Place:Aston on Clun, Shropshire, England

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NameAston on Clun
TypeVillage
Located inShropshire, England


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Aston on Clun is a village in south Shropshire, England.

It lies near to the River Clun, with the brook from Hopesay flowing through the village itself, and is on the B4368 road between the towns of Clun and Craven Arms. The village of Broome, which has a railway station, is also close by. It is in the civil parish of Hopesay. The 2001 census recorded a population of 253.

There is a pub, the "Kangaroo Inn", and a small shop/Post Office in the village. At the centre lies an Arbor Tree, which usually has flags ceremonially held amongst its branches.

In 1949 the Oaker Estate was wound up and auctioned off in small plots as lots. The estate covered almost all of the village and surrounding countryside, including the Kangaroo Inn which was lot number 1. Inside the pub today the original maps, auction documents and deeds of the Oaker Estate sale can be seen.

The post town is Craven Arms; previously Aston on Clun was a post town itself.

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