Dorrington Lane

Dorrington Lane
Dorrington Hall Farm, Dorrington Lane
Dorrington Lane
Location within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSJ718416
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCREWE
Postcode districtCW3
Dialling code01630
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Dorrington Lane is a hamlet near the village of Woore in northeast Shropshire, England.[1] There are around 12 former council houses and two larger houses called Norley and Oakley cottage. There is a large mansion house called Dorrington Old Hall which is about 700 years old. The hamlet contains several farms, including one of the biggest stud farms outside Newmarket. The main nearby towns are Market Drayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Nantwich and Crewe. The nearest city is Stoke on Trent.

Dorrington Lane used to be home to the Woore Hunt Races where Dick Francis supposedly ran his first race.

Dorrington Old Hall is listed in the Domesday Book and a past Lord Mayor of London, John Boydell was born there.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Blaze sparked by electrical fault". Shropshire Star. 2 January 2021. p. 8. OCLC 1064880204. The fire at the hamlet of Dorrington Lane, near Woore in north-east Shropshire...
  2. ^ Clayton, Timothy (23 September 2004). "Boydell, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3120. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
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