Moreton Say

St Margaret's Church, dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch, dates back to the 12th century, when it was founded as a chapel of Hodnet,{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.moretonsay.org/History/History.htm|work=Moreton Say Parish Website, History|accessdate=18 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208012738/http://www.moretonsay.org/History/History.htm|archive-date=8 December 2011|url-status=dead}}

It is a brick structure which was completed in 1788.{{cite web|title=History of Moreton Say in North Shropshire {{!}} Map and description|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=10426|work=A Vision of Britain Through Time|accessdate=18 April 2012}}

It comprises a chancel and nave, with a porch to the south and a square steeple tower to the west which contains two bells,{{cite web|title=Moreton Say, Shropshire|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/MoretonSay/|work=GENUKI|accessdate=24 March 2012}} which were left to the parishioners by the commissioners of Edward VI in 1553, along with another small bell as well as a silver chalice and paten.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.moretonsay.org/History/History.htm|work=Moreton Say Parish Website, History|accessdate=18 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208012738/http://www.moretonsay.org/History/History.htm|archive-date=8 December 2011|url-status=dead}}

The interior of the church contains several monuments of the Vernon, Clive and Corser families,{{cite web|title=Moreton Say, Shropshire|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SAL/MoretonSay/|work=GENUKI|accessdate=24 March 2012}} one of which is a modern memorial to Robert Clive, who is recorded in the parish register as having been baptised on 2 October 1725, and buried at the church on 30 November 1774, there is also a 17th-century tomb to John Bostock and Jane his wife.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.moretonsay.org/History/History.htm|work=Moreton Say Parish Website, History|accessdate=18 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208012738/http://www.moretonsay.org/History/History.htm|archive-date=8 December 2011|url-status=dead}}

Within the Churchyard Extension, next to the road, is the parish war memorial in form of an ornate carved stone cross, with names of dead from World War I on the obverse, and those of World War II dead on the reverse.{{cite book|last=Francis|first=Peter|title=Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance|year=2013|publisher=YouCaxton Publications|page=157|isbn=978-1-909644-11-3}}

Moreton Say parish, which covers an area of nearly 6000 acres, includes the villages of Longford, Bletchley, Styche with Woodlands, and Tern Hill. The parish is in the diocese of Lichfield which also includes the parishes of Ash, Adderley, Ightfield and Calverhall.

;Moreton Say C.E. Controlled Primary School

Moreton Say Primary School is a coeducational Church of England controlled primary school with 90 pupils on roll, separated into four classes of mixed ages of two-year groups in each, and is maintained by Shropshire Council.{{cite web|title=Ofsted {{!}} Moreton Say CofE Controlled Primary School|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/123485|work=Inspection Report|publisher=Ofsted|accessdate=25 April 2012}} It is located in its original buildings which were completed in 1871, along with an extension built in 2003 to house the Goslings Nursery class, and an extension to the offices in 2006.{{cite web|title=School Prospectus|url=http://www.moretonsay.org/School/School_Prospectus.pdf|work=Moreton Say Parish Website, School Prospectus|accessdate=25 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002143030/http://www.moretonsay.org/School/School_Prospectus.pdf|archive-date=2 October 2013|url-status=dead}} The School's last inspection by Ofsted identified them as good (Grade 2) in most criteria, meaning "These are very positive features of a school. A school that is good is serving its pupils well".{{cite web|title=Ofsted {{!}} Moreton Say CofE Controlled Primary School|url=http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/123485|work=Inspection Report|publisher=Ofsted|accessdate=25 April 2012}}

;Secondary School

The nearest secondary school to the village is The Grove in Market Drayton which is {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} away.

File:Population of Moreton Say, Shropshire.png

At the time of the first census in 1801 the population of the village was 683, the population reached its peak of 858 in the year of 1901,{{cite web|title=Moreton Say Ch/CP through time {{!}} Population Statistics – Total Population|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10363317&c_id=10001043&add=N|work=A Vision of Britain Through Time|accessdate=30 April 2012}} ever since it has been declining to 429 in 2001.{{cite web|title=Lead View Table|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798927&c=moreton&d=16&e=15&g=482111&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1332240366516&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779|work=2001 Census, Office for National Statistics|accessdate=20 March 2012}} With the lack of employment in the village itself many people moved to towns and cities, such as Market Drayton.

Generally in the village a majority of the population has been employed in agriculture, at present this is still a sector where a lot of people work in as well as the service sector, although with no shops or businesses in the village around half the working population commutes outside of the village to their place of work.{{cite web|title=Lead View Table|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798927&c=moreton&d=16&e=15&g=482111&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1335975781482&enc=1&dsFamilyId=783|work=2001 Census, Office for National Statistics|accessdate=30 April 2012}}

By road, the village itself is on an unnamed road, the nearest main road is the A41 which is less than {{convert|1|mi|km|0}} from the centre of the village, and the next closest is the A53, which is the road which connects the village to, Market Drayton, the nearest town {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} away.{{cite web|title=Google maps|url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&q=moreton+say&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x487a8ec13f857711:0x56a5f9619d589f6,Moreton+Say,+Shropshire&gl=uk&ei=NXehT4-CNaj64QS0tPiVCQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=3&ved=0CDoQ8gEwAg|accessdate=2 May 2012}}

There is at present no public transport regularly to or from the village.

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• Listed buildings in Moreton Say

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• [http://www.moretonsay.org Moreton Say Parish Website]
• [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=10426 Moreton Say] on A Vision of Britain Through Time
• [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadPage.do?pageId=1003&tc=1335977732798&a=7&b=798927&c=moreton&d=16&e=15&f=3254&g=482111&i=1001x1003x1004x1005&l=781&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1335977732798&enc=1 Neighbourhood Statistics] on Office for National Statistics

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