Cwm Head

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Cwm Head
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St. Michael's and All Angels church, Cwm Head
Cwm Head is located in Shropshire
Cwm Head
Cwm Head
 Cwm Head shown within Shropshire
OS grid reference SO422887
Civil parish Wistanstow
Unitary authority Shropshire
Ceremonial county Shropshire
Region West Midlands
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CHURCH STRETTON
Postcode district SY6
Dialling code 01694
Police West Mercia
Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament Ludlow
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Cwm Head is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. The name is part-Welsh, part-English and means "Head of the Valley".

It is located in the parish of Wistanstow and on the B4370 road, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). southwest of Marshbrook and the A49 road. From Cwm Head, the B4370 heads downhill both towards Marshbrook and in the other direction towards Horderley and the A489.

There is a Church of England parish church at Cwm Head - "St Michael and All Angels".[1] It was built in 1845 to a neo-Norman design by H. C. Whitling and is built largely of stone.[2]

To the northwest is the hamlet of Hamperley while to the northeast (towards Marshbrook) is the hamlet of Whittingslow.

The hamlet lies between 226m and 232m above sea level.

References

  1. Geograph Cwm Head and the church of St Michael and All Angels
  2. A Guide to Shropshire (Third Edition), 2005, Raven, p. 68


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