Description
Boscobel, formerly extra-parochial, now a parish in Salop, on the verge of the county, in Brewood Forest, 3 miles N of Albrighton station on the G.W.R., and 6 E by N of Shiffnal. Acreage, 581; population, 21. Boscobel House, then a seat of the Giffords, was the hiding-place of Charles II. on 3 Sept., 1651, after the Battle of Worcester. The edifice was of timber, and is much altered, but still retains some of its original features, together with reminiscences of the king's retreat, and is shown to strangers. An oak tree near it is said to be either the original or a scion of the oak in which the king sat concealed while his pursuers passed round and under it.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
