Chetwynd, Shropshire
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- Chetwynd
| Chetwynd | |
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 St Michael and All Angels Church, Chetwynd Park | |
  Chetwynd Location within Shropshire | |
| Population | 638 (2021 census) |
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| Unitary authority | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
Chetwynd is a rural civil parish just to the north of Newport, in the Telford and Wrekin district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire in England. In 2021 the parish had a population of 638.
Although the parish contains no substantial nucleated settlements it includes the Chetwynd Park estate, in addition to Sambrook, Howle, Pickstock and a number of other small hamlets.
The north-eastern boundary of the parish is formed by an old Roman road, now a country lane, while its eastern boundary runs along the Lonco Brook.[1]
The parish church, dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels, was built in 1865 to the designs of Benjamin Ferrey[2] and contains a fine East window depicting "Christ adored by the hosts of Heaven", designed by John Hardman in 1881. The chancel windows, one of which is a war memorial to parish dead of World War I and designed by Dunstan Powell,[3] are also by Hardman, while the windows in the nave were designed by Francis Skeat in 1963.[4]
An F1/T2 tornado formed within the civil parish on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.[5] The tornado later moved over Newport, causing some damage there.
The former RAF Chetwynd is nearby.
