Boscobel

This article is about the place in England. For the historic house on the Hudson River, see Boscobel (Garrison, New York). For the city in Wisconsin, see Boscobel, Wisconsin.
Boscobel

Boscobel House
Boscobel
 Boscobel shown within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSJ835082
Civil parishBoscobel
Unitary authorityShropshire
Ceremonial countyShropshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town STAFFORD
Postcode district ST19
Dialling code 01902
01785
Police West Mercia
Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentThe Wrekin
Stafford
List of places
UK
England
Shropshire

Coordinates: 52°40′16″N 2°14′35″W / 52.671°N 2.243°W / 52.671; -2.243

A descendant of the Royal Oak at Boscobel House

Boscobel is a civil parish in the east of Shropshire, England, on the border with Staffordshire. To the north is the Staffordshire village of Bishops Wood.

According to the 2001 census it had a population of 12.[1] Because of its small population, it shares a parish council with the neighbouring Donington parish. It is the smallest parish in Shropshire by population – the smallest by area is Deuxhill.

Boscobel House

It is the site of Boscobel House, home to the Giffard family, owners of the Boscobel Royal Oak, where Charles II hid in an oak tree after losing the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

A historical romance on the subject was published as Boscobel in 1871 by William Harrison Ainsworth.

The "pine groves of Boscobel" are mentioned (twice) by Charles Kinbote, narrator of Vladimir Nabokov's 1962 postmodern novel Pale Fire, in descriptions of his escape from Zembla.

White Ladies Priory

The ruins of White Ladies Priory

Also in the parish is White Ladies Priory.

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Statistics Bridgnorth district parishes

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