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{{Short description|Village in Shropshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

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|static_image_caption    = Holy Trinity Church, Yockleton
|coordinates             = {{coord|52.685|-2.889|display=inline,title}}
|official_name           = Yockleton
|population              = 
|population_ref          = 
|civil_parish            = [[Westbury, Shropshire|Westbury]]
|unitary_england         = [[Shropshire]]
|lieutenancy_england     = [[Shropshire]]
|region                  = West Midlands
|constituency_westminster= [[Shrewsbury and Atcham (UK Parliament constituency)|Shrewsbury and Atcham]]
|post_town               = SHREWSBURY
|postcode_district       = SY5
|postcode_area           = SY
|dial_code               = 01743
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}}

'''Yockleton''' is a village in [[Shropshire]], England.

Yockleton is west of the county town of [[Shrewsbury]], on the [[B4386 road]] to [[Montgomery, Powys|Montgomery]] and near the [[River Severn]].<ref>[http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&GridE=-2.8900&GridN=52.6850&lon=-2.8900&lat=52.6850&db=freegaz&lang=&addr1=&client=public&addr2=&advanced=&addr3=&pc=&quicksearch=yockleton&scale=100000&cidr_client=none&place=Yockleton,Shropshire Map]</ref> The population as taken at the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] can be found under [[Westbury, Shropshire|Westbury]].

Yockleton is near to [[Ford, Shropshire|Ford]] (to its north) and Westbury (to its west), and lies in the Westbury [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]]; the hamlets of Edge and Farley (both in [[Pontesbury]] parish) lie due south of the village, and [[Nox, Shropshire|Nox]] is to the east.

==Amenities==
There is one local pub, the Yockleton Arms<ref>[http://yockletonarms.com Pub website]</ref> (formerly the Pink Elephant), several miles west on the B4386, a 19th-century village church ([[Church of England|C of E]]) dedicated to the [[Holy Trinity]],<ref>[http://yockletonchurch.co.uk/ Church]</ref> and a village hall, as well as an old people's home called Yockleton Grange in the old Vicarage. There is a [[Motte and Bailey]] in a field not far from the church.

Previously Yockleton had a school, a garage, a [[post office]] and a pub in the heart of the village. These have closed as the village has developed into a commuter village for Shrewsbury. 

Previously served by [[Yockleton railway station]] on the [[Cambrian Line]]. The station closed in 1960.<ref>Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 444</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Lily Chitty]] (1893-1979), archaeologist, lived at Yockleton when her father was Rector there between 1920-1938.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB |last1=Carr |first1=A. M. |title=Chitty, Lily Frances (1893–1979) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/57046 |date=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/57046 }}</ref>
*General Sir [[Geoffrey Musson]] (1910-2008), senior British Army officer, was born here.

==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Westbury, Shropshire]]

==References==
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