Ellerton, Shropshire
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Ellerton is a small hamlet in Shropshire
. It lies in a rather isolated rural area several miles north of the town of Newport
, close to the village of Sambrook
, and is part of the civil parish
of Cheswardine
. Its name may be derived from the Old English alor (alder
), and tun (farm or enclosure); "the farm at the alder tree".
The hamlet is clustered around Ellerton Hall, an early 19th century manor built on the site of an earlier house. Next to the road is a large millpond fed by the Goldstone Brook, with a derelict waterwheel. King Charles I was supposed to have drunk from a well here, later known as the King's Well. The well is still located by the side of a lane to the east of Ellerton hamlet, near the Kingswell Cottages.
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
. It lies in a rather isolated rural area several miles north of the town of Newport
Newport, Shropshire
Newport is a market town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It lies some north of Telford and some west of Stafford sitting on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border...
, close to the village of Sambrook
Sambrook, Shropshire
Sambrook is a small village in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, where it is part of the civil parish of Chetwynd, north of the town of Newport...
, and is part of the civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
of Cheswardine
Cheswardine
Cheswardine is a rural village and civil parish in north east Shropshire, England. The village lies close to the border with Staffordshire and is about 8 miles north of Newport and 5 miles south east of Market Drayton...
. Its name may be derived from the Old English alor (alder
Alder
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas along the Andes southwards to...
), and tun (farm or enclosure); "the farm at the alder tree".
The hamlet is clustered around Ellerton Hall, an early 19th century manor built on the site of an earlier house. Next to the road is a large millpond fed by the Goldstone Brook, with a derelict waterwheel. King Charles I was supposed to have drunk from a well here, later known as the King's Well. The well is still located by the side of a lane to the east of Ellerton hamlet, near the Kingswell Cottages.