Acton Reynald Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Gatehouse, Acton Reynald - geograph.org.uk - 608204.jpg
Static Image Caption:Gatehouse, Acton Reynald
Coordinates:52.8°N -2.69°W
Official Name:Acton Reynald
Civil Parish:Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst
Unitary England:Shropshire
Lieutenancy England:Shropshire
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:North Shropshire
Post Town:SHREWSBURY
Postcode District:SY4
Postcode Area:SY
Dial Code:01939
Os Grid Reference:SJ5323

Acton Reynald is a village in the north of Shropshire, England. The village is more of a hamlet in that it does not contain a public house, Post Office, or any other features typically associated with villages. It is close to the A49 which runs from Ross-on-Wye on the Welsh border to Bamber Bridge in Lancashire. The village backs on to RAF Shawbury and the village of Moreton Corbet to its east.

The village's largest building is Acton Reynald Hall, a former seat of the local landowning Corbet family, which was a private girls' school from 1919 to 1995 before reverting to being a private residence. In the 1840s the whole existing village of Acton Reynold together with several farms was demolished to facilitate the creation of the parkland.

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