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The Shropshire bulla ("bulla" is Medieval Latin for "a round seal", Classical Latin for "bubble, blob", plural bullae), also known as the Shropshire sun pendant, is a Late Bronze Age gold pendant found by a metal detectorist in 2018 in Shropshire. [19] At Mitchel's Fold there is a Bronze Age stone circle set in dramatic moorland on Stapeley ...
Shropshire was established during the division of Saxon Mercia into shires in the 10th century. It is first mentioned in 1006. After the Norman Conquest it experienced significant development, following the granting of the principal estates of the county to eminent Normans, such as Roger De Montgomery and his son Robert de Bellême.
Shropshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, [2] in the West Midlands region of England. It was created on 1 April 2009 from the former districts of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and South Shropshire. [3] The district is governed by Shropshire Council. It contains 188 civil ...
The property is owned by England’s National Trust and houses the Attingham Estate in Shropshire. ... often used the popular Roman style of heating known as hypocausts (an underfloor heating ...
Shrewsbury (/ ˈ ʃ r oʊ z b ər i / ⓘ SHROHZ-bər-ee, also / ˈ ʃ r uː z-/ ⓘ SHROOZ-) [1] [2] is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England.It is sited on the River Severn, 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Wolverhampton, 15 miles (24 km) west of Telford, 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Wrexham and 53 miles (85 km) north of Hereford.
This is a list of towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. This list includes those places in Telford and Wrekin. Those with town status ...
In Shropshire they extend across the North Shropshire Plain, itself a southerly continuation of the Cheshire Plain where similar rocks are to be found. Much of this flat area is covered by more recent deposits but sandstone hills are prominent at Ruyton, Nesscliffe, Myddle, Grinshill and Hawkstone. Rocks from these periods also underlie the ...
The property is owned by England’s National Trust and houses the Attingham Estate in Shropshire. ... often used the popular Roman style of heating known as hypocausts (an underfloor heating ...