Welsh Frankton
Welsh Frankton is a village in the civil parish of Ellesmere Rural in Shropshire, England, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of Ellesmere, on the A495 road.
| Welsh Frankton | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's Church | |
  Welsh Frankton Location within Shropshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 364 331 |
| Civil parish | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
Description
Welsh Frankton is one of four wards of the Ellesmere Rural Parish Council area, and elects two of the twelve councillors in the council.[1]
The village hall, built in the early 1930s, is alongside the church. It is run as a registered charity.[2]
The Shropshire Union Canal runs through the parish.[1] There was once a railway station, on the Cambrian Railway.[3]
St Andrew's Church
The church, designed by Edward Haycock in Early Decorated style, was built in 1857–58 on the site of a chapel of 1835. It was a chapel of ease until the parish of Welsh Frankton was created in 1865 from parts of those of Ellesmere and Whittington. The tower, with a broach spire, is in the south-west corner. The first incumbent was Oswald Moseley Feilden, who donated the marble reredos in 1870. He died in 1924, and the stained-glass east window was installed in his memory.[4]
The village's war memorial consists of a stone shrine surmounted by a cross built into the churchyard wall on the side of the main road between Ellesmere and Oswestry, with a marble plaque listing those killed in the First World War, with two names from the Second World War below it.[5] The churchyard contains the war grave of a King's Shropshire Light Infantry soldier of the First World War.[6]
The church is part of a benefice with Criftins and Dudleston Churches.[7]
Notable people
Future Victoria Cross recipient John Brunt (1922-1944) attended village school at Welsh Frankton before going up to Ellesmere College.[8]
References
- Ellesmere Rural Parish Council Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- Welsh Frankton Village Hall Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- "Frankton or Welsh Frankton, Shropshire" UK Genealogy Archives. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- Historic England. "Church of Andrew (1055882)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- Francis, Peter (2013). Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance. YouCaxton, Bishop's Castle. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-909644-11-3.
- "Serjeant George Urion, casualty record". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- "Welsh Frankton Church: St. Andrew" A church near you. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- Elderwick, David (1989). 50 Shropshire Celbrities, Past and Present. IMPRINT, Newtown, Wales. p. 23.
External links
Media related to Welsh Frankton at Wikimedia Commons