Harmer Hill

Harmer Hill
The Red Castle public house, Harmer Hill (Closed for business 2018)
Harmer Hill is located in Shropshire
Harmer Hill
Harmer Hill
Location within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSJ483226
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Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHREWSBURY
Postcode districtSY4
Dialling code01939
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52°47′56″N 2°45′58″W / 52.799°N 2.766°W / 52.799; -2.766

Harmer Hill is a village in Shropshire, England located on the A528 south of Wem and north of Shrewsbury.

The name Harmer comes from the two words "hare" and "mere", as there was a lake situated in a plain below the hill, but it was drained in the 15th century for farm land. The village was home to two pubs, the Bridgewater Arms and the Red Castle; the Red Castle closed in 2018. There is a village hall and Presbyterian chapel with its own burial ground. Harmer Hill is said to be haunted,[citation needed] notably by a "White Lady".

Queen Mary's brother, the Marquess of Cambridge, lived at nearby Shotton Hall from after World War I until his death in 1927.[1] Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat MP, lives in Harmer Hill, which is in her North Shropshire constituency.[2]

  1. ^ "Death of the Marquess of Cambridge". The Shrewsbury Chronicle. 25 October 1927. p. 7.Obituary.
  2. ^ "Meet Helen". Helen Morgan. Retrieved 17 December 2021.