What is the name of the town in Shropshire, England?
Q: What is the name of the town in Shropshire, England?
A: The town is called Clun (Welsh: Colunwy).
Q: How many people were recorded living in Clun according to a 2011 census?
A: A 2011 census recorded just 680 people living in the town.
Q: What is the origin of the name "Clun"?
A: The name derives from an earlier Colunwy and shares its very early British root with the Colne rivers, in Lancashire and Essex, each of which has a town of the same name on its banks.
Q: What roads cross through Clun?
A: The A488 and B4368 roads cross in the town.
Q: What are some neighbouring towns to Clun?
A: Craven Arms, Bishop's Castle (6 miles (10 km) to the north) and Ludlow are neighbouring Shropshire towns, and Knighton, which is in Powys, Wales, is 7 miles (11 km) to the south.
Q: Who wrote a verse about Clun?
A: In A Shropshire Lad, A. E. Housman wrote the verse:"Clunton and Clunbury, Clungunford and Clun, Are the quietest places Under the sun."
