# Corfton

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|static_image_name =  Quiet Corfton - geograph.org.uk - 1073141.jpg
|static_image_caption= Corfton
|coordinates = {{coord|52.460|-2.743|display=inline,title}}
|official_name      =Corfton
|population = 
|population_ref = 
|country = England
|civil_parish = [Diddlebury](/source/Diddlebury)
|unitary_england = [Shropshire](/source/Shropshire_Council)
|lieutenancy_england = [Shropshire](/source/Shropshire)
|region = West Midlands
|constituency_westminster = [Ludlow](/source/Ludlow_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
|post_town= CRAVEN ARMS
|postcode_district = SY7
|postcode_area= SY
|dial_code= 01584
|os_grid_reference=  SO495849
}}

'''Corfton''' is a small village in [Shropshire](/source/Shropshire), England, located {{convert|5|miles|km}} east of [Craven Arms](/source/Craven_Arms) and {{convert|8|miles|km}} north of [Ludlow](/source/Ludlow), the two nearest towns.

There is a [pub](/source/public_house), with its own small [brewery](/source/brewery) (the Corvedale Brewery), called ''The Sun Inn''.<ref>[http://whatpub.com/pubs/TEL/1714/sun-inn-corfton WhatPub.com (CAMRA)] Sun, Corfton</ref>

It is named after the nearby [River Corve](/source/River_Corve).

The [Corvedale Three Castles Walk](/source/Corvedale_Three_Castles_Walk) runs through the village.

==History==
Corfton was recorded in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) of 1086; at the time it formed part of the Saxon [hundred](/source/hundred_(county_division)) of [Culvestan](/source/Culvestan) (which was replaced in the reign of [Henry I](/source/Henry_I_of_England) by [Munslow](/source/Munslow_(hundred))).<ref>[http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO4984/corfton Open Domesday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714152731/http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SO4984/corfton/ |date=14 July 2014 }} Corfton</ref>

==See also==
*[Listed buildings in Diddlebury](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Diddlebury)

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Corfton}}

{{shropshire}}

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Category:Villages in Shropshire
Category:Diddlebury

{{Shropshire-geo-stub}}

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