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29-471: Broadward is a dispersed hamlet in south Shropshire , England, situated by the border with Herefordshire . It is in the civil parish of Clungunford , a village approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north. The placename is shared by a number of buildings in the area, including Broadward Hall, a country house . The River Clun flows to the east of Broadward (from north to south) and after passing Broadward exits Shropshire and enters Herefordshire;

58-511: A public right of way , is an old motte ( grid reference SO393765 ) originating from medieval times after the Norman conquest , which is designated as a scheduled monument . It was built to control the crossing of the River Clun (by way of the old ford) and is only big enough to have supported a watch tower. It lies roughly halfway between the mottes at Clungunford and Leintwardine, also located by

87-411: A charity and has undergone a full refurbishment in 2019 and has a well stocked bar that is run by a Community Interest Company and is open every Friday night and on other occasions when events are arranged. There is a coffee morning in the hall on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month and a Table Tennis club on Tuesdays. A mobile Post office visits on Thursday for an hour from 11.45 in the car park outside

116-463: A result of disease or modern farming practice. Arthur Young 's description of the view from Langdon Hills , "dark lanes intersected with numberless hedges and woods," is a typical description of the landscape in an area of dispersed settlements. Anthony Galt has written an extensive study of the dispersed settlement pattern around Locorotondo in the Province of Bari in southern Italy. In this case,

145-410: A small sheep farm on the estate. The placename is derived from "broad ford "; the exact location of where this ford was is unknown and no ford exists in modern times (the crossing being replaced by Broadward Bridge). The historic change of the second element of the name, from "ford" to "ward", is the reverse of what happened to the placename of Clungunford. To the east of the hall, and adjacent to

174-529: Is Middle Barton in Steeple Barton , Oxfordshire . In some parts of England, the pattern of dispersed settlement has remained unchanged for many hundreds of years. Many of the locations found in Domesday may be dispersed farmsteads. It is sometimes possible to identify documentary references to farmsteads in the 18th and 19th centuries with these Domesday entries. In areas of Kent and Essex close to London,

203-596: Is 01547 (the Knighton area code) followed by 530 (the Bucknell exchange) for the majority of the settlement, or 540 (the Leintwardine exchange) for Broadward Barn and Broadward Bridge. Broadward Hall is a Grade II Listed building , largely a 19th-century remodelling of an 18th-century house, with a castellated Gothic appearance. Broadward dates back much earlier however, and was a medieval settlement with township status within

232-641: Is an old motte , to the northeast of St Cuthbert's churchyard, which guarded the crossing of the river here during medieval times. It is open to the public via a permissive footpath. Salusbury Pryce Humphreys , notable officer in the Royal Navy , was born in Clungunford (at the Rectory) in 1778. The present Clungunford Bridge was built in 1935 and replaced a bridge built in 1657. Clungunford lies at an elevation of between 130m and 145m above sea level. The village

261-500: Is approximately 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) from the railway stations at Hopton Heath and Broome (both on the Heart of Wales Line ). The B4367 road passes through the village and crosses the Clun on Clungunford Bridge. The nearest market town is Craven Arms , 4 miles (6.4 km) distant by road. The larger town of Ludlow is 10 miles (16 km) distant, whilst Shrewsbury ,

290-577: 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

319-622: The Ruhr urban area (the dispersed settlements lending themselves to the development of urban sprawl after industrialisation), the Austro-Bavarian parts of the Alps ( Upper Bavaria , Austria, South Tyrol ) as well as Alamannic parts of the Alps ( Bernese Oberland , Central Switzerland ). Clungunford#Etymology Clungunford is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire , England, located near

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348-415: The county town , is 24 miles (39 km) away. The civil parish of Clungunford (which has an area of 1,343 hectares (3,320 acres)) includes the village of Clungunford, the hamlets of Abcott , Beckjay , Broadward , Hopton Heath (with its railway station ) and Shelderton , and a number of outlying farms and houses including Rowton Grange, The Crossways, and part of Twitchen . The population as of

377-663: The local council based in the county town, Shrewsbury. A Roman road runs through the eastern half of the parish, through Shelderton, on its way between the Roman fort and settlement at Leintwardine and the city at Wroxeter . At the time of the Domesday Book, the manor of Clungunford fell within the hundred of Leintwardine , but later came within the hundred of Purslow (the township of Shelderton however fell under Munslow ). Abcott, Beckjay, Broadward and Shelderton were medieval townships , whilst Hopton Heath came into being with

406-466: The 2011 census was 316. The River Clun, which flows through the parish from the north to the south, divides the parish into two almost equal parts. The parish borders the county of Herefordshire to the south. The northwest corner of the parish (the locality of Hope, on the east slope of Clunbury Hill) falls within the Shropshire Hills AONB , but the village itself does not. The highest point in

435-520: The Clun. Bronze Age artefacts – mainly spearheads and sword fragments – have been discovered in the riparian vicinity of the hall, initially from an excavation (for drainage works) in 1867. Many of the findings are now in the British Museum and form part of the Broadward complex . The artefacts were over a metre below modern-day ground level and are believed to have been offerings to water gods in what

464-597: The Clungunford parish. The hall is a private residence and is not open to visitors. The hall was once part of the Hopton Castle Estate and for 200 years was the home of the Bayley family. In 1943 it was purchased by the Bilston Corporation, who planned to develop it into a children's home, which did not happen, and in 1947 it was bought by Thomas Watkins. The hall continues as a private residence, and there remains

493-515: The Gainj, Ankave, and Baining tribes. It is also frequently met with in nomadic pastoral societies. In Ghana, Kumbyili in the northern region is also an example of a dispersed settlement In England, dispersed settlements are often found in the areas of ancient enclosure outside the central region—for example, Essex , Kent and the West Country . An example of a dispersed settlement given by W G Hoskins

522-584: The Village Hall. 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

551-452: The area is a mixture of arable and livestock (traditionally sheep and cattle) farming. Broadward is situated on the B4385 main road and is approximately 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) from Hopton Heath railway station which is on the Heart of Wales Line . At Hopton Heath the 740 bus service calls, with 3 buses a day to Ludlow and Knighton . Built in 1831, Broadward Bridge takes

580-405: 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. The parish council runs the website www.clungunford.com which provides information on up and coming events. The village hall ("Clungunford Village Hall"), is managed by

609-402: The coming of the railway in 1861. In 1884 the parish gained land from Hopton Castle (a part of Lingen Meadow); in 1967 the parish lost land in the southeast (beyond Shelderton Rock) to Onibury parish. In 1894 it became part of Ludlow Rural District and then in 1974 the non-metropolitan district of South Shropshire . In 2009 there was another re-organisation of local administration, with

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638-433: The development of residential housing during the 20th century has often disguised the dispersed nature of the original settlement. The farmsteads which make up the dispersed settlement are often surrounded by small irregularly shaped fields. Traditionally, trees are encouraged to grow at the edges of these fields and in thin strips alongside roads. However, during the 20th century, much of this woodland disappeared, either as

667-489: The largest – Ludlow, which is 9 miles (14 km) away. The county town of Shropshire, Shrewsbury , is 25 miles (40 km) distant by road. The postcode is SY7 0QA, except for Broadward Barn and Broadward Bridge which have their own postcode SY7 0PZ. There is a Royal Mail post box on the main road by the Gate Lodge. The post town for Broadward is Craven Arms; historically it was Aston on Clun . The dialling code

696-608: The main road over the River Clun ( grid reference SO394767 ) and is a Grade II Listed structure. Broadward forms the southerly end of the parish of Clungunford. Immediately to the north, and also in the parish, lies the hamlet of Beckjay , which can be accessed from Broadward by a lane leading off the main road. The nearest villages with amenities (each including a post office, two pubs and local convenience shops) are Leintwardine (2 miles) and Bucknell (3 miles). The nearest market towns are Knighton (in Wales ), Craven Arms and –

725-409: The opposite change – its second element was "ford" and this became "ward". The village continues to be called by some locals Gunnas - a variation of Gunward. The village's bi-monthly newsletter is called The Gunnas Gazette and a residential cul-de-sac is named Upper Gunnas Close. The Domesday Book (1086) records 36 households in Clungunford, making it a large settlement for its time. There

754-465: The parish is Goat Hill (in the northeast corner) at 312 metres (1,024 ft); the lowest point is where the Clun exits the parish (and county) south of Broadward, at 122 metres (400 ft). Neighbouring civil parishes are Clunbury , Craven Arms (formerly Stokesay ), Hopesay , Hopton Castle , Leintwardine (Herefordshire), and Onibury . The parish forms part of the Clun electoral division , which elects one councillor to Shropshire Council ,

783-442: The river here is a private fishery . The stretch of the River Clun south of Broadward Bridge is a Site of Special Scientific Interest . Broadward lies generally at an elevation of 130 metres (430 ft) above sea level, on gently undulating land within the lower Clun Valley. The hamlet lies just above the flood plain , which is quite extensive, with the fields between the hall and the River Clun being flood meadows . Agriculture in

812-485: The settlement pattern developed because of movement from the town to the countryside in the 19th century. Emphyteutic leases were used by landowners seeking to increase their income from land that was only marginally attractive for agriculture by encouraging the creation of vineyards . Known as Streusiedlungen (singular Streusiedlung ), dispersed settlements are a characteristic of various parts of German-speaking Europe , including in areas of Westphalia , historically

841-476: Was a marshy landscape; the level of the ground has since risen in the area (by natural process of alluvial material deposited in times of flood) and the area has also now been drained for agriculture. Dispersed settlement The French term bocage is sometimes used to describe the type of landscape found where dispersed settlements are common. In addition to Western Europe, dispersed patterns of settlement are found in parts of Papua New Guinea , as among

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