Sheriffhales

Sheriffhales
240px Pool at Sheriffhales, and lodge of Sherriffhales Manor
Sheriffhales  Sheriffhales shown within Shropshire
Population	722 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ759123
Civil parish	Sheriffhales
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHIFNAL
Postcode district	TF11
Dialling code	01952
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	The Wrekin
List of places UK England Shropshire

Sheriffhales is a scattered village in Shropshire, England, 6 km (3.7 mi) north-east of Telford, 3 km (1.9 mi) north of Shifnal and 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Newport.

Despite being a small village of around 100 people, there is a primary school, a Church of England church and a local post office, as well as a playing field with football goals and a children's playground. The church parish has a population of about 700 people, however it reached 1019 people in 1850, when the Duke of Sutherland owned most of it. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 722.

The 2007 Tour of Britain bike race passed through the village on the first of September as part of the Wolverhampton to Birmingham stage.

The main farm within the village, Meadow Farm, was a predominantly dairy farm, but has been subsequently converted into an arable farm. It is also the centre for a point to point yard.

Sheriffhales was the site of the World War II POW Camp 71, located along the drive to Lilleshall Hall.

Sheriffhales is mentioned (under the name "Hales") in the Ellis Peters novel The Confession of Brother Haluin.

Hope Vere Anderson is Lord of the Manor of Sheriffhales and descends from the senior branch of the Hope Vere's of Lesmahagow, Scotland. The Hope Vere's trace their ancestry to Roger De Vere who was Lord of the Manor of Hales and when he became Sheriff of Shropshire in the 16th century changed the name of his Manor from that of Hales to Sheriffhales to reflect his importance in being appointed to this additional role.

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