Lydbury North, Shropshire - <>

Lydbury North is a village and a geographically large civil parish in south Shropshire, England.The population of the Civil Parish at the 2011 census was 695. The parish is locally called Lydbury and there is no settlement called Lydbury South. It is located at.It is situated in the south west corner of the county, near to the small towns of Clun and Bishop's Castle. The B4385 road runs through the village, as does the Jack Mytton Way. To the west is the village and parish of Colebatch. There is a part-time post office, community shop, school and church here. Also there is a public house called the Powis Arms.According to the Institute for Name Studies the name is Old English in derivation and means 'Fortification on the *Hlyde (= noisy stream)', perhaps an early name for the River Kemp.The village lies between 155m and 165m above sea level. Whilst the land to the south is flat, to the north it rises steeply.Priors Holt, Priors Holt Hill and Churchmoor are at the northeastern extremities of the parish, the church of which in Lydbury North, St Michael and All Angels, contains a small Catholic chapel.

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