Clungunford
| Clungunford | |
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 St Cuthbert's Church |
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 Clungunford
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| Clungunford shown within Shropshire | |
| Population | 316 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SO396787 |
| • London | 160 miles (257 km) |
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| Unitary authority | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CRAVEN ARMS |
| Postcode district | SY7 |
| Dialling code | 01588 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Clungunford is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England, located near the border with Herefordshire.
The village features St. Cuthbert's parish church. The River Clun flows just to the west of the village and can be crossed here by Clungunford Bridge. There are no pubs or shops in present times.
There is a once famoustea rooms - called Rocke Cottage (formerly called Bird on the Rock) - which is just over the river from the village in the neighbouring hamlet of Abcott.
The village hall ("Clungunford Parish Hall"), a public phone box, the Clungunford Sports and Social Club (which includes a lawn bowls green and a team who play in the Ludlow and District Bowls League) and a Royal Mail post box are all situated in the centre of the village, on Chapel Road. The church (St Cuthbert's) is located on the western edge of the settlement, adjacent to the flood plain of the Clun.
The 740 bus service calls at Clungunford, with 3 buses a day to Ludlow and Knighton.
The name derives from when this part of the Clun Valley was owned by the Saxon Lord Gunward and so was called "Clun Gunward" (meaning the place on the Clun owned by Gunward). It is written in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Clone Gunward". The second part of the Gunward name (the "ward" element) became corrupted over time to become "ford", and it is a common mistake to believe a ford across the river is responsible for this part of the modern place name (although a ford did once exist where the present-day bridge crosses the Clun). Conversely, the nearby hamlet of Broadward has experienced the opposite change - its second element was "ford" and this became "ward".
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