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Whitchurch
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Whitchurch is a small market town in the far north of Shropshire, close to the Cheshire border. A settlement was founded here by the Romans in approximately 70AD, making it the oldest continually inhabited town in the county.
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Shrewsbury
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Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, and is situated on the banks of the River Severn. It is one of England’s most picturesque medieval towns, having been founded in approximately 800AD and little changed by the passage of time; the town’s income relied mainly on wool and agriculture rather than heavy industry, hence the remarkably well preserved buildings in its town centre.
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Telford
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Telford, by population, is the largest town in Shropshire; it started life as ‘Dawley New Town’ in 1963, but was later named after Civil Engineer Thomas Telford. Telford has grown dramatically since then, with much of its population being re-housed from Birmingham and the Black Country.
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Ludlow
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Ludlow is a quaint little town on the River Teme in Shropshire, very close to the English/Welsh border; consequently the town endured much turbulence over the centuries, and was fortified with a magnificent castle. Today the town is more associated with food, and hosts an annual food festival.
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Market Drayton
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Market Drayton is a small market town in the north of Shropshire, and is situated on the River Tern and the Shropshire Union Canal. It is a picturesque little town, and of particular interest is its collection of half-timbered buildings from the 17th and 18th Centuries.
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Oswestry
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Oswestry, despite its diminutive size, is actually the third largest town in Shropshire. It is situated very close to the English/Welsh border, and there is evidence to suggest that habitation of the area began in the Iron Age. One of Oswestry’s most famous sons was poet Wilfred Owen, who died in the First World War.
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Bridgnorth
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Bridgnorth is a small town on the banks of the River Severn in Shropshire, and is often thought of as two separate areas: High Town and Low Town. The Norman castle here has seen much action over the centuries, having been an important outpost between England and Wales; the castle was demolished by Parliamentarian forces in the English Civil War.
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Ironbridge
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Ironbridge is a small town in the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, often regarded as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution due to the pioneering work on iron smelting with coke in the late 18th Century. The distinctive bridge, made from sections of wrought iron, dates from 1779 and is one of the UK’s most iconic symbols of its industrial might during this era.
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