| Welsh Frankton | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's Church | |
  Welsh Frankton Location withinShropshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 364 331 |
| Civil parish | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Welsh Frankton is a village in thecivil parish ofEllesmere Rural inShropshire, England, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest ofEllesmere, on theA495 road.
Welsh Frankton is one of four wards of the Ellesmere Rural Parish Council area, and elects two of the twelve councillors in the council.[1]
The village hall, built in the early 1930s, is alongside the church. It is run as a registered charity.[2]
TheShropshire Union Canal runs through the parish.[1] There was once arailway station, on theCambrian Railways,[3] which operated between 1867 and 1965.[4]
The church, designed byEdward Haycock inEarly Decorated style, was built in 1857–58 on the site of a chapel of 1835. It was achapel of ease until the parish of Welsh Frankton was created in 1865 from parts of those of Ellesmere and Whittington. The tower, with abroach spire, is in the south-west corner. The first incumbent was Oswald Moseley Feilden, who donated the marblereredos in 1870. He died in 1924, and the stained-glass east window was installed in his memory.[5]
The village's war memorial consists of a stone shrine surmounted by a cross built into the churchyard wall on the side of the main road between Ellesmere and Oswestry, bearing a marble plaque listing those killed in theFirst World War, with two names from theSecond World War below it.[6] The churchyard contains the war grave of aKing's Shropshire Light Infantry soldier of the First World War.[7]
The church is part of a benefice withCriftins and Dudleston Churches.[8]
FutureVictoria Cross recipientJohn Brunt (1922–1944) attended village school at Welsh Frankton before going up toEllesmere College.[9]
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