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Baschurch is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies in North Shropshire, north of Shrewsbury. Population: 2,503 (2011 census). The village has strong links to Shrewsbury to the south-east, Oswestry to the north-west, and Wem to the north-east. Baschurch is twinned with the town of Giat in the French ''département'' of Puy-de-Dôme, in the Auvergne ''région''. There is a large village not far west of Baschurch called Ruyton-XI-Towns. ==History== Earliest references to Baschurch are under the Welsh name ''Eglwyssau Bassa'' (Churches of Bassa) where the king or prince ''Cynddylan'' of the region or town of ''Pengwern'' is said to have been buried in the early 7th century. This comes from a poem entitled Canu Heledd possibly written between the 10th and 12th centuries.〔Williams, Ifor, ''Canu Llywarch Hen'' University of Wales Press 1978.〕 It is believed that Baschurch may have been the capital of this Kingdom. The poem also refers to a battle occurring between the Welsh and the invading Saxons at the ancient fort, The Berth, just outside the village. Local tradition holds that the Berth Pool and its ancient earthworks outside the village are the resting place of the legendary King Arthur. Baschurch appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Bascherche''. In medieval times, several properties in the parish, including Adcote Mill, were owned by Haughmond Abbey near Shrewsbury.〔Rees, Una, editor, ''The Cartulary of Haughmond Abbey'' Shropshire Archaeological Society & University of Wales Press 1985.〕 The world's first Orthopaedic Hospital was established at Florence House in Baschurch by Sir Robert Jones and Dame Agnes Hunt in 1900 as a convalescent home for crippled children and later to treat wounded from the First World War. The hospital moved to Oswestry in the 1921. In 2000 a large stone made of local sandstone was erected in the modern centre of the village to commemorate the Millennium. Similar smaller stones were erected in neighbouring communities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baschurch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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