Malehurst
Malehurst is a hamlet in Shropshire, England between the large villages of Pontesbury and Minsterley and north of the small village of Asterley. It is within the civil parish of Pontesbury.
Malehurst | |
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Rea Brook near Malehurst Farm | |
Malehurst Location within Shropshire | |
OS grid reference | SJ383063 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SHREWSBURY |
Postcode district | SY5 |
Dialling code | 01743 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Shropshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
The Rea Brook flows around Malehurst and the Minsterley Brook flows into the Rea Brook here.
There is an industrial estate that accommodates a number of small businesses. There is also a highly successful dairy farm.
There was a lead smelting house at Malehurst, operated with a Boulton and Watt steam engine, between 1778 and it is going out of use by 1831.[1] A barytes-processing plant was established at Malehurst Mill in c.1910, linked by an aerial ropeway to a mine at Huglith, until 1949 when the ropeway was taken down. The buildings became used to mill animal foodstuffs.[2]
See also
References
- Gaydon & Lawson, A.T. & J.B. (1982). A History of Pontesbury. Shropshire Libraries. p. 279.Reprint from Victoria County History of Shropshire, Volume VIII, published 1968.
- A History of Pontesbury. p. 281.