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Moreton Corbet is a village in the civil parish of Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst in Shropshire, England. The village's toponym refers to the Corbet baronets, the local landowners. It is just north of the larger villages of Shawbury and Shrewsbury, near Stanton upon Hine Heath and the River Roden. In the village is the ruin of Moreton Corbet castle. ==The village== In 1870–72 John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' described Moreton Corbet thus: "A village and a parish in Wem district, Salop. The village stands on the River Roden, 3¾ miles E of Yorton r. station, and 4¾ SE of Wem. The parish contains part of the township of Preston Brockhurst, which has a post office under Shrewsbury. Pop., 255. Houses, 51. The manor and all the land belong to Sir V. R. Corbet, Bart. Moreton Corbet Castle was erected in the 16th century, on the site of a previous castle; was burnt in the civil war of Charles I.; and is now a fine ruin. Several mills are on the Roden, the church is ancient; has a tower and several stained windows; and contains ancient effigies and monuments of the Corbets charities".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=10425 )〕 The village has seen steady development and population growth since then. The 1961 Census recorded a population in Moreton Corbet of 257 people, the population of the area being rather inconsistent as only 10 years earlier it reached 350.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10363287&c_id=10001043&add=N )〕 According to a 2001 census, the population had slightly increased to 281: 149 males and 132 females〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798926&c=moreton+corbet&d=16&e=15&g=482113&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1335973226322&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 )〕 with the biggest age range occurring between 45–64-year olds.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798926&c=moreton+corbet&d=16&e=13&g=482113&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1335973264886&enc=1&dsFamilyId=781 )〕 The first census to report on how well people were housed was that of 1891, but the only statistics gathered were the number of rooms and the number of people in each household.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_theme_page.jsp?u_id=10363287&c_id=10001043&data_theme=T_HOUS )〕 The total amount of households rose to 72 in 1961〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_HOUS&data_cube=N_HOUSES&u_id=10363287&c_id=10001043&add=Y )〕 and further again to a total of 114 households by 2001. The majority of these households consisted of whole detached houses and bungalows, of which mainly married couples inhabited.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798926&c=moreton+corbet&d=16&e=15&g=482113&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1335973406407&enc=1&dsFamilyId=785 )〕 One of Moreton Corbet's biggest attractions are the ruins of the castle, leading Moreton Corbet to be called "one of the most exciting places to visit in Shropshire", and described as a "magnificent and unusual, ornate ruin, that is disturbingly atmospheric".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.shropshiretourism.co.uk/attractiondetails.php?estid=2197 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moreton Corbet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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