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