Stokesay

It is just south of Craven Arms on the A49 road, also fleetingly visible from the Shrewsbury to Hereford Welsh Marches railway line.Nearby, on the outskirts of Craven Arms, is the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, with its grass roof easily seen from the A49.The hamlet, which even today comprises just a church, a working farm and a few houses, was previously known as simply Stoke, a widespread English placename meaning 'enclosure'.The Craven Arms parish war memorial, with its statue of a World War I infantryman, since 1956 has stood in Stokesay churchyard, having previously stood where it was unveiled in 1921 in the main junction of Craven Arms town opposite the hotel the town is named for.[8] According to legend, Stokesay was once the home of two giants, one of whom lived on View Edge, and the other on Norton Camp.
The castle viewed from the churchyard
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