Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Down the lane - geograph.org.uk - 1514160.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The small village of Montford, Shropshire |
Coordinates: | 52.728°N -2.862°W |
Official Name: | Montford |
Label Position: | top |
Civil Parish: | Montford |
Unitary England: | Shropshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Shropshire |
Region: | West Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Shrewsbury and Atcham |
Post Town: | SHREWSBURY |
Postcode District: | SY4 |
Postcode Area: | SY |
Dial Code: | 01743 |
Os Grid Reference: | SJ417148 |
Montford is a small village and parish in Shropshire, England.
The village lies near the A5 road, on the north bank of the River Severn and is 3 miles north-west of the town of Shrewsbury.
At the parish church of St Chad, Robert Waring Darwin, the father of the naturalist Charles Darwin, and Susannah Darwin, his mother, are buried in the churchyard, as is Charles' sister Susan. Indoors are two parish war memorials, a marble tablet commemorating the First World War dead, and a three-light east window commemorating those of the Second World War.[1]
The parish includes the larger villages of Montford Bridge and Shrawardine.