About

Boraston: An Introduction

 

Boraston is a small, rural, village situated in the South-East corner of Shropshire, south of the Clee Hill.

 

It lies about two miles North-East of the town of Tenbury Wells, in the angle between the A456 Tenbury Wells to Newnham Bridge road and the road from Tenbury Wells to Cleobury Mortimer. Smaller lanes run from the middle of the village towards the neighbouring village of Nash to the west and, via a ford over the Corn Brook, towards Aston Bank in Worcestershire.

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The main part of the village is situated on the un-named lane linking the two main roads, and consists of some twenty houses, the village church and a small village green.

 

The remaining houses, comprising the civil parish of Boraston, lie along both the A456, the Tenbury to Cleobury Mortimer road and Nash lane.

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First mentioned in the Domesday Book, Boraston is a village totalling some seventy six dwellings, centred on a small medieval church. Boraston church has no known dedication, and was originally a ‘Chapel of Ease’ linked to the neighbouring parish of Burford. Boraston church is open to visitors throughout the year and forms part of the ecclesiastical parish of Nash and Boraston.

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Boraston is predominantly agricultural, there being some fourteen farms and small-holdings within the village boundary, the remainder being private dwellings and small businesses including a range of holiday accommodation, fishing pools and a large camp site.

 

There is an old mill at the ford on the Corn Brook and there are many well-signposted footpaths in the area affording visitors many opportunities to enjoy the stunning South Shropshire countryside. To refresh the weary traveller the village pub, the Peacock, lies on the A456 at the junction with the lane through the village.