Nox, Shropshire Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Ivy clad farmhouse - geograph.org.uk - 487452.jpg
Static Image Caption:A house in Nox
Coordinates:52.688°N -2.872°W
Official Name:Nox
Population:22
Civil Parish:Westbury
Civil Parish1:Pontesbury
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:01743
Os Grid Reference:SJ410104

Nox is a hamlet in Shropshire, England, around a staggered junction on the B4386 road (historically a Roman Road) between the small villages of Cruckton and Yockleton, and south of Ford.[1]

Anciently in the parish of Pontesbury,[2] Nox now lies mostly in the civil parish of Westbury; the parish boundaries of Westbury and of Pontesbury, which contains four of its houses, run through the hamlet.

It is named after the Nock family, who owned what is now known as Nox House. It was initially recorded as an alehouse held by Richard Nock in 1653, that was later known as 'The Star and Ball' and was a regular meeting place of the Ford manorial court from 1674 to 1811. It was a butcher's shop in the 19th century before conversion to a private house. Nox also had a smithy, erected by John Nock in c.1668, that was 'still in business' in 1968.

Notes and References

  1. [Ordnance Survey]
  2. Book: Gaydon & Lawson, A.T. & J.B.. A History of Pontesbury. 1982. Shropshire Libraries. 261. 0-903802-23-6. Reprinted extract from Victoria County History of Shropshire, Volume VIII, 1968.