Longford is 1.5 miles west of Market Drayton and 1 mile southeast of Moreton Say. A topographical guide to Shropshire published in 2005 describes Longford as a "charming hamlet on a rise in undulating country."[1]
The village name is believed to come from a great road that existed in Roman times and was simply known as the Longford. By 1319 it was a Royal road between Bletchley and Hinstock to the south. The village, not on the road, is located just east of Bletchley.[2]
longford, moreton, also, longford, telford, wrekin, longford, small, village, near, town, market, drayton, shropshire, england, just, near, ternhill, lies, parish, moreton, longfordfields, just, outside, longfordlongfordlocation, within, shropshireos, grid, re. See also Longford Telford and Wrekin Longford is a small village near the town of Market Drayton Shropshire England It is just off the A53 near to Ternhill and lies in the parish of Moreton Say LongfordFields just outside LongfordLongfordLocation within ShropshireOS grid referenceSJ645340Civil parishMoreton SayUnitary authorityShropshireCeremonial countyShropshireRegionWest MidlandsCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townMARKET DRAYTONPostcode districtTF9Dialling code01630PoliceWest MerciaFireShropshireAmbulanceWest MidlandsUK ParliamentNorth ShropshireList of places UK England Shropshire 52 54 07 N 2 31 44 W 52 902 N 2 529 W 52 902 2 529Longford is 1 5 miles west of Market Drayton and 1 mile southeast of Moreton Say A topographical guide to Shropshire published in 2005 describes Longford as a charming hamlet on a rise in undulating country 1 The village name is believed to come from a great road that existed in Roman times and was simply known as the Longford By 1319 it was a Royal road between Bletchley and Hinstock to the south The village not on the road is located just east of Bletchley 2 Contents 1 Notable people 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksNotable people editMajor general Sir James Rutherford Lumley KCB 1773 1846 Bengal Army 3 4 See also editListed buildings in Moreton SayReferences edit Longford in A Guide to Shropshire by Michael Raven 2005 Shropshire Parish Registers Volume 8 Sir James R Lumley in C E Buckland ed Dictionary of Indian Biography London Swan Sonnenschein amp Co 1906 James Rutherford Lumley in England Select Births and Christenings 1538 1975 ancestry co uk accessed 25 November 2022 subscription required External links edit nbsp Media related to Longford at Wikimedia Commons Longford hamlet in Moreton Say Parish Map of Longford west of Market Drayton nbsp This Shropshire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Longford Moreton Say amp oldid 1159904227, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
