Cherrington

Cherrington is a village in Shropshire, England, in the civil parish of Tibberton and Cherrington. It was recorded as a manor in Domesday, when it was held by Gerard de Tournai, and was stated to have been held by a man named Uliet in the time of Edward the Confessor, although it was recorded as "waste", in an uncultivated state, by the time Gerard took possession of it.[1]

Cherrington
Cherrington Manor
Cherrington Location within Shropshire
OS grid reference	SJ664199
Civil parish	Tibberton and Cherrington
Unitary authority	Telford and Wrekin
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWPORT
Postcode district	TF10
Dialling code	01952
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	The Wrekin

Its name is possibly derived from the Old English personal name Ceorl, or it may have originally been "Ceorranton" from the name Ceorra ("the settlement of Ceorra's people").[2]

Cherrington is near to the larger village of Tibberton, to the east; Waters Upton is to the west and Great Bolas to the north-west. Newport is the nearest town. It contains several half-timbered buildings including Cherrington Manor, which dates from 1635 and was probably built for a landowner and Member of Parliament, Sir Richard Leveson of Lilleshall (1598-1661).

Cherrington Manor (or in some versions, the malt-house standing behind it) was popularly supposed to have been the building referenced in the nursery rhyme This Is the House That Jack Built.[3][4] The story is, however, a purely local attribution with no particular evidence to back it up.[3]

See also

• Listed buildings in Tibberton and Cherrington

References

1. Eyton, R. W. Antiquities of Shropshire, v.VII, p.194
2. Bowcock, E. W. Shropshire place names, Wilding & Son, 1923, p.68
3. Bailey, Brian J. Portrait of Shropshire, R. Hale, 1981, p.61
4. Auden, J. E. Shropshire, Methuen, 1918, p.217

External links

Media related to Cherrington at Wikimedia Commons