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Longdon-on-tern




It takes part of its name from it position on the River Tern , a tributary of the River Severn .

The village is particularly notable as the location of the world's first large-scale Cast Iron navigable Aqueduct . Designed by Thomas Telford , the aqueduct was constructed in 1796 as part of the Shrewsbury Canal . Although the canal was abandoned in 1944 , the aqueduct remains and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument , situated in fields astride the River Tern.

The Tayleur Arms is a public house in the village.