and “Maesbury, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St John the Baptist and Weston Wharf railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maesbury Marsh and Morda.
Morda
Village
Oswestry
Oswestry is a market town and historic railway town in Shropshire, close to the Welsh border.
Maesbury
- Category: locality
- Location: Oswestry Rural, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.82545° or 52° 49′ 32″ north
Longitude
-3.03051° or 3° 1′ 50″ west
Elevation
246 feet (75 metres)
Open location code
9C4RRXG9+5Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Maesbury” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Maesbury”
- French: “Maesbury”
- Irish: “Maesbury”
- Polish: “Maesbury”
- Urdu: “میسبری”
- Welsh: “Maesbury”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Newbridge and Ball Mill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Fairhaven Camping And Glamping and Gronwyn Bridge Turning Point.
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Worth a closer look: Shrewsbury and Telford.
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