Editing Ludlow (section)

===Civil parishes===
Ludford is a separate [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]], with its own parish council, and covers the adjoining places of [[Ludford, Shropshire|Ludford]], Foldgate, Steventon, [[the Sheet]] and Rocks Green. Until 1901 an area of land at the foot of Old Street, called [[Holdgate Fee]], was a detached part of Ludford parish in the town itself. Ludlow Castle was a parish of its own, contained within the castle's walls and the immediate hillside; it was abolished in 1901 and ceded to Ludlow's civil parish.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10362866 Vision of Britain] Ludlow Castle</ref> Other than Ludford, the only other civil parish in the present-day that neighbours Ludlow is [[Bromfield, Shropshire|Bromfield]].

The civil parish of [[East Hamlet]], created in 1884 covered a limited area to the east of the town; this parish was largely absorbed by Ludlow's parish as the town expanded into it (in 1901, 1934 and finally in 1987 when it was abolished). Ludlow's parish in 1901 expanded into Ludford to the east (taking in Holdgate Fee and the Steventon New Road area); another two expansions into Ludford in 1934 involved taking in the Whitcliffe (which had been acquired by the burgesses of Ludlow already in the 13th century)<ref>[http://www.friendsofwhitcliffecommon.org.uk Friends of Whitcliffe Common]</ref> and a further part to the east (the Gallows Bank area). 1934 also saw a significant expansion of the Ludlow parish west into Bromfield's parish, on both sides of the Teme; this coupled with the inclusion of Whitcliffe constitutes the western, essentially rural part to Ludlow's civil parish in the present day.