Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Petton - geograph.org.uk - 335760.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Petton. Its church is on the right. |
Coordinates: | 52.835°N -2.834°W |
Official Name: | Petton |
Civil Parish: | Petton |
Unitary England: | Shropshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Shropshire |
Region: | West Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | North Shropshire |
Post Town: | SHREWSBURY |
Postcode District: | SY4 |
Postcode Area: | SY |
Dial Code: | 01939 |
Os Grid Reference: | SJ438267 |
Petton is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It was mentioned in Domesday as "Peetone", a name probably derived from Old English paec-tun, "settlement by the hill".[1]
Petton is near to the village and parish of Cockshutt, south-east of the town Ellesmere. The two parishes have in recent years combined their parish councils under the name Cockshutt-cum-Petton.