Meadowtown

Meadowtown

Meadowtown Hall
Meadowtown
 Meadowtown shown within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSJ310012
Civil parishWorthen with Shelve
Unitary authorityShropshire
Ceremonial countyShropshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SHREWSBURY
Postcode district SY5
Dialling code 01743
Police West Mercia
Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentLudlow
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Coordinates: 52°36′14″N 3°01′05″W / 52.604°N 3.018°W / 52.604; -3.018

Meadowtown is a hamlet in west Shropshire, England,[1] in the civil parish of Worthen with Shelve. Neighbouring hamlets include Marton, Ox Wood, Crest Wood, and Rorrington.

Lloydolithus lloydi from Meadowtown

Meadowtown contains a Site of Special Scientific Interest according to the U.K. government. A long-disused quarry in the town is "a well known fossil collecting locality and has yielded typical and distinctive trilobites including Oxygiocarella debuchi, Marrolithus craticulatus, Lloydolithus lloydii and Oxyginus cordensis novenarius. Species of the brachiopod genus Dalmanella and occasional sponge spicules also occur." [2]

Meadowtown is also home to "Mammoth", a cow made famous on the internet involving a UK milk-price dispute. [3]

References

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  1. ↑ The Shropshire gazetteer. T Gregory. 1824. p. 842.
  2. ↑ http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1004180.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.shropshirestar.com/farming/2014/11/17/mammoth-the-shropshire-cow-becomes-an-internet-star-in-milk-price-fight/
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