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Shrewsbury Castle, c.1778 Shrewsbury Castle viewed from Laura's Tower. A castle was ordered on the site by William I c. 1067 but it was greatly extended under Roger de Montgomery circa 1070 as a base for operations into Wales, an administrative centre and as a defensive fortification for the town, which was otherwise protected by the loop of the river. [1]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Shrewsbury Castle: Shrewsbury: Castle: 1164-1300: 10 January 1953
The most important early buildings, all listed at Grade I are Shrewsbury Castle, St Mary's Church, and the Old Market Hall. The other listed buildings include remaining parts of the town walls, other churches, banks, a folly, former warehouses, the railway station, Shrewsbury Cathedral, a hospital, and a pillar box.
Shrewsbury is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.It contains nearly 800 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.Of these, 14 are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, 71 are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
The centre of Shrewsbury is located in a meander of the River Severn and the town is located only 9 miles from the Welsh border. The town centre has a pronounced hill on the north side of the meander where the neck of the meander is, upon which sits the castle, though the present day castle dates from the 13th century.
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.
Shrewsbury Historic District is a national historic district located at Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania in York County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 152 contributing buildings in the central business district and surround residential areas of Shrewsbury. A few of the buildings are log dwelling built before 1800.
Shropshire (/ ˈ ʃ r ɒ p ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪər /; abbreviated Salop [4]) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.It is bordered by Cheshire to the north-east, Staffordshire to the east, Worcestershire to the south-east, Herefordshire to the south, and the Welsh principal areas of Powys and Wrexham to the west and north-west respectively.
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