Middleton Scriven
{{short description|Village in Shropshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name= Middleton Scriven
| civil_parish = Middleton Scriven
| country= England
| region= West Midlands
|coordinates = {{coord|52.482717|-2.462323|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference= SO687873
| post_town= Bridgnorth
| postcode_area= WV
| postcode_district= WV16
| dial_code=
| constituency_westminster= Ludlow
| unitary_england = Shropshire
| lieutenancy_england = Shropshire
| hide_services= Yes
| population = 143
| population_ref = (2011 census)
| area_total_km2=7.82
|static_image=Middleton Scriven church, Shropshire - geograph.org.uk - 396833.jpg
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|website=
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Middleton Scriven is a village and civil parish {{convert|20|mi|km}} south east of Shrewsbury,{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/gazetteer/howfar?from=SALMiddletonScriven&to=SALShrewsbury|title=Distance from Middleton Scriven [52.482717, -2.462323]|publisher=GENUKI|accessdate=13 June 2019}} in the Shropshire district, in the county of Shropshire, England. In 2011, the parish had a population of 143.{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-parishes-westmidlands.php?adm2id=E04011315|title=Middleton Scriven|publisher=City population|accessdate=13 June 2019}} In 2011, Nomis recorded a population of 146.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04011315|title=Middleton Scriven Parish|accessdate=18 June 2019}} The parish borders Stottesdon, Sidbury, Deuxhill and Chetton.{{cite web|url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000009421|title=Middleton Scriven|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=13 June 2019}}
Features
There are 3 listed buildings in Middleton Scriven.{{cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/middleton-scriven-shropshire|title=Listed Buildings in Middleton Scriven, Shropshire|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=13 June 2019}} Middleton Scriven has a church called St John the Baptist's Church.{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1053833|title=CHURCH OF ST JOHN BAPTIST|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=13 June 2019}}
History
The name "Middleton" means 'Middle farm/settlement'.{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Shropshire/Middleton%20Scriven|title=Middleton Scriven Key to English Place-names|publisher=The University of Nottingham|accessdate=13 June 2019}} Middleton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Scriven Middeltone.{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/shropshire3.html#middleton|title=Shropshire M-S|publisher=The Domesday Book Online|accessdate=13 June 2019}} Middleton Scriven was formerly just Middleton.{{cite web|url=http://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/MiddletonScriven.html|title=MiddletonScriven|publisher=Mel Lockie|accessdate=13 June 2019}}
Thomas Rowley (1796-1877), later headmaster of Bridgnorth Grammar School and a member of the Canterbury Association to establish the colony in New Zealand now the Canterbury Region, was born in Middleton Scriven.{{cite book
| last=Blain
| first=Rev. Michael
| title=The Canterbury Association (1848–1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections
| year=2007
| pages=71–72
| publisher=Project Canterbury
| location=Christchurch
| url= http://anglicanhistory.org/nz/blain_canterbury2007.pdf
| accessdate= 15 September 2012
}}
References
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