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Coordinates: 52°57′20″N 2°30′00″W / 52.9555°N 2.5°W / 52.9555; -2.5
Adderley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Shropshire, several kilometres north of Market Drayton. It is known as Eldredelei in the Domesday Book. Adderley Hall was completed in 1881 but was demolished in 1955.
Here is the description of the village from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868):
"ADDERLEY, (or Atherley), a parish in the hundred of North Bradford, in the county of Salop, 4 miles to the N.W. of Market Drayton. It is situated on the Grand Junction canal and the river Weaver. It comprises the townships of the Morrey and Spoonley. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Lichfield value £665, in the patronage of Richard Corbet. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. The parochial charities amount to £68 a year. Shavington Hall, the residence of the Earl of Kilmorey, and Adderley Hall are the principal seats."
Also of note is Tittenley Farm. The Tittenley Lodge has been a listed building since 1987.
Waterloo, waterloo, where will you meet your waterloo?
Everybody has his day, everybody has to pay
Everybody has to meet his waterloo
Now ol' Adam was the first in history
With an apple he was tempted and deceived
Just for spite the devil made him take a bite
And that's where ol' Adam met his waterloo
Waterloo
Waterloo
Little General Napoleon of France tried to conquer
All the world but lost his pants
Met defeat known as Bonaparte's retreat
And that's where Napoleon met his waterloo
Waterloo
Waterloo
Waterloo