Longdon on Tern
Longdon-on-Tern is often referred to as Longdon-upon-Tern or colloquially as Longdon. It is a village in east Shropshire approximately seven miles east of Shrewsbury and seven miles north-west of Telford.
It takes its name from its position on the river Tern, a tributary of the River Severn.
The village is noted as having the world's first large-scale cast iron navigable aqueduct. The aqueduct was designed by Thomas Telford and was constructed in 1796 as part of the Shrewsbury canal. Despite the canal being subsequently abandoned in 1944 the aqueduct remains Grade I listed and a scheduled monument.
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