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{{Short description|River in Shropshire, England}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2017}}
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| image = Cound Brook from Longnor Bridge.jpg
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| image_caption = Cound Brook viewed from [[Longnor, Shropshire|Longnor]] Bridge
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Shropshire]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Leebotwood]], [[Longnor, Shropshire|Longnor]], [[Dorrington, Shropshire|Dorrington]], [[Condover]], [[Cantlop]], [[Cound]]
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| source1 = [[Shropshire Hills AONB|Stretton Hills]]
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'''Cound Brook''' (pronounced COOnd{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}) is a [[tributary]] of the [[River Severn]] in Shropshire, England, running to south of the county town [[Shrewsbury]]. The Cound Brook rises in the [[Shropshire Hills AONB|Stretton Hills]], and enters the River Severn at [[Eyton on Severn]] after winding its way for {{convert|22|mi|km}} across the southern Shropshire-Severn plain.<ref name=summary>{{cite web |title=Cound Brook Operational Catchment |url=https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/OperationalCatchment/3110 |website=Catchment Data Explorer |publisher=DEFRA |access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref> This length is measured from high on the Long Mynd (near Boiling Well).

The flow of the Cound Brook can vary from sluggish in a dry summer to a raging torrent in winter or spring. The river is crossed by several bridges along its route, including two historic and unusual iron bridges. Several other roads cross the river as fords. The river has breached its banks on the lower flood plain several times in the past, and is now monitored by the local rivers authority.

The river is named after [[Cound]], the last settlement it passes through prior to the confluence with the River Severn. Conversely, one of the villages on its route, [[Condover]], is thought to have been named after the river during the late medieval period.

The '''Coundmoor Brook''' is a smaller watercourse which flows into the Cound Brook at Cound, near its confluence with the Severn.

==Sources==
The Cound rises from minor watercourses running off the [[Long Mynd]] and [[Caer Caradoc]] in the northern part of the "Stretton Gap", between the settlements of [[Church Stretton]] and [[All Stretton]]. One of the main initial tributaries is the stream that runs through the [[Carding Mill Valley]], which is named "Ashbrook" as it flows through Church Stretton. In the village of All Stretton, the Ashbrook combines with another considerable stream that comes down the Batch valley, effectively forming the beginning of the Cound, at {{gbmapping|SO461953}}. The embryonic river descends towards the Shropshire-Severn plain and heads north east, mirroring the route of the [[A49 road|A49]] main road and the Shrewsbury to Hereford railway line.

==Middle route==
The brook passes through [[Leebotwood]], then through the [[deer park (England)|medieval deer park]] west of [[Longnor, Shropshire|Longnor]], followed by a combined ford and weir at The Old Forge. Continuing to the east of [[Dorrington, Shropshire|Dorrington]] village, beyond [[Stapleton, Shropshire|Stapleton]] the Cound changes direction and heads eastwards.

The Cound passes through the historic and picturesque [[Condover]], with its [[conservation area (United Kingdom)|conservation area]] and many [[listed building]]s. A water mill was recorded as standing on the Cound in Condover at the time of the [[Domesday Book]]. After Condover, the river flows through a ford, then bends rightwards around Boreton and heads south-east.

==Iron bridges==
[[File:Cantlop Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 47654.jpg|thumb|[[Thomas Telford]]'s [[Cantlop Bridge]], built in 1818]]
To the north of the village of [[Cantlop]] there is an unusual [[cast iron|cast-iron]] single-span bridge known as the ''[[Cantlop Bridge]]'', that was designed and constructed by [[Thomas Telford]] in 1818. Originally a road bridge to cross the Cound Brook, it remains only as a historic monument, as the original 19th century road route is now diverted alongside on a modern bridge.

After being joined by the Row Brook, the river then passes through the village of [[Cound]] and under another cast-iron bridge, the Cound Arbour Bridge, designed and built by Telford in 1797, the oldest iron bridge still in normal everyday use by vehicles anywhere in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cound Arbour Bridge |url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Cound_Arbour_Bridge |website=Grace's Guide To British Industrial History |publisher=Grace's Guide |access-date=11 October 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Coundarbour Bridge |url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Coundarbour_Bridge |website=Grace's Guide To British Industrial History |publisher=Grace's Guide |access-date=11 October 2023 }}</ref> ([[Abraham Darby III|Abraham Darby]]'s famous [[The Iron Bridge|Iron Bridge]] in Ironbridge, Telford, had closed to vehicular traffic in 1934, and is now open only to pedestrians.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Iron Bridge |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1015325?section=official-list-entry |website=National Heritage List for England |publisher=Historic England |access-date=11 October 2023 }}</ref>)

==Mouth==
The Cound Brook now follows an increasingly meandering route across a low-lying flood plain, until it joins the River Severn a few hundred yards west of [[Eyton on Severn]] and about a mile south from [[Wroxeter]] (with its Roman city ruins), which is close to the northern end of the [[Watling Street]] Roman road from [[Dover]].

==References==
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[[Category:Rivers of Shropshire]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the River Severn]]
[[Category:Shrewsbury and Atcham]]
[[Category:Church Stretton]]
[[Category:Severn drainage basin|1Cound]]

Cound Brook - Revision history

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