28-532: Longnor may refer to several places in England: Longnor, Shropshire , a village and civil parish Longnor, Staffordshire , a village and civil parish in the Peak District Longnor, South Staffordshire , a location [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
56-433: A non-metropolitan county . The lower tier of local government was reorganised as part of the same reforms. Prior to 1974 the lower tier had comprised numerous boroughs , urban districts and rural districts . They were replaced by six non-metropolitan districts : Bridgnorth , North Shropshire , Oswestry , Shrewsbury and Atcham , South Shropshire and The Wrekin . The county's legal name remained Salop, although two of
84-399: A chief residence. Coal is found, but is worked less now than formerly. The living is a vicarage annexed to the vicarage of Leebotwood , in the diocese of Lichfield . The church is ancient but good; and belonged formerly to Haughmond Abbey . There are a national school, and charities £44. The Rev. Samuel Lee , late professor of Arabic at Cambridge , was a native. The White Lady of Longnor
112-584: A unitary authority, independent from the county council. The district council chose to rename the district 'Telford and Wrekin' at the same time. In 2006 the government published a white paper which encouraged more unitary authorities to be established, particularly in counties with small populations. This started the process which culminated in the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . Shropshire County Council, supported by South Shropshire District Council and Oswestry Borough Council, proposed to
140-674: Is a village and civil parish off the A49 road , south of Dorrington and north of Leebotwood in Shropshire, England, with a population of 289. The nearest railway station is Church Stretton , 4.7 miles (7.6 km) away. The Cound Brook flows just west of the village and its medieval deer park . The village contains Longnor Hall and the Grade I listed medieval St Mary's Church. Regional Cycle Route 32/33 passes through, as do buses between Church Stretton and Shrewsbury and Radbrook Green . The village
168-532: Is also noted for a ghost, the White Lady of Longnor. St. Mary's Church is a Grade 1 Listed Building in the medieval Early English style. It has been continually and carefully conserved down the centuries. Two new stained glass windows were installed in 2000, to mark the turn of the millennium . Originally a chapel for Condover , it became a private chapel for the Corbett family of Longnor Hall, before taking on
196-581: Is based at Shirehall in Shrewsbury . Elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888 , taking over administrative functions that had previously been performed by unelected magistrates at the quarter sessions . The first elections were held in January 1889 and the county council formally came into being on 1 April 1889. On that day it held its first official meeting at
224-564: Is said to appear clothed in a long white wedding dress, on or by the road bridge near the village. She is thought to have thrown herself into the water below after being deserted at the altar. The A49 is the main road that passes by Longnor just to the west of the village. It heads north and south, traversing the Welsh Marches between Hereford and Wigan . It provides the main routes between Longnor and surrounding towns and villages, notably Shrewsbury and Church Stretton . Church Stretton as
252-512: Is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire in the West Midlands region of England. Since 2009 it has been a unitary authority , being a county council which also performs the functions of a district council . The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county of Shropshire , which additionally includes Telford and Wrekin . The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2005. It
280-517: The Shirehall in Shrewsbury, the courthouse (built 1837) which had served as the meeting place for the quarter sessions. The first chairman was Alfred Salwey of Overton , who had also been chairman of the quarter sessions for some years prior to the creation of the county council. The 1888 Act which created county councils did not specify the names of the counties. As Shropshire was also known as Salop,
308-540: The Stretton Hills join it, the brook widens, passing to the east of Leebotwood and west of Longnor and the Medieval deer park there. Continuing east of Dorrington village, it changes direction to east at Stapleton . The flow can vary from slow and sluggish in a dry summer to a torrent in winter or spring. The medieval deer park was an enclosed area bounded by a ditch and bank with a wooden park palisade . The ditch
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#1732870204738336-528: The 2025 election. The council is based at the Shirehall on Abbey Foregate in Shrewsbury, which was purpose-built for the council and opened in 1966. Prior to 1966 the council was based at the Old Shirehall in Shrewsbury, which was subsequently demolished. The council has announced its intention to vacate Shirehall. A move to a proposed new development on the banks of the River Severn in central Shrewsbury
364-540: The 435 bus route. The nearest mainline station is in Shrewsbury , 7.7 miles (12.4 km) to the north. Longnor is served by bus routes numbered 435 and 540. Both start from Church Stretton , being the largest town nearby. The 435 takes in a number of different villages, including Longnor, on its way to Shrewsbury . The 540 runs to Radbrook Green , a suburb of Shrewsbury. Shropshire Council Shropshire Council , known between 1980 and 2009 as Shropshire County Council and prior to 1980 as Salop County Council ,
392-454: The Cound Brook, near Watling-street, 1½ mile NNE of Leebotwood railway station , and 5 NNE of Church-Stretton; and is supposed to occupy the site of a Roman [military] station. The parish comprises 1,200 acres; and its Post town is Leebotwood, under Shrewsbury . Real property, £3,656; of which £88 are in mines. Pop[ulation]., 244. Houses, 48. The property is divided among a few. Longnor Hall is
420-555: The architect and builder Edward Haycock Sr. The Corbett family had arrived in Shropshire with the Norman Conquest , under Hugh Corbet. The branch of the family that lived in Longnor dated from the 1500s. The last of the family was Jane Corbett, who married Archdeacon Joseph Plymley; he took his wife's surname to inherit the estate. Longnor has various farms, three of which are Upper House Farm, The Farm, and Green Farm. These form
448-422: The changes were implemented was that the five remaining districts in the non-metropolitan county were abolished and merged into a single district called Shropshire, but with there being no separate district council. Instead, the existing county council also took on the functions that legislation assigns to district councils. The county council was given the option of omitting the word 'county' from its name as part of
476-552: The council since 2009 have been: Following the 2021 election and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to July 2024, the composition of the council was: The next election is due in May 2025. Since the last full review of boundaries in 2013, the council has comprised 74 councillors representing 63 electoral divisions , with each division electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. New boundaries have been drawn up to come into effect from
504-472: The districts included 'Shropshire' in their names. The council changed the county's legal name from Salop to Shropshire with effect from 1 April 1980, after which the council was called Shropshire County Council. In 1998, following the recommendations of the Local Government Commission , The Wrekin district was removed from the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire, with its council becoming
532-547: The environment. It influences and works alongside the principal authority Shropshire Council , Police , Highways Agency , PCT . Longnor Hall features a park and formal gardens. The park originated in the 14th century; formal gardens were laid out in the 17th century. The 18th-century park and modern gardens survive. The hall was begun by Sir Richard Corbett in 1670 as a successor to Roger Sprencheaux's fortified manor house of 1235, and completed in 1693 under his son Uvedale Corbett. Some alterations were made in 1838–1842 by
560-632: The function of a parish church. Longnor was the birthplace of Samuel Lee (1783–1852), a linguist, Cambridge academic and Anglican cleric, whose translations from the Bible and other religious works into Arabic and other languages helped to launch the missionary activities of the Evangelical movement in the first half of the 19th century. Longnor CE Primary School, the village primary school, had 112 pupils aged five to eleven in January 2011. Its 2018 SAT results put it in England's top 1 per cent of schools for
588-411: The government that the non-metropolitan county of Shropshire should become a single unitary authority. This was opposed by the other three districts in the county. Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council took legal action challenging the government's decision to proceed with the reorganisation, but was unsuccessful. Shropshire County Council became a unitary authority with effect from 1 April 2009. The way
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#1732870204738616-561: The main economic force in the area, most of the employment being agricultural throughout history. Green Farm specializes in dairy cattle. It installed a modern milking facility in 2010. Cound Brook is a 25-mile-long (40 km) tributary of the River Severn running from the All Stretton area through Longnor and Condover and emptying into the Severn near Cound . Longnor lies in the middle section of Cound Brook. Having rainwater runoff from
644-506: The names 'Shropshire County Council' and 'Salop County Council' were used interchangeably in the council's early years. The council chose to adopt an official seal inscribed in Latin rather than English: Concilii comitatus Salopiensis sigilum commune . The county's legal name was confirmed as being Salop by the Local Government Act 1933 . Local government was reformed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 , which saw Salop designated as
672-516: The nearest town for shopping. The A49 is also the bus route for Longnor: the No. 435 stops just north of the village. Route 32/33 links the village with the National Cycle Network , which runs between Little Ryton and All Stretton as part of National Cycle Route 44 . The nearest railway station to Longnor is 4.7 miles (7.6 km) off at Church Stretton on the Welsh Marches line , beside
700-493: The proportion of children reaching and exceeding expected standards in writing and mathematics. Its attached pre-school section is called Little Owls. The nearest secondary school is in Church Stretton. Longnor shares a parish council with the village of Leebotwood . In 2008, the electorate in the parish was 343 members, who vote on matters such as improving the quality of life of the two communities and looking after
728-487: The reforms, which it took, becoming 'Shropshire Council'. As a unitary authority, Shropshire Council provides both county-level and district-level functions. The whole county is also covered by civil parishes , which form a second tier of local government. The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2005. Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows: Upper-tier county council Unitary authority The leaders of
756-466: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Longnor&oldid=1067705714 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Longnor, Shropshire Longnor
784-495: Was typically on the inside, so that deer could enter the park but not leave it. The temperate climate in the Longnor area is typical for its region. However, occasional extremes can occur. In April 2012, there were snow storms. In 1870–1872, John Marius Wilson 's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Longnor like this: Longnor , a village and a parish in Church-Stretton district, Salop . The village stands on
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