Cound
Cound is a village and civil parish on the west bank of the River Severn in Shropshire, England. It is 7 miles south east of Shrewsbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 474 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Shropshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Cound, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cound Hall and St Peter’s Church, Cound.
Cound Hall
Castle
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cound Hall, in Cound, Shropshire, England, is a Grade I listed building. It is a large vernacular Baroque house, with a basement and two storeys of tall slender windows topped by a half-storey, built of red brick with stone dressings.
St Peter’s Church, Cound
Church
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St Peter's Church is in the grounds of Cound Hall, Cound, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Condover, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford.
Viroconium Cornoviorum
Archaeological site
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Viroconium or Uriconium, formally Viroconium Cornoviorum, was a Roman city, one corner of which is now occupied by Wroxeter, a small village in Shropshire, England, about 5 miles east-south-east of Shrewsbury. Viroconium Cornoviorum is situated 2 miles north of Cound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eyton on Severn and Cross Houses.
Eyton on Severn
Village
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Eyton on Severn is a small village in the English county of Shropshire, east of Shrewsbury. It is located on a ridge above the northern bank of the River Severn.
Cross Houses
Village
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Cross Houses is a village in Shropshire, England, the largest village in the Parish of Berrington. It is located on the A458 road and is 4 miles south east of Shrewsbury. Cross Houses is also the name of a hamlet south-west of Bridgnorth. Cross Houses is situated 1½ miles northwest of Cound.
Berrington
Village
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Berrington is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. According to the 2001 census the village had a population of 30, though the parish, which also includes the larger village of Cross Houses and other settlements such as Betton Strange and Cantlop, had a population of 805 in total. Berrington is situated 2 miles northwest of Cound.
Cound
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Cound, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.64442° or 52° 38′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.65942° or 2° 39′ 34″ westPopulation
474Elevation
194 feet (59 metres)Open location code
9C4VJ8VR+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 611862905OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2652244Wikidata ID
Q3812747
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Cound” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cound”
- Chinese: “Cound”
- Dutch: “Cound”
- French: “Cound”
- Irish: “Cound”
- Ladin: “Cound”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cound”
- Polish: “Cound”
- Swedish: “Cound”
- Welsh: “Cound”
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Localities in the Area
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