Wollaston, Shropshire
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Wollaston is a small village in Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, only a quarter of a mile from the Welsh border.

It also was a civil parish, until 2005 when it was abolished and absorbed into the two neighbouring parishes: Alberbury with Cardeston
Alberbury with Cardeston
Alberbury with Cardeston is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 645 . It includes the villages of Alberbury, Cardeston, Wollaston, Halfway House, Wattlesborough Heath and Rowton, and has the Alberbury Castle within its borders...

 and Westbury
Westbury, Shropshire
Westbury is a village and parish in Shropshire, England. It lies 8 miles west of the town of Shrewsbury, very close to the Wales-England border.During the Roman settlement of Britain it was an outpost of Wroxeter....

.

It is believed that Old Tom Parr was born in, or near, to the village.

There is a beacon here, by the church, that is to be lit in case of an invasion from Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. Immediately west of the church are the earthwork remains of Wollaston Castle, a motte-and-bailey
Motte-and-bailey
A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade...

 castle.

Half a mile south-east near Bretchel is the site of a small Norman
Normans
The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...

motte castle known as The Beacon.

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