Oswestry Rural is a geographically large 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...

 located Shropshire

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...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is situated south of Oswestry

Oswestry

Oswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483, and A495 roads....

 itself, and extends from the border with Wales in the west. It covers an area of 61.02 square kilometres and has a population of about 3,500. http://www.oswestrybc.gov.uk/static/page684.htm

The parish includes the villages of Rhydycroesau

Rhydycroesau

Rhydycroesau is a tiny village on the English-Welsh border, about 3 miles west of Oswestry. It partly lies in the Shropshire parish of Oswestry Rural; the other part is in Montgomeryshire, Powys.- Pantomime :...

, Trefonen

Trefonen

Trefonen is a small village located approximately 3 miles south-west of Oswestry, and 3 miles east of the England-Wales border, in Shropshire, England. The name translates into "village of the ash trees" in English. In 2001, the total population was 1,798, but there has been considerable...

, Morda, Maesbury

Maesbury

Maesbury is a small scattered community in Shropshire, England, south of the town of Oswestry, falling within the Oswestry Rural parish.Maesbury traditionally consists of five hamlets: Ball, Gwernybrenin, Newbridge, Maesbury and Maesbury Marsh, though the wider area now includes Aston and...

, and various other hamlets including Treflach

Treflach

Treflach is a small village near Oswestry in Shropshire, England. It is in the Oswestry rural parish and lies between two other villages Trefonen and Nantmawr. Together these three villages have a Village Design Statement....

, Whitehaven, Tyn-y-coed, Croesau Bach, Ball and Aston Square.

External links

• www.maesbury.org Maesbury