Linley, More

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|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 =

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|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

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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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