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Moreton Say is a small village and sparsely populated civil parish in Shropshire, England, near the borders with Cheshire and Staffordshire, just Northwest of the town of Market Drayton. It is sometimes spelled ''Moreton Saye'' or ''Moreton Sea''. The civil parish, which also covers the hamlets of Longford and Longslow, had a total population of 429 at the 2001 census,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798927&c=moreton&d=16&e=15&g=482111&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1332240366516&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 )〕 increasing to 485 at the 2011 Census. The parish is .〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.moretonsay.org/History/History.htm )〕 There are no shops or services within the village. As a result, the only employment opportunities are at the local primary school, a residential home, and surrounding farms. Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, "Clive of India", who is credited with securing India and the wealth that followed for the British crown was born in the parish at Styche Hall and is buried in the church.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.moretonsay.org/History/History.htm )〕 Every year the village holds a flower and produce show during summer where villagers and people from the local community can compete in many classes from best vegetable & fruit, flowers, crafts, cookery as well as other classes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.moretonsay.org/ProduceShow2012/ProduceShow2012.htm )〕 ==Parish Church== St Margaret's Church, dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch, dates back to the 12th century, when it was founded as a chapel of Hodnet,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.moretonsay.org/History/History.htm )〕 It is a brick structure which was completed in 1788. It comprises a chancel and nave, with a porch to the south and a square steeple tower to the west which contains two bells,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/MoretonSay/ )〕 which were left to the parishioners by the commissioners of Edward VI in 1553, along with another small bell as well as a silver chalice & paten.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.moretonsay.org/History/History.htm )〕 The interior of the church contains several monuments of the Vernon, Clive and Corser families,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/MoretonSay/ )〕 one of which is a modern memorial to the distinguished Lord Clive, who is recorded in the parish register as having been baptised on 2 October 1725, and buried at the church on 30 November 1774, there is also a 17th-century tomb to John Bostock and Jane his wife.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.moretonsay.org/History/History.htm )〕 Within the Churchyard Extension, next to the road, is the parish war memorial in form of an ornate carved stone cross, with names of dead from World War I on the obverse, and those of World War II dead on the reverse. Moreton Say parish, which covers an area of nearly 6000 acres, includes the villages of Longford, Bletchley, Styche with Woodlands, and Tern Hill. The parish is in the diocese of Lichfield which also includes the parishes of Ash, Adderley, Ightfield and Calverhall. 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 Say」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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