Myddle Castle
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.jpg) St. Peter's parish church, Myddle |
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 Myddle
Myddle shown within Shropshire
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| Population | 1,333 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SJ469239 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHREWSBURY |
| Postcode district | SY4 |
| Dialling code | 01939 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Myddle—also formerly known as Mydle, Middle, Midle, M'dle, Meadley and Medle—is a small village in Shropshire, England, about 10 miles north of Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire. Myddle lies in the parish of Myddle and Broughton. The 2001 census recorded a population of 1,142 in the village, rising to 1,333 at the 2011 census.
In a book written about Myddle in 1700, the author, Richard Gough, describes the parish community and its doings, and his work has been used as a study of human relations. The book has been called "the greatest insight into that group [that is, 'the middle sort'] of people," in Early Modern England.
The village of Myddle was occupied by 1066, with a manor house for Siward, Earl of Northumbria completed in the 1050s.
By 1086, the year of the Domesday Book under William the Conqueror, the manor house was occupied by Rainald the Sheriff. During the 12th century, the Fitz Alan family of Clun occupied the manor house, with John Le Strange acquiring it around 1165.
In 1234, Myddle was the location of the signing of a treaty between King Henry III and Welsh Prince Llewellyn.
In September 2005 and September 2007 a detectorist uncovered a small number of hammered gold coins dating back to the 14th century.
The Le Strange's dynasty ended in 1580 due to the lack of male heirs to the estate, and Myddle passed to the Earl of Derby after he married Joan Le Strange. Their son, Thomas, became the second Earl of Derby.
Elizabeth I granted Thomas Barnston a licence to sell land in Myddle in 1596, and in 1600 Sir Thomas Egerton purchased the village. Egerton's son was created by James I the first Earl of Bridgewater in 1579.
During the English Civil War in 1642, Charles I recruited 20 men from Myddle, with 14 killed.
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