Lydbury North
Lydbury North is a town and also a geographically huge civil church in south Shropshire, England.The population of the Civil Parish at the 2011 census was 695. The parish is locally called Lydbury as well as there is no settlement called Lydbury South. It lies at grid recommendation SO352859. It is located in the south west edge of the county, near to the villages of Clun as well as Bishop's Castle. The B4385 road goes through the village, as does the Jack Mytton Way. To the west is the town and also parish of Colebatch. There is a part-time post office, community shop, institution and also church below. Also there is a hostelry called the Powis Arms. According to the Institute for Name Studies the name is Old English in derivation and also suggests 'Fortification on the * Hlyde (= noisy stream)', maybe an early name for the River Kemp. The village exists between 155m and 165m above sea level. Whilst the land to the south is level, to the north it climbs outstanding. Priors Holt, Priors Holt Hillside and Churchmoor are at the northeastern extremities of the church, the church of which in Lydbury North, St Michael and All Angels, contains a small Catholic chapel.