Cound

Places of Interest

Acton Burnell Castle

Photo: MortimerCat, CC BY 3.0.

Acton Burnell Castle is a 13th-century fortified manor house, located near the village of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England. It is believed that the first Parliament of England at which the Commons were fully represented was held here in 1283.

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

Photo: Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Acton Burnell

Village

Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Acton Burnell is a village and parish in the English county of Shropshire. Home to Concord College, it is also famous for an early meeting of Parliament where the Statute of Acton Burnell was passed in 1283.

Cressage

Village

Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cressage is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is located 4 miles north-west of the nearest town Much Wenlock and 8 miles south-east of Shrewsbury. Cressage is situated 2½ miles east of Cound.

Kenley

Hamlet

Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kenley is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Shropshire. It is located in remote countryside, atop a ridge at around 180 metres above sea level.

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