Hemford
Hemford is a locality in Worthen with Shelve, Shropshire, England. Hemford is situated nearby to the hamlet Gravelsbank, as well as near Bromlow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoarstones and Stapeley Hill.
Hoarstones
Archaeological site
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Hoarstones, or Hoar Stone Circle, is a stone circle in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton in the English county of Shropshire. The Hoarstones are part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE.
Stapeley Hill
Peak
Stapeley Hill is a sacred saddleback shaped hill in south-west Shropshire, near the village of Priestweston, not far from another landmark, Corndon Hill.
Mitchell’s Fold
Archaeological site
Photo: Dave Croker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mitchell's Fold is a Bronze Age stone circle in southwest Shropshire, located near the small village of White Grit on dry heathland at the southwest end of Stapeley Hill in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton, at a height of 1083 ft o.d. Mitchell’s Fold is situated 2 miles southwest of Hemford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bentlawnt and Meadowtown.
Meadowtown
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meadowtown is a hamlet in west Shropshire, England, in the civil parish of Worthen with Shelve. Neighbouring hamlets include Marton, Ox Wood, Crest Wood, and Rorrington.
Shelve
Village
Photo: John Poyser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shelve is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Worthen with Shelve in Shropshire district of Shropshire, England. It is to the west of the Stiperstones ridge and east of Stapeley Hill, at an altitude of about 342 metres, and is some 2 miles from the England–Wales border to the west.
Hemford
- Type: Locality
- Location: Worthen with Shelve, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.59804° or 52° 35′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.99712° or 2° 59′ 50″ westElevation
1,096 feet (334 metres)Open location code
9C4VH2X3+65GeoNames ID
13278671
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