Linley, More Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.529°N -2.959°W
Official Name:Linley
Civil Parish:More
Unitary England:Shropshire
Lieutenancy England:Shropshire
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:Ludlow
Post Town:BISHOPS CASTLE
Postcode District:SY9
Postcode Area:SY
Dial Code:01588
Os Grid Reference:SO349928

Linley is a hamlet in the civil parish of More, in Shropshire, England.

The hamlet is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the A488 road, and 2 miles north of the village of Lydham, and 3.5 miles north of Bishop's Castle. It is situated near the West Onny river and a local feature is Linley Hall.

Geology

It approximates to the southern extremity of the Pontesford-Linley geological fault, which trends approximately 11miles to Pontesford. On 2 April 1990, the Pontesford-Linley Fault registered an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale, known as the Bishop's Castle earthquake.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://jgs.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/141/6/1001 Geo-Science World, The Pontesford Lineament, Welsh Borderland N. H. Woodcock