Quatt

Human settlement in England

Quatt Malvern ^[1]

Unitary authority

Shropshire

Shropshire

Region

West Midlands

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBRIDGNORTHPostcode districtWV15Dialling code01746PoliceWest MerciaFire Shropshire Ambulance West Midlands UK Parliament

Ludlow

List of places: UK; England; Shropshire

52°29′28″N 2°21′40″W / 52.491°N 2.361°W / 52.491; -2.361

Quatt is a small village in Shropshire, England in the Severn Valley. The civil parish, formally known as Quatt Malvern, has a population of 219 according to the 2001 census, reducing to 200 at the 2011 census.^[2]

It lies on the A442 south of Bridgnorth.

There are places to visit like the Quatt Village Hall and activities to take part in, from the local Cricket Club to Bell Ringing. In 2017, Quatt Village Hall won the 'Most Welcoming Village Hall award'.^[3]

Dudmaston Hall is located in the parish.

Notable people

Charles Babbage, computing pioneer, married Georgiana Whitmore of Dudmaston and lived for significant periods at Dudmaston Hall himself, where he planned the house's central heating system.^[4]
Samuel Gilbert, writer on horticulture, was rector here in the later 17th century.^[5]
Sir George Labouchere, British diplomat and modern art collector, lived at Dudmaston Hall in retirement.
Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson, posthumous Victoria Cross recipient in World War I was born at Lodge Farm on the Dudmaston estate and has a commemorative plaque at Quatt Church.^[6]
William Wolryche Whitmore of Dudmaston Hall, Whig politician of the early 19th century, buried at Quatt
David York, English cricketer played for Shropshire

Notes

^ "Quatt Malvern Parish Council, Quatt, Bridgnorth".
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 November 2015.
^ [1]^{[dead link]}
^ Visit Dudmaston Hall- Enjoy England
^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1890). "Gilbert, Samuel" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 21. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ Francis, Peter (2013). Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance. YouCaxton Publications. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-909644-11-3.