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{{Infobox UK place
|country                 = England
|static_image_name       = Petton - geograph.org.uk - 335760.jpg
|static_image_caption    = Petton. Its church is on the right.
|coordinates             = {{coord|52.835|-2.834|display=inline,title}}
|official_name           = Petton
|population              =
|population_ref          =
|civil_parish            = Petton
|unitary_england         = [[Shropshire]]
|lieutenancy_england     = [[Shropshire]]
|region                  = West Midlands
|constituency_westminster= [[North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Shropshire]]
|post_town               = SHREWSBURY
|postcode_district       = SY4
|postcode_area           = SY
|dial_code               = 01939
|os_grid_reference       = SJ438267
}}
'''Petton''' is a small village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[Shropshire]], England. It was mentioned in [[Domesday Book|Domesday]] as "Peetone", a name probably derived from [[Old English]] ''paec-tun'', "settlement by the hill".<ref name=raven>Raven, M. ''A Guide to Shropshire'', 2005, p.157</ref>
Petton is near to the village and parish of [[Cockshutt, Shropshire|Cockshutt]], south-east of the town [[Ellesmere, Shropshire|Ellesmere]]. The two parishes have in recent years combined their [[Parish councils in England|parish councils]] under the name [[Cockshutt-cum-Petton]].
==See also==
*[[Listed buildings in Petton]]
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