Rorrington
{{short description|Village in Shropshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
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|official_name = Rorrington
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|civil_parish = Chirbury with Brompton
|unitary_england = Shropshire
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|region = West Midlands
|constituency_westminster= Ludlow
|post_town = MONTGOMERY
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Rorrington is a hamlet in west Shropshire, England.
It is in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton. Four lanes lead into the hamlet: from Marton in the north, Meadowtown in the east, Middleton in the south, and Wotherton in the west.Ordnance Survey mapping
National Cycle Route 44 passes through the hamlet.[http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/cycling.nsf/open/169D30B0D64F162E80257539003EF4F5 Shropshire Council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030163602/http://shropshire.gov.uk/cycling.nsf/open/169D30B0D64F162E80257539003EF4F5 |date=2012-10-30 }} National Cycle Route 44
History
Rorrington's name is possibly derived from Old English personal name and could be translated as "the estate of Hror".Mills, A. A Dictionary of British Place-Names, OUP, 2003 As Roritune, it was recorded as a manor in the Domesday Book, when it was held jointly by Robert and Roger fitz Corbet.Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, Volume XI, 1860, p.94
There was once a holy well here, located on the hillside at Rorrington Green. In the mediaeval period it was a place of pilgrimage and there was a small chapel on the site, administered by the canons of St Michael's church in Chirbury and probably dedicated to the Virgin Mary. This may have been the Christianisation of an earlier tradition.Hannaford, H. R. Notes on a sketch survey of the Holy Well at Rorrington, Shropshire Archaeology Service, 1996, p.2
Until the 1830s, a "Halliwell Wakes" was held on Ascension Day, when villagers would process round the hillside, with music and dancing: pins were thrown in the well (dressed with green boughs, rushes and flowers) for good luck.Hope, R. Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England Including Rivers, Lakes, Fountains and Springs, 1893, p.147