variously as a fighter, bomber and a training base during the Second World War, closing in June 1945. Many of the original buildings including the control tower still stand although most of the three concrete runways have been removed. RAF Condover now forms a major part of Berriewood Farm and Condover Industrial Estate. Condover Hall was commandeered as the station's officers' mess during the station's operational years. Between the latter years of the war and the autumn of 1947 Condover was the site of a Prisoner of War (POW) camp for German airmen, who were employed as farm labourers in the local area. The prisoners were housed in the former WAAF accommodation huts at RAF Condover. Several of the POWs settled permanently in the Shrewsbury area and married local women. Residential school The Elizabethan manor house in Condover, Condover Hall, was sold to and operated by the RNIB as the residential Condover Hall School for the Blind until 2005. Sold to the private Priory Educational Group, the hall later became home to Condover Horizon School for autistic children. The Priory Group closed the school and college in mid-2009 and the property was again offered for sale. In 2011 JCA Adventure bought the house, and it now hosts children's residential adventure holidays. Condover in the media The lanes, footpaths and woodlands around Condover and Bomere Pool featured in several of the medieval detective novels about Brother Cadfael by novelist Ellis Peters. In 1988 the BBC filmed a three-part documentary about the RNIB residential school at Condover Hall, and the children were filmed extensively in and around the village. Governance Historical Condover originally formed a principal part of the ancient Hundred of Condover. Parish Council There are 12 parish councillors representing Condover, which is a warded parish: Condover Ward is represented by five parish councillors Dorrington Ward is represented by four parish councillors Ryton Ward is represented by one parish councillor Stapleton Ward is represented by two parish councillors County The parish, along with a number of others to its south, is part of the Burnell electoral division, which returns one councillor to Shropshire Council. Westminster The parish is part of the Shrewsbury and Atcham parliamentary constituency, and the Member of Parliament since 2005 is Daniel Kawczynski of the Conservative Party. Demographics Historical In the 1801 census Condover's total population was 1,251. In 1901 it was 1,658 and by 1971 the population