Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, notable officer in the Royal Navy, was born in Clungunford (at the Rectory) in 1778. The present Clungunford Bridge was built in 1935 and replaced a bridge built in 1657. Geography Clungunford lies at an elevation of between 130m and 145m above sea level. The village is approximately from the railway stations at Hopton Heath and Broome (both on the Heart of Wales Line). The B4367 road passes through the village and crosses the Clun on Clungunford Bridge. The nearest market town is Craven Arms, distant by road. The larger town of Ludlow is distant, whilst Shrewsbury, the county town, is away. Parish Geography The civil parish of Clungunford (which has an area of ) includes the village of Clungunford, the hamlets of Abcott, Beckjay, Broadward, Hopton Heath (with its railway station) and Shelderton, and a number of outlying farms and houses including Rowton Grange, The Crossways, and part of Twitchen. The population as of the 2011 census was 316. The River Clun, which flows through the parish from the north to the south, divides the parish into two almost equal parts. The parish borders the county of Herefordshire to the south. The northwest corner of the parish (the locality of Hope, on the east slope of Clunbury Hill) falls within the Shropshire Hills AONB, but the village itself does not. The highest point in the parish is Goat Hill (in the northeast corner) at ; the lowest point is where the Clun exits the parish (and county) south of Broadward, at . Neighbouring civil parishes are Clunbury, Craven Arms (formerly Stokesay), Hopesay, Hopton Castle, Leintwardine (Herefordshire), and Onibury. The parish forms part of the Clun electoral division, which elects one councillor to Shropshire Council, the local council based in the county town, Shrewsbury. History A Roman road runs through the eastern half of the parish, through Shelderton, on its way between the Roman fort and settlement at Leintwardine and the city at Wroxeter. At the time of the Domesday Book, the manor of Clungunford fell within the hundred of Leintwardine, but later came within the hundred of Purslow (the township of Shelderton however fell under Munslow). Abcott, Beckjay, Broadward and Shelderton were medieval townships, whilst Hopton Heath came into being with the coming of the railway in 1861. In 1884 the parish gained land from Hopton Castle (a part of Lingen Meadow); in 1967 the parish