Alveley
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Alveley is a village in the Severn Valley in southeast Shropshire, England, about south-southeast of Bridgnorth. It is in the civil parish of Alveley and Romsley. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated that the parish population was 2,100 in mid-2022. It is served by bus service 297 (Kidderminster - Bridgnorth) operated by Select Bus Services.
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Place details
- Locality
- Alveley
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,578
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2098
- Official website
- www.alveleyandromsley.co.uk/Parish_Council/Home.html
- Image
- The Squirrel - geograph.org.uk - 148556.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01746
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- Alveley
- OS grid reference
- SO760844
- P8168
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Churches
- Coal mining and country park
- Village
- Cricket club
- Countryside
- Governance
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Alveley is a village in the Severn Valley in southeast Shropshire, England, about south-southeast of Bridgnorth. It is in the civil parish of Alveley and Romsley. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated that the parish population was 2,100 in mid-2022. It is served by bus service 297 (Kidderminster - Bridgnorth) operated by Select Bus Services.
The Black Death is said to have killed 60% of the village population in 1349. A stone cross, the Buttercross, outside the village dates from the time of the Black Death when it was a place for food to be left for the village when it was quarantined.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alveley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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