Shrewsbury

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Shrewsbury
Welsh: Yr Amwythig
Image:Old Shrewsbruy Market Halledit.jpg The Old Market Hall in the Square.
Image:Shropshire outline map with UK.png Image:Red pog2.svg Shrewsbury shown within Shropshire
Population	70,560
OS grid reference	SJ491124
District	Shrewsbury and Atcham
Shire county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHREWSBURY
Postcode district	SY1, SY2, SY3
Dialling code	01743
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Shrewsbury and Atcham
European Parliament	West Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Shropshire

Coordinates: 52°42′25″N 2°45′10″W / 52.7069, -2.7527

Shrewsbury (pronounced (help·info) /ˈʃruːzbri/ or alternatively (help·info) /ˈʃroʊzbri/^[1]; Welsh: Yr Amwythig) is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is home to 70,560^[2] inhabitants, and is the primary settlement of the borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham, which has a population of 95,850.^[3]

Shrewsbury is an historic market town with the town centre having a largely unaltered medieval street plan. The town features over 660^[4] historic listed buildings, including several examples of timber framing from the 15th century and 16th century. Shrewsbury Castle, a red sandstone castle fortification, and Shrewsbury Abbey, a former Benedictine monastery, were founded in 1074 and 1083 respectively, by the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery.^[5] The town hosts one of the oldest and largest horticultural events in the country, Shrewsbury Flower Show, and is well known for its floral displays, having won various awards in recent years^[6][7], including Britain in Bloom in 2006.^[8]

Today, lying 9 miles east of the Welsh border, Shrewsbury serves as a cultural and commercial centre for the ceremonial county and a large area of mid-Wales, with retail output alone worth over £299 m per year.^[9] There are some light industry and distribution centres, such as Battlefield Enterprise Park, located mainly on the outskirts. The A5 and A49 trunk roads cross here, as do a number of railway lines at Shrewsbury railway station.

Contents 1 History 2 Governance 3 Geography 4 Demography 5 Landmarks 6 Religious sites 7 Culture 7.1 Events and venues 7.2 Coat of arms 8 Cultural references 9 Transport 9.1 Rail 9.2 Roads 9.3 Buses 9.4 Bridges 10 Future 11 Media 12 Notable people 13 Sport 14 Education 15 Nearby settlements 16 References 17 External links

[edit] History

Main article: History of Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury's name comes from the Anglo-Saxon Scrobbesburh (dative Scrobbesbyrig) = "fort in the scrub-land region" or "Scrobb's fort". Its Welsh name Amwythig means "fortified place".

Shrewsbury is popularly known as a medieval town, having been founded c.800 and it was during the "late Middle Ages" (14th/15th Centuries) in which the town was at its height in terms of national importance and wealth. This was mainly due to the wool trade, a major industry at the time, with the rest of Britain and Europe, especially with the River Severn and Watling Street as trading routes. It is believed that Henry VIII intended to make Shrewsbury a cathedral city after the formation of the Church of England, but the citizens of the town declined the offer. In 2000 and again in 2002, Shrewsbury unsuccessfully applied for city status.

The town is home to the Ditherington Flax Mill, the world's first iron-framed building, which is commonly regarded as "the grandfather of the skyscraper".

Shrewsbury has also played a unique part in Western intellectual history, by being the town in which the great naturalist Charles Darwin was born and raised.

See also:

• Pengwern - possible ancient town or kingdom based where Shrewsbury is now.
• Battle of Shrewsbury (1403) - fought a few miles north of the town centre, at Battlefield.
• Wroxeter - 5 miles SW of the town lies the (now ruined) Roman city of Viroconium Cornoviorum.

[edit] Governance

Shrewsbury is the administrative centre for both Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough and Shropshire County (which does not include the Telford and Wrekin borough, which is now a unitary authority). The County Council have their headquarters in the Shirehall, on Abbey Foregate and the Borough Council have their headquarters in The Guildhall, on Frankwell Quay. The Borough Council have moved from their old Guildhall, now known as "Newport House" (as it was before it became the Guildhall), on 19 March 2004. Shrewsbury has no town council, the Mayor of Shrewsbury and Atcham being also the mayor of the town.

Shrewsbury is in the Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency and is the only large settlement in the constituency. Before 1997 Shrewsbury and Atcham's MP was Derek Conway, a Conservative. Paul Marsden of the Labour Party was elected to serve the constituency in Labour's 1997 landslide victory, the first time Shrewsbury had a Labour MP. Marsden defected to the Liberal Democrats following the Afghanistan war, deciding not to stand for election again. Following this, 2005 saw Labour lose a lot of votes to the Liberal Democrats, allowing Daniel Kawczynski of the Conservatives to be elected with a majority of 1,808. Previous MPs for Shrewsbury have included Benjamin Disraeli.

Shrewsbury is twinned with Zutphen in The Netherlands.^[10] The town also serves as the administrative headquarters of the British Army's 5th Division, which has their administrative HQ at the Copthorne Barracks.

[edit] Geography

Shrewsbury is located to the west of Telford and the West Midlands Conurbation. West of the town lies Welshpool and to the south-east, Bridgnorth and Kidderminster. The town centre is partially built on a hill whose elevation is, at its highest, 75 metres above sea level. The longest river in the UK, the River Severn, flows through the town, forming a meander around its centre.

The town is situated near Haughmond Hill, a site where Precambrian rocks, some of the oldest rocks in the county can be found^[11], and the town itself is sited on an area of largely Carboniferous rocks^[12]. A fault, the Hodnet Fault, starts approximately at the town, and runs as far as Market Drayton.

Shrewsbury has a large number of distinct suburbs and surrounding villages. As the town continues to expand, however, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between the suburbs, which are joined to the town, and the surrounding villages, which often join on to the suburbs.

An example of where this has happened is Bayston Hill, which has grown considerably over recent years; now separated from the Meole Brace suburb by only a few fields and the A5 road. It remains, however, a separate entity to the town, with its own parish council, etc. Bayston Hill lies some 3 miles south of the town centre of Shrewsbury and on the A49 and near to the A5. The smaller village of Battlefield, this time to the north of the town, is also considered now as a suburb of the town due to recent growth in the surrounding area. It is covered by the unparished town area of the borough and is included in a town ward.

[edit] Demography

According to the 2001 census, the population of the town of Shrewsbury is 67,126.^[13] The same census puts the population of the borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham at 95,850.^[14] In 1981 the population of the town was 57,731 and in 1991 the population of the town was 64,219. Shrewsbury is Shropshire's second largest town, after Telford. The population of the town centre (the area within the loop of the Severn) is approximately 1,300. In line with the rapid growth of town population, a 2005 report on prison population in the UK has found that the prison, HMP Shrewsbury, is the most overcrowded in England and Wales.

[edit] Landmarks

The historic town centre still retains its medieval street pattern and many narrow streets and passages. Some of the passages, especially those which pass through buildings from one street to the next, are called “shuts” (a suggestion is that this is because they were once shut at night). Many specialist shops, traditional pubs and local restaurants can be found in the hidden corners, squares and lanes of Shrewsbury. Many of the street names have also remained unchanged in centuries and there are some more unusual names, such as Butcher Row, Longden Coleham, Dogpole, Mardol, Frankwell, Roushill, Grope Lane, Gullet Passage, Murivance, The Dana, Portobello, Bear Steps, Shoplatch and Bellstone.

The town was also used as the set for the popular US television special "A Christmas Carol", which filmed many of its interior and exterior shots in and around Shrewsbury. The gravestone of Ebeneezer Scrooge used in production is still present in the graveyard of St. Chad's church.

In the centre of the town lies The Quarry. This 29 acre (120,000 m²)^[15] riverside park attracts thousands of people throughout the year and is enjoyed as a place of recreation. The town is known as the "Town of Flowers" and this was the motto printed onto many of the signs as you entered the town on major roads, although in 2007 the signs were replaced, instead branding the town as 'the birthplace of Charles Darwin'.

The tourist information centre is at the Music Hall on The Square in the town centre. The three main museums are Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery (located at Rowley's House), Shrewsbury Castle (which houses the Shropshire Regimental Museum) and the Coleham Pumping Station. ^[16] Also there is the Gateway arts and drama centre and there are also various private galleries and art shops around the town. Another notable feature of the town is Lord Hill's Column, the largest free-standing Doric column in the world.^[17]

[edit] Religious sites

There are many church denominations represented in Shrewsbury, housed in a range of buildings, including the Abbey, founded by Roger de Montgomery in 1083 ^[19] There are several Anglican Churches in Shrewsbury^[20], alongside a Roman Catholic Cathederal^[21]. Other denominations, such as methodists^[22] and baptists^[23] are represented alongside newer church groups, which include: Elim pentecostal ^[24] and two Newfrontiers churches^[25][26].

Many community projects in Shrewsbury are based in, or have been started by local churches, including the Isaiah 58 project, which is the primary work amongst homeless people in the town^[27]. Basics Bank is another example, based at The Barnabas Centre. The service provides debt relief for local people^[28]. Churches Together in Shrewsbury is seeking to continue its long term commitment to helping homeless people through The Ark project^[29].

[edit] Culture

[edit] Events and venues

Shrewsbury is home to one of the largest and oldest horticultural events in the UK - the annual Shrewsbury Flower Show ^[30]. A two day event, the Flower Show takes place in mid-August, has been running for more than 125 years, and attracts around 100,000 visitors each year. Set in the Quarry park, there are a multitude of events, exhibitions and displays, with a fireworks display at the end of each day. The town is well known for its flower displays, and has won numerous awards in recent years. ^[31]

Shrewsbury is also home to one of the region's main agricultural shows - the West Mid Show. This is held every year, usually in May, at the Shropshire Agricultural Showground on the outskirts of town at Coton Hill.

The town is host to the Shrewsbury International Music Festival, when musical groups from all over the world come to perform for about a week for local residents, and give a final concert in the Abbey. The festival is organized by WorldStage Tours. In recent years, including 2005, Northern Pines has participated.

2006 also saw the first Shrewsbury Folk Festival, after the event moved to the town from nearby Bridgnorth. Held annually over the August Bank Holiday, the event is very popular, with people travelling from across the UK to attend. In 2006 much of the event was held in the Quarry, with other related festivities happening around the town. For 2007 the event moved to the West Midlands Showground on the other side of the river. ^[32]

A new annual arts festival - the Shrewsbury Summer Season - was established in 2004 and runs each year from June to August with an extensive programme of music, visual arts, theatre and spectacle. ^[33].

There are some very old public houses, which have been continuously open as pubs, such as the Golden Cross (established 1428 - the oldest pub in the town), the Dun Cow and the King's Head.

Construction of Theatre Severn^[34], a new entertainment complex in Frankwell, was commissioned in September 2006. Actual construction began on the site in April 2007 when the Borough Council appointed a contractor. The design will feature a prominent glass curve and steel frame. The site is positioned next to the Guildhall, alongside the namesake River Severn.^[35] The new complex is to replace the existing theatre, the Shrewsbury Music Hall.

[edit] Coat of arms

Floreat Salopia - Latin; "may Salop flourish" (Salop can mean both Shrewsbury and Shropshire).

The coat of arms is that of the borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham - Shrewsbury's town shield is the same but without the bridge (which is the Atcham Bridge). Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, and Shropshire all use the same loggerheads and motto. Shrewsbury Town FC historically have used the Loggerheads but now have a bespoke badge, retaining a single Loggerhead.

[edit] Cultural references

• The Brother Cadfael novels by Ellis Peters, aka Edith Pargeter, take Shrewsbury Abbey for their setting. In the stories, Shrewsbury and other places in Shropshire are portrayed regularly.
• Local author Carol Ewels has two children's books, including Jack the Cat, set in the town.
• The children's author Pauline Fisk writes about a town called Pengwern, which is based entirely on Shrewsbury, in books including Midnight Blue, and Sabrina Fludde.

[edit] Transport

Shrewsbury is the county's public transportation hub and has extensive road and rail links to the rest of the county and country.

[edit] Rail

Five railway lines connect the town to most corners of Shropshire and the town is regarded as the "Gateway to Wales". Shrewsbury railway station is served by Arriva Trains Wales and London Midland. Trains frequently run to Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Manchester, Chester, Telford, Cardiff, Aberystwyth, Crewe, Hereford and Wrexham.

From Spring 2008 a direct service to London will be operated by Wrexham & Shropshire, an open access service provider. This will restore the county's rail link with London: currently Shropshire is the only English county without a dedicated service to the capital.

[edit] Roads

Shrewsbury is connected to the national road network and nearby towns via a number of significant roads.

The A5 connects the town east towards Telford, where it becomes the M54, and northwest to Oswestry. The A5 once ran through the town centre, until a bypass was built in the 1930s. Subsequently, in 1992, a seventeen mile dual carriageway was completed at a cost of 79 million pounds to the south of the town, and was made to form part of the A5 route. This dual carriageway was built further out of the town to act as a substantial link to Telford, as well as a bypass for the town.

The A49 also goes to Shrewsbury, joining the A5 at the south of the town, coming from Ludlow and Leominster. At this point, the road merges with the A5 for three miles, before separating again to the east of the town. From there it runs north, passing Sundorne, then Battlefield, before heading out towards Whitchurch. At Battlefield, the A53 route begins and heads northeast towards Shawbury and Market Drayton then onwards towards Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent.

The A458 (Welshpool-Bridgnorth) runs through the town centre though, entering in the west and leaving to the southeast. The A528 begins in the town centre and heads north, heading for Ellesmere. The A488 begins just west of the town centre in Frankwell and heads out to Bishop's Castle, Clun and Knighton crossing the border in the southwest of Shropshire.

Major roads within the town include the A5112, A5191 and A5064. The A5191 goes north-south via the town centre, while the A5112 runs north-south to the east of the town centre. The A5064 is a short, one mile stretch of road to the southeast of the town centre, called "London Road". Additionally, the A5124 is the most recently built section of the Shrewsbury bypasses and runs across the northern edge of the town at Battlefield (connecting the A49/A53 to the A528), though it did exist before as Harlescott Lane (which has since become unclassified).

[edit] Buses

Bus services in the town are operated by Arriva and serve most parts of the town, congregating at the town's bus station adjacent to the Darwin Shopping Centre and a short stroll from the railway station. Arriva also operate county services both independent of and on behalf of Shropshire County Council. There are other bus companies operating around the Shrewsbury area, including Minsterley Motors.

Shrewsbury has a Park and Ride bus scheme in operation and three car parks on the edge of town are used by many who want to travel into the town centre. The three car parks are located at Harlescott (to the north, colour-coded orange), Oxon (to the west, colour-coded brown) and Meole Brace (to the south, colour-coded green). It is proposed that a fourth one be built to the east of the town, at either Emstrey or Preston.

[edit] Bridges

The town has many bridges, which cross the River Severn and the Rea Brook. A. E. Housman wrote of the area this verse, which mentions the bridges of the town:

“

High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam Islanded in Severn stream; The bridges from the steepled crest, Cross the water east and west.

”

Below are listed the major town bridges, travelling downstream along the River Severn:

• Frankwell Footbridge - modern pedestrian bridge (see Frankwell)
• Welsh Bridge - built in the 1790s to replace the ancient St George's Bridge
• Porthill Bridge - a pedestrian suspension bridge between the Quarry and Porthill, built in 1922.
• Kingsland Bridge - privately owned, toll bridge (near Shrewsbury School)
• Greyfriars Bridge - a pedestrian bridge connecting Coleham to the town centre
• English Bridge - historically called "Stone Bridge", and was rebuilt in the 1930s
• Shrewsbury railway station - is built partially over the river
• Castle Walk Footbridge - modern pedestrian bridge

[edit] Future

Shrewsbury won the West Midlands Capital of Enterprise award in 2004. ^[36] The town has two expanding business parks - the Shrewsbury Business Park and the Battlefield Enterprise Park. There are many residential developments currently under construction in the town to cater for the increasing numbers of people wishing to live in the town and commute to Telford, Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

The town centre has two small indoor shopping centres - the 'Pride Hill' and 'Darwin'^[37] centres. The initial plan to merge them into the Castle Gate shopping complex experienced setbacks, and planning permission was withdrawn. However, the development of a new four storey link mall has begun as part of a new project by a different company, with construction being undertaken by local company Morris Property. In addition to connecting the two shopping centres, the new mall may also open onto the main shopping street Pride Hill.

The borough council have just completed a new sports village at Sundorne and the new livestock market at Battlefield.

[edit] Media

Two newspapers are published for Shrewsbury - the Shrewsbury Chronicle and the local edition of the county's Shropshire Star.

There are presently three radio stations that specifically serve either the Shrewsbury area or encompass it as part of a Shropshire-wide broadcast. They include Beacon Radio, part of the wider network of radio stations owned by GCap Media, BBC Radio Shropshire, which is based in Shrewsbury and as of September 2006 The Severn which broadcasts live from Abbey Foregate.

[edit] Notable people

There have been a number of notable Salopians, and people otherwise associated with the town of Shrewsbury, including Charles Darwin, a biologist and evolutionary theorist, one of the most important thinkers of the nineteenth century and one of the greatest scientists of all time, who was born in Shrewsbury on 12 February 1809 at The Mount House^[38], and was educated in the town at Shrewsbury School.

People with political associations also have connections with the town. Leo Blair, the father of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, is a resident of the town. Former residents have included Michael Heseltine, a Conservative politician who was educated at Shrewsbury School, and Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet, who was once Britain's richest man, and was MP for Shrewsbury. He lived in apartments at Shrewsbury Castle. Robert Clive was MP for Shrewsbury, and also the mayor.

Ian Hunter (or Ian Patterson), the lead singer of the 70's pop group Mott the Hoople, was a resident of 23a Swan Hill in the town centre, and wrote a song of the same name. Also a resident of the town was John Peel, a DJ and radio presenter, who was educated at Shrewsbury School. Another DJ from the town is Lange, a producer of dance music, who was born in Shrewsbury. T'Pau, the 1980s pop group was formed in the town.

Shrewsbury has also been home to contributors to literature. Prior to the First World War, Wilfred Owen, a poet, lived and worked in the town. Paul Gustafson, an author, self-publicist and biologist was born in Shrewsbury, and Mary Webb is buried there. Michael Palin, the writer, actor and comedian attended Shrewsbury School. Other actors with associations with the town include Nick Hancock, presenter of They Think It's All Over, who, like Palin, was educated at Shrewsbury School. Nick Conway is another actor connected to the town, and was born in it in 1962.

Sporting Salopians include Danny Guthrie, a footballer who was born in Shrewsbury and Joe Hart, an under-21 international footballer, born in the town, and educated at Meole Brace School. Sandy Lyle, a professional golfer was also born in the town.

Other notable people of the town include Robert Cadman, a performer and steeplejack, who is buried in the town, at St. Mary's Church ^[39]. Simon Gosling, a designer was born in the town, and was resident there until 1994. John Gwynn, an 18th century architect, who designed the English Bridge and the bridge at Atcham was born in the town. Percy Thrower, the gardener and broadcaster was a resident of Shrewsbury.

[edit] Sport

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Shrewsbury is home to a variety of established amateur, semi-professional and professional sports clubs.

Shrewsbury Town are a Football League team currently playing in Football League Two. Their current manager is Gary Peters. Shrewsbury Town's achievements include winning The Welsh Cup 6 times, a record for an English club, a sustained run in the old Second Division in the 1980s and victory in the Conference National Playoff Final 2004.The club has recently relocated to the New Meadow stadium, a purpose built site located near Meole Brace. Prior to this, the club played at the Gay Meadow stadium, situated just outside of the town centre, for a 97 year period from 1910 to 2007.

There is also a local rugby club, Shrewsbury Rugby Club. The River Severn in the town is used for rowing by both Pengwern Boat Club and the Shrewsbury School Boat Club. Other sports clubs in the town include Shrewsbury Cricket Club, Shrewsbury Athletics Club and Shrewsbury Wrestling Club.

Shrewsbury Sports Village, a new sports centre, was recently opened in the Sundorne district of the town, with the aim of providing a wider and improved range of sports facilities for townspeople. There are also a number of motorsports and golf facilities (including Meole Brace Municipal Golf Course) in the area. The local motorsports heritage includes the Loton Park Hillclimb and Hawkstone Park Motocross Circuit situated near Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury Motocross Club has staged motocross events in the area for over 30 years.

[edit] Education

Shrewsbury is home to Shrewsbury School, a public school, where Sir Philip Sydney, Charles Darwin, Michael Palin, John Peel, Nick Hancock and Michael Heseltine were educated. It is located on a large commanding site ("Kingsland") just south of the town centre overlooking the loop of the Severn. The school was once located in the town centre, in the buildings that are now the main county library on Castle Street. Opposite it on the other side of the river is Shrewsbury High School, a private girls' day school. However the majority of the town's children attend one of the seven comprehensive schools. These include:

• The Priory School, formerly a grammar school for girls.
• Meole Brace School, which currently carries the status of Science College.
• The Corbet School
• The Wakeman School, geographically the school nearest the town, situated next to the English Bridge, alongside the Severn and adjacent to the Gay Meadow football ground. The site was previously 'Shrewsbury Technical School', attended by the famous war poet Wilfred Owen.
• The Grange, currently carrying the status of Arts College
• Sundorne, currently carrying the status of Sports College
• Belvidere, currently carrying the status of Technology College
• The Mary Webb School, which serves many inhabitants of Shrewsbury, though actually located in the large village of Pontesbury, to the south-west.

Post-16 education is handled by Shrewsbury Sixth Form College and Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology. Recent proposals to co-locate the two colleges have met with fierce opposition ^[40], primarily from the students of the Sixth Form, who wish to remain in a central location, and business owners who fear a loss of weekday trade. Many college staff are also against the move.

[edit] Nearby settlements

Destinations from SHREWSBURY
Oswestry, Chirk, Wrexham	Wem, Whitchurch	Shawbury, Market Drayton
Welshpool	Image:Compasspoint-nw.png N Image:Compasspoint-ne.png W Image:RoseVents.svg E Image:Compasspoint-sw.png S Image:Compasspoint-se.png	Wellington, Oakengates, Telford, Shifnal West Midlands conurbation
Pontesbury, Minsterley, Knighton, Newtown	Bayston Hill, Church Stretton, Ludlow	Ironbridge, Much Wenlock, Broseley, Bridgnorth, Kidderminster

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Darwin Country - Shrewsbury Museums Service information site
• Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council
• Shrewsbury page on Shropshire Tourism
• Shrewsbury website
• Shrewsbury Forum
• Shrewsbury Food Guide
• The Mount Residents' Group Shrewsbury
• The Orthodox Church building is over 1,000 years old.
• Goodbye Gay Meadow
• Barnabas Community Church Shrewsbury
• Tales of the River Severn
• Virtual Shropshire images of Shrewsbury

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