Linley, More
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{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|static_image_name = Stables at Linley Hall, Shropshire.jpg
|static_image_caption = Stables at Linley Hall
|coordinates = {{coord|52.529|-2.959|display=inline,title}}
|official_name = Linley
|population =
|population_ref =
|civil_parish = More
|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 = SO349928
}}
Linley is a hamlet in the civil parish of More, in Shropshire, England.
The hamlet is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the A488 road, and 2 miles north of the village of Lydham, and 3.5 miles north of Bishop's Castle. It is situated near the West Onny river and a local feature is Linley Hall.
Geology
It approximates to the southern extremity of the Pontesford-Linley geological fault, which trends approximately {{convert|11|mi|km}} to Pontesford. On 2 April 1990, the Pontesford-Linley Fault registered an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale, known as the Bishop's Castle earthquake.[http://jgs.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/141/6/1001 Geo-Science World, The Pontesford Lineament, Welsh Borderland N. H. Woodcock]
See also
References
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Category:Hamlets in Shropshire
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