Bucknell
Bucknell is a town and also civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The town rests on the River Redlake, within 660 yards (600 m) of the River Teme and near the boundary of Wales and Herefordshire. It is about 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) eastern of Knighton as well as is set within the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The name is derived from Old English and suggests 'Bucca's hill' or 'he-goats' hill'. The town has the "P"s determined by Country Life as essential to an effective village: a pub, a post office, a church, a primary school and also public transportation. Regardless of more houses, the variety of people staying in Bucknell has gone down. The population of the village in 1811 Census was 226. At the end of the 19th century this had actually risen to 546. In the 1981 Census the population of the town was 494; in 1991 the population of the parish (most likely including Bedstone) was 601 consisting of some 250 homes and in 2001 it was 642 in 294 residences.