It is located on the A488 outside the large village of Pontesbury, southwest of Shrewsbury. The population as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Pontesbury.
It approximates to the northern extremity of the Pontesford-Linley geological fault, which trends approximately 11 miles to Linley near Bishops Castle. On 2 April 1990, the Pontesford-LinleyFault - registered an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale, known as the Bishop's Castle earthquake.[1][2] Coal was mined there in the 19th century.
To its south is Pontesford Hill, which adjoins the foot of Earls Hill, the latter property of the Shropshire Wildlife Trust. Pontesford Hill was property of the Forestry Commission until it was sold to a private owner, Simon Hutchen, in 2010. Hutchen challenged a claim for two footpaths to be added to the definitive map as public rights of way, arguing that they were 'permissive' and not 'as of right'. The claim was referred to the Secretary of State and the subject of a Public Inquiry. Hutchen also applied for planning permission from Shropshire Council to build a replica Iron Age fort round house and amphitheatre and create a green burial ground. Both were voluntarily withdrawn by Hutchen and he agreed to sell the hill to a local campaign group. He sold the hill, which was bought in 2015 by the Shropshire Wildlife Trust with the help of more than £250,000 raised by the group called the Friends of Pontesford Hill to purchase the hill for public use.[3]
pontesford, small, village, shropshire, england, entering, a488location, within, shropshireos, grid, referencesj408065civil, parishpontesburyunitary, authorityshropshireceremonial, countyshropshireregionwest, midlandscountryenglandsovereign, stateunited, kingd. Pontesford is a small village in Shropshire England PontesfordEntering Pontesford on the A488PontesfordLocation within ShropshireOS grid referenceSJ408065Civil parishPontesburyUnitary authorityShropshireCeremonial countyShropshireRegionWest MidlandsCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSHREWSBURYPostcode districtSY5Dialling code01743PoliceWest MerciaFireShropshireAmbulanceWest MidlandsUK ParliamentShrewsbury and AtchamList of places UK England Shropshire 52 39 11 N 2 52 26 W 52 653 N 2 874 W 52 653 2 874It is located on the A488 outside the large village of Pontesbury southwest of Shrewsbury The population as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Pontesbury It approximates to the northern extremity of the Pontesford Linley geological fault which trends approximately 11 miles to Linley near Bishops Castle On 2 April 1990 the Pontesford Linley Fault registered an earthquake with a magnitude of 5 1 on the Richter scale known as the Bishop s Castle earthquake 1 2 Coal was mined there in the 19th century Contents 1 Pontesford Hill 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksPontesford Hill editTo its south is Pontesford Hill which adjoins the foot of Earls Hill the latter property of the Shropshire Wildlife Trust Pontesford Hill was property of the Forestry Commission until it was sold to a private owner Simon Hutchen in 2010 Hutchen challenged a claim for two footpaths to be added to the definitive map as public rights of way arguing that they were permissive and not as of right The claim was referred to the Secretary of State and the subject of a Public Inquiry Hutchen also applied for planning permission from Shropshire Council to build a replica Iron Age fort round house and amphitheatre and create a green burial ground Both were voluntarily withdrawn by Hutchen and he agreed to sell the hill to a local campaign group He sold the hill which was bought in 2015 by the Shropshire Wildlife Trust with the help of more than 250 000 raised by the group called the Friends of Pontesford Hill to purchase the hill for public use 3 See also editListed buildings in PontesburyReferences edit Official Town site Archived from the original on 6 January 2008 Retrieved 20 November 2007 Geo Science World The Pontesford Lineament Welsh Borderland N H Woodcock Hill Saved Thanks to Campaign Donations help trust to buy landmark Shropshire Star 24 April 2015 p 1 Report by Lucy Todman External links edit nbsp Media related to Pontesford at Wikimedia Commons 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 Pontesford amp oldid 1081610781, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
