Beckbury
Beckbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. Beckbury had a population of 327 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 340 at the 2011 Census, The village is south-east of Telford and is close to the Staffordshire border. The small rural parish of Beckbury lies on the Shropshire–Staffordshire border south of Shifnal. It has a pub – the Seven Stars, a Church of England school, a village hall, and a parish church dedicated to St Milburga.
Beckbury makes up one of the six parishes of Beckbury, Ryton, Kemberton, Badger, Sutton Maddock and Stockton, which became a united benefice in 1989.
Beckbury was included in the Domesday Book and the name means Beocca's Fort or defended place.
The village was struck by an F0/T1 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.
