Maesbrook

Maesbrook
The Black Horse Inn public house, Maesbrook
Maesbrook
Maesbrook shown within Shropshire
Population	(See Kinnerley)
OS grid reference	SJ305215
Civil parish	Kinnerley
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Oswestry
Postcode district	SY10
Dialling code	01691
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	North Shropshire
List of places UK England Shropshire 52°47′10″N 3°01′44″W / 52.786°N 3.029°W / 52.786; -3.029Coordinates: 52°47′10″N 3°01′44″W / 52.786°N 3.029°W / 52.786; -3.029

Maesbrook /ˈmeɪsbrʊk/ is a village in Shropshire, England. Maesbury and Maesbury Marsh are about a mile north of Maesbrook. Pant is also nearby, just north of Llanymynech.

It lies between the villages of Llanymynech and Knockin, south of the town of Oswestry. The A5 road is nearby, as is the border with Wales.

Maesbrook railway station was on the defunct Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway. A branch line running from Shrewsbury, England to Llanymynech, Wales. It opened in 1911 becoming one of the Colonel Stephens Railways.

In 1933 passenger services were suspended. The railway was taken over by the War Department at the outbreak of World War II when a top-secret armaments storage centre was built at Kinnerley. The line remained in military ownership until it was closed in 1960. Notes on wartime role

The village came to national prominence in August 2008 after a multi-millionaire businessman shot dead his family before committing suicide by setting fire to their £1.2 million home.

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