| Official Name: | Beckbury |
| Static Image Name: | St. Milburga's Church, Beckbury - geograph.org.uk - 119134.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Milburga's Church, Beckbury |
| Population: | 341 |
| Population Ref: | (2011) |
| Coordinates: | 52.612°N -2.35°W |
| Label Position: | left |
| Civil Parish: | Beckbury |
| Postcode District: | TF11 |
| Postcode Area: | TF |
| Dial Code: | 01952 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SJ765016 |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Ludlow |
| Unitary England: | Shropshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | Shropshire |
Beckbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. Beckbury had a population of 327 according to the 2001 census,[1] increasing to 340 at the 2011 Census,[2] The village is south-east of Telford and is close to the Staffordshire border.[3] The small rural parish of Beckbury lies on the Shropshire–Staffordshire border 6km (04miles) south of Shifnal. It has a pub – the Smokey Cow, a Church of England school, a village hall, and a parish church dedicated to St Milburga (who was Abbess at Much Wenlock in Saxon times).
Beckbury makes up one of the six parishes of Beckbury, Ryton, Kemberton, Badger, Sutton Maddock and Stockton, which became a united benefice in 1989 (the first group of 6 parishes in the Diocese of Lichfield).
Beckbury was included in the Domesday Book and the name means Beocca's Fort or defended place (Beocca being someone's name).[4]
The village was struck by an F0/T1 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.[5]