Everything about Melverley totally explained
Melverley is a village in
Shropshire,
England, situated on the
River Severn and the
River Vyrnwy, near the
Powys hills and the border with
Wales. The village, and the large rural area that surrounds it, is famous for flooding from the nearby rivers.
Melverley Green is a small village to the north of Melverley.
St Peter's Church
The notable building in Melverley is the black and white timber-framed St Peter's Church which stands on the banks of the River Vyrnwy; it's one of only three such churches to be found in Shropshire and the oldest of its kind. The church was rebuilt in
1406 after
Owain Glyndŵr burnt it to the ground. The church has a
Jacobean pulpit and a
chained bible (also known as a "Great Bible"). It is thought that the design of St Peter's may have inspired the architecture of
St Andrew's
Episcopalian church in
Newcastle,
Maine.
Melverley and the "Potts Line"
Melverley was situated on the
Potts Railway Line designed to link
Shrewsbury with the small village of
Llanymynech, near
Oswestry. Unlike many stops on the line, the station at Melverley had a brick shed for waiting passengers (many stations had wooden facilities and timber platforms). A
viaduct was built at Melverley in order for the line to cross the Severn but this crashed into the river in
1902. The viaduct was rebuilt to enable the re-opening of the line on
April 13,
1911. It was subsequently declared unsafe on several occasions and was a contributory factor to the demise of the Potts Line.
Today, little evidence of the railway remains at Melverley save for some bricks marking the platform edge. However, a road has been built along the course of part of this branch line to Criggion utilizing the old railway bridge over the Severn and making a convenient connection to the main road at Crew Green. This is a single-track road with passing places but is unusually direct and level compared to other country lanes in the area.
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