See also: Shrewsbury (homonymy)

Shrewsbury is a British city, located in the Shropshire (England), with the accesses of the Wales (its Welsh name is Amwythig ).

Geography

Shrewsbury is located in a meander of the Severn, its downtown area historical surrounding a hill at the top of which throne the Château of Shrewsbury.

Shrewsbury is located in the county of the Shropshire, at the border of Wales.

Administration

Shrewsbury is the principal city of the county of Shropshire and the district of Shrewsbury and Atcham ( Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough ).

History

Shrewsbury was founded by the Romains, near the city of Viroconium (Wroxeter).

Monuments

• Castle of Shrewsbury, built shortly after the conquest Norman, rebuilt at the 13th century.
• Rowley' S House Museum, located on Barker Street.
• Abbott House (about 1500), located on Butcher Row.

Demonstrations

• Floral festival of Shrewsbury ( Shrewsbury Flower Show ), of annual periodicity (two days in August), created at the 19th century.

Famous natives

• Charles Darwin (1809-1862), British biologist;
• Robert Cleaves off, known as Clive India (1725-1774), first baron Clive, general and politician, principal craftsman of the conquest of the India S by the British;
• John Gwynn, Architect (1713-1786), also died in Shrewsbury.

Literature

Shrewsbury is the principal framework of the detective novels of the series Frère Cadfael, written by Ellis Peters (pseudonym of Edith Pargeter).

Twinnings

• Zutphen (Netherlands), officially since 1977, but the first intentions go back in October 1945, when the mayor of Shrewsbury, Harry Steward, expressed the intention to make “adopt” the Dutchwoman city severely tested during the Second world war, in remembering the wound mortal received in 1586 by Sir Philip Sidney, resident famous of Shrewsbury, at the time of the Bataille of Zutphen against the Spanish occupant.

See too

• Count de Shrewsbury

External bonds

• Official site of the “Borough” of Shrewsbury and Atcham
• Official site of Shrewsbury Town F.C. (football club)
• Official site of the Floral festivals of Shrewsbury

Simple: Shrewsbury

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