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Weston House is located on the lower end of the famous market town, Whitchurch's High Street.

 

Whitchurch is a market town in Shropshire, England. It is the oldest continuously inhabited town in Shropshire. The town is located in the Whitchurch Urban civil parish, and is twinned with the French town of Neufchâtel-en-Bray.

Originally a settlement founded by the Romans around AD 52 or 70, it was called Mediolanum, meaning The place in the middle of the plain. The settlement was located on a major Roman route between Chester and Wroxeter and Roman artifacts can be seen at the Whitchurch Heritage Centre.  

The current name comes from White Church which refers to a church from Norman times made from white stone. As might be expected, there are other towns of the same name Whitchurch in England. The current church of St Alkmund, built in 1712 using sandstone, stands on the site of the Norman church.

Whitchurch is the home of the JB Joyce tower clocks company, established in 1690, the oldest tower-clock making company in the world, earning Whitchurch the reputation as the Home of tower clocks. Joyce's timepieces can be found as far afield as Singapore and Kabul; and helped to build Big Ben in London.