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Betton Strange

Hamlet in Shropshire, England

Hamlet in Shropshire, England

FieldValue
countryEngland
static_image_nameLong Barn - Betton Grange Farm (geograph 2549465).jpg
static_image_captionLong Barn - Betton Grange Farm
coordinates
official_nameBetton Strange
civil_parishBerrington
unitary_englandShropshire
lieutenancy_englandShropshire
regionWest Midlands
constituency_westminsterShrewsbury and Atcham
post_townSHREWSBURY
postcode_districtSY5
postcode_areaSY
dial_code01743
os_grid_referenceSJ509093

Betton Strange is a hamlet in the English county of Shropshire. It is only 2 mi south of Shrewsbury town centre, situated in countryside just beyond the Shrewsbury bypass (the A5) and near the A458.

It is located in the civil parish of Berrington, a village 2 mi to the south. The hamlet lies at an elevation of between 65 m and 85 m. Further west is the large stone quarry at Sharpstone Hill.

Regional Cycle Route 32/33 runs through, on its way from Shrewsbury to Condover. The Shrewsbury to Bridgnorth railway line once ran to the east of the hamlet, but is now dismantled. The postcode is SY5.

Hall and chapel

Betton Strange Hall is a Grade II Listed building, built in the mid-19th Century, originally a country house but now divided into 20 flats. It was owned by the Pearce family who founded Durston House School in Ealing and was used as a boarding school during the Second World War when some of the pupils of Durston House and Ripley Court School in Surrey were evacuated there.

There is a small church or chapel, dedicated to Saint Margaret, situated in woodland to the north of Betton Strange Hall, built in 1858 and also Grade II Listed. It is built of sandstone and still has gas lighting fitted. It is usually locked these days (the churchwardens are shared with that of Berrington's church) though is used irregularly. Originally part of the parish of St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury, it is today part of the Church of England's Diocese of Hereford, coming within the deanery of Condover.

Betton Grange

Betton Grange is a historic part of the hamlet, dating back to the 16th Century, centred on the Grade II Listed farmhouse. The GWR 6800 Class 6880 Betton Grange steam locomotive is named after this ancient manor.

Betton Alkmere

Just to the west of Betton Strange is Betton Alkmere,

References

References

  1. [[Ordnance Survey]] mapping
  2. [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-259707-betton-strange-hall-flats-number-1-18-be British Listed Buildings] Betton Strange Hall
  3. [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-259708-church-of-st-margaret-berrington British Listed Buildings] Church of St Margaret
  4. [http://www.hereford.anglican.org/Find_a_Church/Index.aspx Diocese of Hereford]
  5. "Wenlock Team of Parishes".
  6. [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-259706-betton-strange-farmhouse-berrington British Listed Buildings] Betton Strange Farmhouse
  7. [http://www.6880.co.uk/ Betton Grange 6880] website
  8. [http://www.llangollen-railway.org.uk/slocobettongrange.html Llangollen Railway] Betton Grange 6880 project
  9. a [[mere (lake). typical pool]] found in central Shropshire. At Betton Alkmere is a Grade II Listed early-19th Century farmhouse.[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-259705-betton-alkmere-berrington British Listed Buildings] Betton Alkmere
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