OS grid reference SJ310012 Country England Post town SHREWSBURY Dialling code 01743 Civil parish Worthen | Region West Midlands Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district SY5 Ceremonial county Shropshire UK parliament constituency Ludlow | |
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Meadowtown is a hamlet in west Shropshire, England, in the civil parish of Worthen with Shelve. Neighbouring hamlets include Marton, Ox Wood, Crest Wood, and Rorrington.
Map of Meadowtown, Shrewsbury, UK
Meadowtown contains a Site of Special Scientific Interest according to the U.K. government. A long-disused quarry in the town is "a well known fossil collecting locality and has yielded typical and distinctive trilobites including Oxygiocarella debuchi, Marrolithus craticulatus, Lloydolithus lloydii and Oxyginus cordensis novenarius. Species of the brachiopod genus Dalmanella and occasional sponge spicules also occur."
Meadowtown is also home to "Mammoth", a cow made famous on the internet involving a UK milk-price dispute.
References
Meadowtown Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA