Eyton on Severn explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Eyton-on-Severn - geograph.org.uk - 749534.jpg
Static Image Caption:Eyton-on-Severn
Coordinates:52.652°N -2.632°W
Official Name:Eyton on Severn
Civil Parish:Wroxeter and Uppington
Unitary England:Shropshire
Lieutenancy England:Shropshire
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Shrewsbury and Atcham
Post Town:SHREWSBURY
Postcode District:SY5
Postcode Area:SY
Dial Code:01952
Os Grid Reference:SJ572062

Eyton on Severn (pronounced: Eye-ton on Severn) is a small village in the English county of Shropshire, east of Shrewsbury. It is located on a ridge above the northern bank of the River Severn. The significant tributary of the Cound Brook joins the Severn at Eyton, albeit on the opposite bank. Wroxeter, the village located at a ruined Roman city, is only a mile north-west of the village. The hamlet of Dryton is just east of Eyton. All lie in the parish of Wroxeter and Uppington.

There is a historical octagonal tower here, built in 1607 as the summerhouse of a mansion then belonging to the Newport family of High Ercall. Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, whose mother was a Newport, was born there in 1583 and lived there till the age of nine.[1] Sir Francis Newport rebuilt the mansion in a version completed by 1595, Walter Hancock being its master mason, but only the tower remains from his lifetime.[2]

The Shrewsbury architect Thomas Farnolls Pritchard lived in the tower at Eyton from 1769 until his death in 1777.

There is also a racecourse, with point-to-point races held mainly on bank holidays and other special occasions.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dickins, Gordon. An Illustrated Literary Guide to Shropshire. 1987. Shropshire Libraries. 38, 96. 0-903802-37-6.
  2. Web site: NEWPORT, Francis II (C.1555-1623), of High Ercall, Salop. | History of Parliament Online.