Abcott Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:The Bird on the Rock - geograph.org.uk - 12071.jpg
Static Image Caption:The tea rooms at Abcott; the road to the left is the B4367; the lane leading off it heads through the hamlet and onwards to Twitchen.
Coordinates:52.403°N -2.896°W
Official Name:Abcott
Label Position:top
Civil Parish:Clungunford
Unitary England:Shropshire
Lieutenancy England:Shropshire
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Ludlow
Post Town:CRAVEN ARMS
Postcode District:SY7
Postcode Area:SY
Dial Code:01588
Os Grid Reference:SO390787

Abcott is a hamlet in south Shropshire, England.

It lies on the west side of the River Clun and its flood plain, just opposite the village of Clungunford. Abcott is part of the parish of Clungunford. The B4367 road crosses the Clun (at Clungunford Bridge) and passes the hamlet, on its way between Clungunford and Bucknell. A lane connects the B4367 at Abcott and Twitchen.

The famous Rocke Cottage tea rooms is situated on the B road at Abcott (formerly the Bird on the Rock tea rooms, and historically the Rocke Arms public house).[1] Abcott Manor is a Grade II* ("two star") Listed building.[2]

Abcott was a medieval township,[3] despite its proximity to the parish's main village and parish church (St Cuthbert's) just on the other side of the Clun.

The 740 bus service calls at Abcott, outside the tea rooms, with three buses a day to Ludlow and Knighton.[4] Nearby is Hopton Heath, which has a railway station on the Heart of Wales Line, which passes by the hamlet.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/08/18/american-team-rates-shropshire-tea-room-best-in-britain Shropshire Star
  2. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-257610-abcott-manor-clungunford- British Listed Buildings
  3. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/Clungunford/index.html GENUKI
  4. http://www.arrivabus.co.uk/serviceInformation.aspx?id=2778&r=UK Arriva