Habberley, Shropshire

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| country = England

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| official_name = Habberley

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| static_image_name = The Mytton Arms pub at Habberley, Shropshire (geograph 3920036).jpg

| static_image_caption = The Mytton Arms public house, Habberley

| shire_county = Shropshire

| region = West Midlands

| unitary_england = Shropshire

| civil_parish = Pontesbury

| constituency_westminster = Shrewsbury and Atcham

| postcode_district = SY5

| postcode_area = SY

| post_town = SHREWSBURY

| dial_code = 01743

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Habberley is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Pontesbury, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.

Habberley lies near the Stiperstones southwest of the town of Shrewsbury.

Formerly a small ({{convert|325|acres|0}}) civil parish in its own right Habberley was merged in to the Pontesbury civil parish on 1 April 1967.[http://vision.edina.ac.uk/ A Vision of Britain]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Its main amenities are a small Anglican church (St Mary's), a public house (The Mytton Arms), and village hall.

In 1824 its population was recorded as 151{{Cite web |url=http://www.parishmouse.com/shropshire/2009/5/21/habberley-gregory-shropshire-gazetteer-1824.html |title=Gregory Shropshire Gazetteer 1824 |access-date=2009-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715044453/http://www.parishmouse.com/shropshire/2009/5/21/habberley-gregory-shropshire-gazetteer-1824.html |archive-date=2011-07-15 |url-status=dead |df= }} - by 1961 this had declined to 66 but residential development such as the conversion of redundant farm buildings has seen it rise again to about 100 residents in 2012.{{cite book|title=Pontesbury Parish 2012, Celebrating life in our parish in Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Year|last=Martinali (compiler)|first=Richard|publisher=Pontesbury 2012 Guide Committee|page=13}} Mary Webb, the romantic novelist, called the place and surrounding district 'Bitterley' in her 1916 novel The Golden Arrow.[http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/habberle.htm Shropshire County Council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907081414/http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/habberle.htm |date=2008-09-07 }}