Moreton Say
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 St Margaret's Church, Moreton Say |
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| Moreton Say shown within Shropshire | |
| Population | 485 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ629343 |
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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 |
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Moreton Say is a small village and sparsely populated civil parish in Shropshire, England, near the borders with Cheshire and Staffordshire, just Northwest of the town of Market Drayton. It is sometimes spelled Moreton Saye or Moreton Sea. The civil parish, which also covers the hamlets of Longford and Longslow, had a total population of 429 at the 2001 census, increasing to 485 at the 2011 Census. The parish is 5,999 acres (9.373 sq mi; 24.28 km2). There are no shops or services within the village. As a result, the only employment opportunities are at the local primary school, a residential home, and surrounding farms.
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, "Clive of India", who is credited with securing India and the wealth that followed for the British crown was born in the parish at Styche Hall and is buried in the church.
Every year the village holds a flower and produce show during summer where villagers and people from the local community can compete in many classes from best vegetable & fruit, flowers, crafts, cookery as well as other classes.
St Margaret's Church, dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch, dates back to the 12th century, when it was founded as a chapel of Hodnet, It is a brick structure which was completed in 1788. It comprises a chancel and nave, with a porch to the south and a square steeple tower to the west which contains two bells, which were left to the parishioners by the commissioners of Edward VI in 1553, along with another small bell as well as a silver chalice & paten.
The interior of the church contains several monuments of the Vernon, Clive and Corser families, one of which is a modern memorial to the distinguished Lord Clive, who is recorded in the parish register as having been baptised on 2 October 1725, and buried at the church on 30 November 1774, there is also a 17th-century tomb to John Bostock and Jane his wife.
Within the Churchyard Extension, next to the road, is the parish war memorial in form of an ornate carved stone cross, with names of dead from World War I on the obverse, and those of World War II dead on the reverse.
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