page_title: Bucknell, Shropshire
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bucknell, Shropshire / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Bucknell, Shropshire from the northwest
context_page_description: Bucknell is a village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The village lies on the River Redlake, within 660 yards of the River Teme and close to the border of Wales and Herefordshire. It is about 6 miles east of Knighton and is set within the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
  The name is derived from Old English and means 'Bucca's hill' or 'he-goats' hill'.
  The village has the "P"s identified by Country Life as essential to a successful village: a pub, a post office, a place of worship, a primary school and public transport.
context_section_description: The settlement of Bucknell was first mentioned in the Domesday Book, as Buckehale or Buckenhill. At the time of the Domesday survey, the Shropshire and Herefordshire boundary divided the village. The Norman magnate Roger de Montgomery held the village from the King. He built many castles including Montgomery, Shrewsbury, Ludlow, Clun, Hopton and Oswestry; at the time over 90 per cent of the lordships and manors of Shropshire were held in Chief by him. His under-tenants in this area were Ralph de Mortimer, who held Bucknell (amongst his 123 manors with his chief domain in England being at Wigmore Castle), and William de Picot (also known as Picot de Say), with his chief domain at Clun Castle.
  The earth mound at The Olde Farm in Bucknell is the remains of a Norman motte castle situated on the banks of the River Redlake, close to a river crossing point and to the Parish Church.
  In 1554–55 an Act of Parliament was passed transferring the whole of Bucknell to the county of Shropshire. The Lords of the Manor at that time were the Sitwell family.
  Historically, most of the male population worked in agriculture and timber.
caption: Bucknell from the north west
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