Adeney Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Farm - geograph.org.uk - 320431.jpg
Static Image Caption:Farm buildings in the hamlet of Adeney, Shropshire.
Coordinates:52.761°N -2.443°W
Official Name:Adeney
Civil Parish:Edgmond
Unitary England:Telford and Wrekin
Lieutenancy England:Shropshire
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:The Wrekin
Post Town:NEWPORT
Postcode District:TF10
Postcode Area:TF
Dial Code:01952
Os Grid Reference:SJ701182

Adeney is a hamlet in the English county of Shropshire, in the civil parish of Edgmond.

Its name was formerly also spelt Adney, and derives from an Old English name meaning "Eadwynne's island".[1] It lies in an area of the Weald Moors known as the "Birch Moors"; the closest villages are Edgmond, to the east, and Tibberton, to the north-west.

Notes and References

  1. Raven, M. A Guide to Shropshire, 2005, p.10