Caynham
Caynham is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The parish lies on the River Teme. It can be accessed via the A4117 or the A49 roads and is located 2+1⁄2 miles southeast of the market town of Ludlow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,480 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Cainham” and “Caynham, Shropshire”
- Neighbors: Shrewsbury
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Ludlow railway station.
Ludlow railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ludlow railway station serves the market town of Ludlow, in Shropshire, England. It lies on the Welsh Marches Line between Shrewsbury 27 miles 42 chains to the north and Hereford. Ludlow railway station is situated 2½ miles northwest of Caynham.
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Church
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Church of St Mary the Virgin is situated 1½ miles east of Caynham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheet and Whitton.
Sheet
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sheet is a small modern village in the parish of Ludford about 1 mile from the town centre of Ludlow, Shropshire. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Whitton
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitton is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is situated east of Caynham and the market town of Ludlow is 5.2 miles away. There is a parish church in the hamlet. Whitton is situated 2 miles east of Caynham.
Knowbury
Village
Photo: DI Wyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knowbury is a small village near Ludlow in Shropshire, England. It is located in the civil parish of Caynham. It is near to Clee Hill Village and had a part-time Post Office - now closed. Knowbury is situated 2 miles northeast of Caynham.
Caynham
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Caynham, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.35411° or 52° 21′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.66441° or 2° 39′ 52″ westPopulation
1,480Elevation
331 feet (101 metres)Open location code
9C4V983P+J6OpenStreetMap ID
node 335533664OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2653461Wikidata ID
Q3812240
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Caynham” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Caynham”
- Dutch: “Caynham”
- French: “Caynham”
- Irish: “Caynham”
- Ladin: “Caynham”
- Polish: “Caynham”
- Swedish: “Caynham”
- Turkish: “Caynham”
- Welsh: “Caynham”
- “Caynham”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Caynham Camp, a large univallate hillfort 700m north west of Caynham and Caynham Fort Hill.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Caynham”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.