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Boscobel

Boscobel is a civil parish in the east of , England, on the border with . To the north is the Staffordshire village of .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 15 residents
  • Description: former civil parish, now in Albrighton and Donington, Shropshire, England
  • Also known as: “Boscobel, Shropshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Oak and Boscobel House.

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The was the English oak tree within which the future King Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

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is a Grade II* listed building in the parish of Boscobel in . It has been, at various times, a farmhouse, a hunting lodge, and a holiday home; but it is most famous for its role in the escape of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

Manor estate
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is a Georgian country house near , , , four miles northwest of . It is the residence of the Giffard family.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brewood and Codsall.

Village
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is an ancient market town in the civil parish of and Coven, in the South Staffordshire district, in the county of , England. is situated 3 miles east of Boscobel.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of , England. It is situated 5 miles northwest of and 13 miles east-southeast of . is situated 3½ miles southeast of Boscobel.

Village
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is a large village and civil parish in , England, 8 miles northwest of and 11 miles northeast of . The village has a on the Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton Line, and is near to and the . is situated 3 miles southwest of Boscobel.

Boscobel

Latitude
52.671° or 52° 40′ 16″ north
Longitude
-2.2438° or 2° 14′ 38″ west
Population
15
Elevation
364 feet (111 metres)
Open location code
9C4VMQC4+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2909952693
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
7296087
Wiki­data ID
Q3811768
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Boscobel” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Boscobel (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Boscobel”
  • Dutch: “Boscobel”
  • French: “Boscobel”
  • Irish: “Boscobel”
  • Ladin: “Boscobel”
  • Polish: “Boscobel”
  • Swedish: “Boscobel, Shropshire”
  • Swedish: “Boscobel”
  • Turkish: “Boscobel, Shropshire”
  • Welsh: “Boscobel”
  • “Boscobel”

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Highlights include Spring Coppice and Bishops Wood Village Hall.

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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 “Boscobel”. Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.