Chetwynd, Shropshire

Chetwynd
Chetwynd
	St Michael and All Angels Church, Chetwynd Park
	Chetwynd Location within Shropshire
Population	638 (2021 census)
Civil parish	Chetwynd;
Unitary authority	Telford and Wrekin;
Ceremonial county	Shropshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands

Chetwynd is a rural civil parish just to the north of Newport, in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire in England. In 2021 the parish had a population of 638.

Although the parish contains no substantial nucleated settlements it includes the Chetwynd Park estate, in addition to Sambrook, Howle, Pickstock and a number of other small hamlets.

The north-eastern boundary of the parish is formed by an old Roman road, now a country lane, while its eastern boundary runs along the Lonco Brook.^[1]

The parish church, dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels, was built in 1865 to the designs of Benjamin Ferrey^[2] and contains a fine East window [1] depicting "Christ adored by the hosts of Heaven", designed by John Hardman in 1881. The chancel windows, one of which is a war memorial to parish dead of World War I and designed by Dunstan Powell,^[3] are also by Hardman, while the windows in the nave were designed by Francis Skeat in 1963.^[4]

An F1/T2 tornado formed within the civil parish on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.^[5] The tornado later moved over Newport, causing some damage there.

The former RAF Chetwynd is nearby.

References

^ Chetwynd CP, ONS
^ "Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries". The History of Chetwynd Church. Diocese of Lichfield. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
^ Francis, Peter (2013). Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance. YouCaxton Publications. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-909644-11-3.
^ Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). The buildings of England: Shropshire. Yale University Press. p. 198. ISBN 0-300-12083-4. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
^ "European Severe Weather Database".

External links

Church website

[ons-1] Chetwynd CP, ONS

[2] "Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries". The History of Chetwynd Church. Diocese of Lichfield. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2011.

[3] Francis, Peter (2013). Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance. YouCaxton Publications. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-909644-11-3.

[4] Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). The buildings of England: Shropshire. Yale University Press. p. 198. ISBN 0-300-12083-4. Retrieved 6 January 2011.

[5] "European Severe Weather Database".

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Ceremonial county of Shropshire
Unitary authorities	Shropshire Telford and Wrekin
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Bishop's Castle Bridgnorth Broseley Church Stretton Cleobury Mortimer Clun Craven Arms Ellesmere Ludlow Market Drayton Much Wenlock Newport Oswestry Shifnal Shrewsbury Telford (Dawley Madeley Oakengates Wellington) Wem Whitchurch See also: List of civil parishes in Shropshire
Rivers	Camlad Clun Corve Ledwyche Onny Perry Rea Rea Brook Redlake Roden Severn Teme Tern Unk Vyrnwy Worfe
Canals	Llangollen Canal Montgomery Canal Shrewsbury Canal Shropshire Union Canal
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