Child's Ercall

Child's Ercall is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is located in a rather remote rural area between the small towns of Market Drayton and Newport: the civil parish had a total population of 599 at the 2001 census,[1] rising to 732 at the 2011 Census.[2] The closest neighbouring village is Ollerton, around 1 mile to the west.

Child's Ercall

St Michael's Church, Child's Ercall
Child's Ercall
Location within Shropshire
Population732 (2011)
OS grid referenceSJ667251
Civil parish
  • Child's Ercall
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMArket Drayton
Postcode districtTF9
Dialling code01952
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

The second part of its name, recorded in the forms "Archelou" and "Erkalwe" in the 13th century, has been suggested as derived from a Celtic word, perhaps an old Welsh name Ercal.[3] An Old English root based on the name of a hill, ear "gravel" plus the adjective calu(w) "bare", has also been proposed.[4] The affix "child" may come from its mediaeval sense, meaning "knight".[5] A possible etymology suggested by the toponymist Margaret Gelling, is that Child's Ercall was named as it belonged to a younger member of the Strange family, who owned much of the area in the mediaeval period.[6]

The village church has a 12th-century doorway, a 13th-century arcade and 14th-century aisle, as well as stained glass by Charles Eamer Kempe.[5]

Child's Ercall Football Club is a member of the Mercian Regional League (that covers most of Shropshire) and they play their home games in the village at Jubilee Hall.

The former RAF Peplow is nearby.

See also

References
  1. Child's Ercall CP, Office for National Statistics
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. Gelling, M. The place-names of Shropshire, pt.1, English Place-Name Society, 1990, pp.125-6
  4. Owen, Hywel Wyn (1987) "English place-names and Welsh stress-patterns", Nomina, XI, 107
  5. Raven, M. A Guide to Shropshire, 2005, p.50
  6. Journal of the English Place-name Society: Eighty First Annual Report, EPNS, 2004, 69

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