Boscobel

Boscobel

Boscobel is a civil parish in the Bridgnorth district of Shropshire, England, on the border with Staffordshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 12.

Famous House & Oak Tree

It is the site of Boscobel House, home to the Giffard family, owners of the Boscobel Royal Oak, where Charles II hid in an oak tree after losing the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

ee also

*Escape of Charles II


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