Cound
Cound is a locality in Shropshire, West Midlands, England. Cound is situated nearby to the locality Little Mosterley, as well as near the hamlet Harnage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Acton Burnell Castle and Cound Hall.
Acton Burnell Castle
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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.
Pitchford Hall
Manor estate
Photo: Bob Bowyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pitchford Hall is a Grade I listed Tudor country house in the village of Pitchford, Shropshire, 6 miles south east of Shrewsbury. It was built c.1560 on the site of a medieval building and has been modified several times since, particularly in the 1870s and 1880s when it was substantially restored, remodelled and extended.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Acton Burnell and Cressage.
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
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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.
Wroxeter
Village
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Wroxeter is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wroxeter and Uppington, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. Wroxeter is situated 3 miles north of Cound.
Cound
- Type: Locality
- Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.6269° or 52° 37′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.6582° or 2° 39′ 30″ westElevation
272 feet (83 metres)Open location code
9C4VJ8GR+PPGeoNames ID
7292263
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Localities in the Area
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