Colebatch, Shropshire

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{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image_name = Colebatch from the Shropshire Way - geograph.org.uk - 122239.jpg

|static_image_caption = Colebatch seen from the Shropshire Way

|coordinates = {{coord|52.477|-3.004|display=inline,title}}

|official_name = Colebatch

|population = 210

|population_ref = (2011)

|civil_parish = Colebatch

|unitary_england = Shropshire

|lieutenancy_england = Shropshire

|region = West Midlands

|constituency_westminster= Ludlow

|post_town = BISHOPS CASTLE

|postcode_district = SY9

|postcode_area = SY

|dial_code = 01588

|os_grid_reference = SO318870

}}

Colebatch is a small village and civil parish in southwest Shropshire, England. The population of the Civil Parish as at the 2011 census was 210.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122184&c=SY7+8NH&d=16&e=62&g=6461064&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1448209507813&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=22 November 2015}}

The village lies on the A488, one mile south of Bishop's Castle, on the road to Clun. Also nearby, to the east, is the village of Lydbury North, while the hamlet of Cefn Einion lies to the west.

In the village, on the west side of a tributary of the River Kemp, are the earthwork remains of Colebatch Castle, a small motte castle.

The village is named after the Colebatch family who owned the village and castle of Colebatch. Descendants include John Colebatch and Hal Colebatch. The name was originally the Norman word d'Colebatche.{{cite book |last1=Colebatch |first1=Hal G. P. |author-link1=Hal Colebatch (author) |title=Steadfast Knight: A Life of Sir Hal Colebatch |date=2004 |publisher=Fremantle Arts Centre Press |isbn=1-920731-39-3 |page=14}}{{cite thesis |last1=De Garis |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian De Garis |title=A Political Biography of Sir Hal Colebatch |date=1962 |publisher=University of Western Australia |degree=MA |url=https://onesearch.library.uwa.edu.au/permalink/61UWA_INST/1vk1d8f/alma9949517902101 |page=1}}