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White Grit is a small, scattered village beneath Corndon Hill in Powys, Wales, directly on the border with (and partly in) Shropshire. The nearby village of Priest Weston, despite being in England, actually lies to the west of White Grit. To the east is the A488 road. The nearest town is Bishop's Castle. A former mining village, it took its unusual name from the White Grit (or West Grit) Mine,〔(Wales' window onto Shropshire ), BBC Shropshire〕 lead having been mined intermittently in the area since mediaeval times.〔(Grit Mine ), Shropshire Mines〕 Its name is sometimes spelled "Gritt" with two letter "t"s. A stone circle known as the Whetstones was located to the west of the village, but it was largely destroyed in the 19th century. White Grit lies in the community of Church Stoke (the small parts in Shropshire are in the civil parishes of Chirbury with Brompton and Worthen with Shelve). Adjoining is a hamlet called The Marsh. There is a stone-built Methodist chapel in White Grit, no longer used as a place of worship, and a corrugated-iron chapel, both of which are marked on Ordnance Survey maps. ==Mining at White Grit== * Location - 1 mile south west of Shelve village (NGR SO326981) * Minerals - Barytes, Calcite, Lead and Zinc * Working Life - Known working life: Roman - 1935 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「White Grit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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