Hodnet, Shropshire facts for kids
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Drayton Road, Hodnet |
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Population | 1,534 (2011 census) |
OS grid reference | SJ613286 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MARKET DRAYTON |
Postcode district | TF9 |
Dialling code | 01630 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Shropshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
EU Parliament | West Midlands |
UK Parliament |
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Hodnet is a village and civil parish in the county of Shropshire, England. It lies 5.7 miles (9.2 km) south-west of the town of Market Drayton.
The civil parish currently has a population of 1,534.
Hodnet's name has Celtic origins derived from the Welsh hawdd meaning pleasant or peaceful and nant, a glen or valley in Old Welsh. Evidence of a Bronze Age burial site was discovered during construction of the bypass in 2002. Hodnet is recorded in the Domesday Book as Odenet, and the village's 17th-century Hundred House was named for this reason.
The village lies is on the A53 road from Shrewsbury to Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is served by the 511 bus route, operated by Arriva Midlands, between Shrewsbury and Market Drayton.
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