Pulley, Shropshire

Human settlement in England

Bayston Hill

Unitary authority

Shropshire

Shropshire

Region

West Midlands

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSHREWSBURYPostcode districtSY3Dialling code01743PoliceWest MerciaFire Shropshire Ambulance West Midlands UK Parliament

Shrewsbury and Atcham

List of places: UK; England; Shropshire

52°40′48″N 2°45′58″W / 52.680°N 2.766°W / 52.680; -2.766

Pulley is a small village on the southern edge of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. It is located between Shrewsbury and Bayston Hill. The population at the 2011 Census is listed under Bayston Hill. The A5 Shrewsbury by-pass cuts through the area.

To the north is the Shrewsbury suburb of Meole Brace.

History

The modern placename of "Pulley" is listed in Folio 259r, and 260v, in the Domesday Book (c.1086) at the UK National Archives and was then spelled as "Polelie".