Newcastle's History |
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Description from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) |
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"NEWCASTLE, a township in the parish of Clun, county Salop, 6 miles S.W. of Bishop's-Castle, and 3½ S.W. of Clun. Ludlow is its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Clun, or Colun, which rises on the borders of Montgomeryshire and joins the Teme near Leintwardine. It is wholly agricultural, and is surrounded by hills. In the neighbourhood are traces of a British camp, and Caer Caradoc, where the Roman general, Ostorius, defeated Caractacus, also remains of Offa's Dyke, and the ruins of a castle which belonged to the Fitzalans, but was destroyed by Owain Glyndwr. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Hereford, value £160." |
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Fron Camp - A description of the Iron Age site above Newcastle Castle Idris - A description of the site So where is this New Castle? - A description of Newcastle's castle site Newcastle's Listed Buildings - Details of some of the listed buildings in the parish. Clun Valley Oral History - Wartime in Newcastle on Clun |
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