Fitz, Shropshire

Fitz

Fitz Church
Fitz
 Fitz shown within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSJ447178
Civil parishPimhill
Unitary authorityShropshire
Ceremonial countyShropshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Shrewsbury
Postcode district SY4
Dialling code 01743
Police West Mercia
Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentShrewsbury and Atcham
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Coordinates: 52°45′18″N 2°49′05″W / 52.755°N 2.818°W / 52.755; -2.818

Fitz is a small village in Shropshire, England.

The village is situated close to the River Severn, downstream from Montford Bridge and upstream of Shelton, near Shrewsbury.

It lies in the civil parish of Pimhill.

There is a red brick church - "St Peter and St Paul" - which was built in 1722 and restored in 1915 by Sir Aston Webb.[1] Eighteenth-century mathematician Edward Waring is buried in the churchyard.

References

  1. ↑ "A Guide to Shropshire", Michael Raven, 2005, p 80

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