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    Boscobel is a civil parish in the east of Shropshire, England, on the border with Staffordshire. To the north is the Staffordshire village of Bishops Wood...
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    Boscobel House (grid reference SJ837082) is a Grade II* listed building in the parish of Boscobel in Shropshire. It has been, at various times, a farmhouse...
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    Royal Oak (redirect from Boscobel Oak)
    cross the Severn near Madeley, Shropshire. They were forced to retrace their steps and Charles took refuge at Boscobel. On 6 September 1651, he there...
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  • Boscobel may refer to: Boscobel, Jamaica Boscobel, Shropshire, England Boscobel, Wisconsin, United States Boscobel (town), Wisconsin, United States Boscobel...
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    populous in England) with over 70,000 residents, whilst Boscobel is the smallest parish in Shropshire by geographical area and by population, with just 12...
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  • Radio Shropshire is the BBC's local radio station serving Shropshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Boscobel Drive...
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    Limited (UK) in 2012. The cultivar was named after Boscobel House (1632) in Shropshire, England. 'Boscobel' is a medium-sized, bushy upright rose, 3 to 4 ft...
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  • its name is thought to be a reference to the Royal Oak, a tree at Boscobel, Shropshire in which King Charles II hid himself in 1651. This tune was first...
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    Gloucestershire Sweet Chestnut in Croft Castle, Herefordshire Royal Oak in Boscobel, Shropshire The Bewdley Sweet Chestnut in Bewdley, Worcestershire Domesday Oak...
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    Oliver Cromwell. His escape included hiding in the royal oak at Boscobel House in Shropshire, from which the novel takes its title. It also formed the first...
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  • Boscobel is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains six listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these...
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    Tong is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, also bordering Staffordshire in England. It is located between the towns of Shifnal, Newport and Brewood...
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  • Bicton, South Shropshire, Billingsley, Bings Heath, Birtley, Bishop's Castle, Bitterley, Bletchley, Bomere Heath, Boningale, Boraston, Boscobel, Botvyle,...
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  • buildings in Boraston Listed buildings in Boscobel Listed buildings in Bridgnorth Listed buildings in Bromfield, Shropshire Listed buildings in Broseley Listed...
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    on 250 acres (1 km2) near Montrose and named it Boscobel, perhaps after Boscobel House in Shropshire (itself named for the Italianate bosco bello, "pretty...
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    "Albrighton Neighbourhood Plan 'Light'" (PDF). Shropshire.gov. Albrighton, Donington with Boscobel and Boningale Parish Councils. June 2013. p. 3. Retrieved...
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    At Kinver Heath, the party conferred and Lord Derby suggested Boscobel House in Shropshire as a safe place of refuge. Derby had been sheltered there the...
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    Staffordshire border with Shropshire. It is home to the Royal Oak public house, the first to be named after the nearby oak tree at Boscobel House in which King...
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  • Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020. Historic England. "Boscobel House (1003018)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August...
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    article comprises a list of these buildings in Shropshire (district) in the ceremonial county of Shropshire. The list has been sub-divided alphabetically...
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    Civil War. Pendrill and his five brothers were the occupants of Boscobel House in Shropshire where in 1651 they secreted the defeated King Charles II in an...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Museums in Shropshire. This list of museums in Shropshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context...
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  • This is a timeline for the English Civil War in Shropshire. Politically, the English county of Shropshire was predominantly Royalist at the start of the...
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  • maiden yew 12 The Royal Oak English oak (Quercus robur) Boscobel House, Boscobel, Shropshire England King Charles II hid within this tree to escape the...
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    three-point feathered crown on a silhouette of the Royal Oak tree (which is at Boscobel House). The route is shown as a series of green diamonds on the Ordnance...
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    on 250 acres (1 km²) near Montrose and named it Boscobel, perhaps after Boscobel House in Shropshire (itself named for the Italianate bosco bello, "pretty...
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  • association in 1912. It is believed that the town is named after Boscobel House in Shropshire. Boscabel Hall is on the shire's heritage list and dates back...
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  • England at which the Commons were fully represented was held here in 1283. Boscobel House and The Royal Oak Manor house and Oak tree 1632 and Unknown planting...
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    is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It shares a parish council with the neighbouring parish of Boscobel, due to the latter's small population...
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    Richard Penderel (category People from Shropshire)
    Grange in Tong. Their landlord was another Catholic, Basil Fitzherbert of Boscobel House, about 3 miles (4.8 km) away. Richard Penderel was the life tenant...
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