Meadowtown

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Meadowtown
Meadowtown Hall
Meadowtown Location within Shropshire
OS grid reference	SJ310012
Civil parish	Worthen with Shelve
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHREWSBURY
Postcode district	SY5
Dialling code	01743
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Ludlow
List of places UK England Shropshire 52°36′14″N 3°01′05″W / 52.604°N 3.018°W / 52.604; -3.018Coordinates: 52°36′14″N 3°01′05″W / 52.604°N 3.018°W / 52.604; -3.018

Meadowtown is a hamlet in west Shropshire, England,^[1] in the civil parish of Worthen with Shelve. Neighbouring hamlets include Marton, , , and Rorrington.

Lloydolithus lloydi from Meadowtown

Meadowtown contains a Site of Special Scientific Interest according to the U.K. government. A long-disused quarry in the hamlet is "a well known fossil collecting locality and has yielded typical and distinctive trilobites including Oxygiocarella debuchi, Marrolithus craticulatus, Lloydolithus lloydii and Oxyginus cordensis novenarius. Species of the brachiopod genus Dalmanella and occasional sponge spicules also occur."^[2]

Meadowtown is also home to "Mammoth", a cow made famous on the internet involving a UK milk-price dispute in 2017.^[3]

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