z`bərē), city (1991 pop...... Click the link for more information. . The terrain to the north and east of the Severn, Shropshire's principal river, is level; toward the Welsh border and the south the land is hilly. The county is chiefly agricultural, but there are metal-products, engineering, electronics-manufacturing, and food-processing industries.
The ancient Watling Street Watling Street (wŏt`lĭng), important ancient road in England, built by the Romans in the course of their military occupation.
..... Click the link for more information. and Offa's Dyke Offa's Dyke, ancient entrenchment of W England and E Wales, from the Dee estuary to near the estuary of the Wye River. It was built in the 8th cent. by Offa, king of Mercia , as a barrier against the Welsh and lies mainly along the England-Wales boundary.
..... Click the link for more information. cross the county. In Anglo-Saxon times Shropshire was a part of the kingdom of Mercia Mercia (mûr`shə), one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, consisting generally of the region of the Midlands.
..... Click the link for more information. . After the Norman Conquest it became an important part of the Welsh Marches Welsh Marches, lands in Wales along the English border. After the Norman conquest of England in the 11th cent., William I established the border earldoms of Chester, Shrewsbury, and Hereford to protect his English kingdom.
..... Click the link for more information. and was the scene of much border conflict. There are ruins of many medieval castles and old monastic remains. The quiet beauty of the countryside is depicted in A. E. Housman Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward Housman) (hous`mən)
..... Click the link for more information. 's Shropshire Lad. Telford and Wreken, in E Shropshire, has been administratively independent of the county since 1998.
Shropshire
Administrative (pop., 2001: 283,240), geographic, and historic county, western England. It is divided by the River Severn; its county seat is Shrewsbury. Remnants left by Neolithic, Bronze Age, and early Iron Age inhabitants have been found in the region. In the 1st century AD the Romans built a fortress at Viroconium, one of the largest towns in Roman Britain. The Saxon conquest brought the construction of Offa's Dyke, marking the England-Wales border. After the Norman Conquest of 1066, a double line of castles was established as fortification against the Welsh. In the 13th century the high quality of Shropshire wool brought prosperity to the region. In the early 18th century it became the greatest iron-producing area in England. Iron founding and agriculture remain important. The administrative county of Shropshire comprises five districts: Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, South Shropshire, and the boroughs of Oswestry and Shrewsbury and Atcham.
Shropshire
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