Once a hive of activity,this backwater,lies silent most of the time.A lovely place to ramble.
NB:Just out of shot to the rhs is the earthwork remains of a Norman motte and bailey castle.
see http://www.castlefacts.info/contentpages/castledetails/castledetails.asp?country=England&countyid=35&county=Shropshire&castleid=3423&latitude=52.6109&longitude=-3.0383&uin=13223
see just off to the rhs out of shot see http://www.pbase.com/taggart51/image/117612711