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'Acton Burnell' is a village in the English county of Shropshire. It lies at 110m above sea level and is near to Park Wood.
There are the remains of Acton Burnell Castle – not truly a castle but a fortified manor house created by Robert Burnell and dating to the 13th century. Robert Burnell was the Bishop of Bath and Wells and Lord Chancellor to King Edward I.
Acton Burnell Hall is now inhabited by Concord College, an international college, in the grounds of which stand the remaining walls, gable ends, of the 'Parliament Barn' where the first English Parliament at which the Commons were adequately represented met in 1283. Previously it had met at Shrewsbury.
Acton Burnell church, St Mary's Church, also built by Burnell, is said to be Shropshire's finest 13th Century building.
Running to the NW of the village is a Roman road.
Nearby villages include Frodesley and Pitchford.
There are the remains of Acton Burnell Castle – not truly a castle but a fortified manor house created by Robert Burnell and dating to the 13th century. Robert Burnell was the Bishop of Bath and Wells and Lord Chancellor to King Edward I.
Acton Burnell Hall is now inhabited by Concord College, an international college, in the grounds of which stand the remaining walls, gable ends, of the 'Parliament Barn' where the first English Parliament at which the Commons were adequately represented met in 1283. Previously it had met at Shrewsbury.
Acton Burnell church, St Mary's Church, also built by Burnell, is said to be Shropshire's finest 13th Century building.
Running to the NW of the village is a Roman road.
Nearby villages include Frodesley and Pitchford.
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