Lydbury North
Lydbury North is a village as well as a geographically big civil church in south Shropshire, England.The populace of the Civil Parish at the 2011 census was 695. The parish is locally called Lydbury and also there is no settlement called Lydbury South. It lies at grid reference SO352859. It is located in the south west edge of the region, near to the small towns of Clun and also Bishop's Castle. The B4385 road goes through the town, as does the Jack Mytton Way. To the west is the village and parish of Colebatch. There is a part-time post office, area store, institution and church here. Also there is a hostelry called the Powis Arms. According to the Institute for Name Studies the name is Old English in derivation and indicates 'Stronghold on the * Hlyde (= noisy stream)', probably an early name for the River Kemp. The town lies between 155m and also 165m over water level. Whilst the land to the south is flat, to the north it climbs steeply. Priors Holt, Priors Holt Hillside and also Churchmoor are at the northeastern extremities of the parish, the church of which in Lydbury North, St Michael and All Angels, contains a little Catholic church.
