Place:Shropshire, England

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Place Information
Name
Shropshire
Alternate names
SAL     (Curious Fox: UK Counties and Shires [online] (2002).)
Salop     (Wikipedia)
Sciropescire     (Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (1998))
Shrops     (Wikipedia)
Type
Historic county, Administrative county, Modern county
Coordinates
52.683°N 2.65°W
Located in
England
Contained Places

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General region
Soudley
Inhabited place
Abcott
Abdon
Ackleton
Acton Pigott
Acton Round
Acton Scott
Adderley
Adeney
Admaston
All Stretton
Alveley
Anchor
Astley
Aston on Clun
Atcham
Barrow
Baschurch
Battlefield
Bayston Hill
Bedstone
Benthall
Birtley
Bishop's Castle
Bomere Heath
Bridgnorth
Broome
Broseley
Buildwas
Chelmarsh
Cherrington
Church Stretton
Cleehill
Cleobury Mortimer
Clive
Clun
Clunbury
Clunton
Coalbrookdale
Coalport
Condover
Cosford
Craven Arms
Cressage
Cross Houses
Crudgington
Dawley
Ditton Priors
Dorrington
Edgmond
Ellesmere
Farlow
Fitz
Ford
Gobowen
Grinshill
Hadley
Hampton Loade
Harmer Hill
High Ercall
Highley
Hodnet
Horsehay
Ironbridge
Islington
Jackfield
Kinnerley
Kinton
Knockin
Knowbury
Knowle
Kynnersley
Lilleshall
Little Stretton
Little Wenlock
Llanymynech
Llynclys
Longden
Longdon-on-Tern
Longford
Loppington
Ludlow
Lydbury North
Lydham
Madeley
Market Drayton
Melverley
Minsterley
Much Wenlock
Myddle
Nantmawr
Nash
Nesscliffe
New Invention
Newcastle
Newport
Oakengates
Oakly Park
Oswestry
Padmore
Pontesbury
Prees
Priestweston
Purslow
Quabbs
Quatt
Ratlinghope
Rhydycroesau
Roden
Rodington
Ruyton-Eleven-Towns
Shawbury
Sheriff Hales
Shifnal
Shrewsbury ( 400 - )
Snailbeach
St Martin's
Stiperstones
Stokesay
Stottesdon
Sutton Maddock
Telford
Tenbury
Ternhill
Tibberton
Ticklerton
Tong
Uffington
Upper Battlefield
Upton Magna
Walford
Wellington
Welshampton
Wem
West Felton
Westbury
Weston Lullingfields
Weston Rhyn
Whitchurch
Whittington
Withington
Woore
Worthen
Wrockwardine
Wroxeter ( 0050 - )
Yorton
Parish
Acton Burnell
Alberbury
Albrighton
Astley-Abbotts
Dawley-Magna
Donington
Hopesay
Linley
Oldbury
Quatford
Unknown
Albrighton (near Shrewsbury)
Annscroft
Ash
Ashford-Bowdler
Ashford-Carbonell
Asterley
Aston
Aston-Botterell
Aston-Eyre
Badger
Beckbury
Berrington
Betton-Strange
Bettws
Beveley
Bicton
Billingsley
Bitterley
Blackford
Bolas Magna
Bomor-Heath
Boningale
Boraston
Boreatton
Boscobel
Bourton
Brace-Meole
Brockton
Bromfield
Brompton and Rhiston
Brompton
Broughall
Broughton
Bucknell
Burford
Burton
Burwarton
Calverhall
Cardeston
Cardington
Castlewright
Cause
Caynham
Cefn-y-Blodwel
Chapel Lawn
Cheney Longville
Cheswardine
Chetton
Chetwynd
Chetwynd-Aston
Childs-Ercall
Chirbury
Chorley
Church-Aston
Claverley
Clee-St. Margaret
Cleobury North
Clungunford
Cockshutt
Cold-Weston
Colemere
Coreley
Coton
Cound
Criftins-by-Ellesmere
Cruckmeole
Culmington
Cwm Head
Dawley-Parva
Deuxhill
Diddlebury
Dodington
Donington-Wood
Dovaston
Dowles
Drayton-Parva
Duddleston
Eardington
East Hamlet
Easthope
Eaton-Constantine
Eaton-under-Heywood
Eaton-upon-Tern
Edgton
Edstaston
Ellerdine
Eyt
Eyton-upon-the-Wild-Moors
Fauls
Frankton
Frodesley
Gatten
Glazeley
Great Dawley
Great Hanwood
Great Ness
Greet (near Burford)
Greet
Grimpo
Habberley
Hadnall
Halford
Halston
Hanwood
Harley
Haughmond
Haughton
Heath
Hengoed
Hinstock
Holdgate
Hollinwood
Hope-Baggot
Hope-Bowdler
Hopton Bank
Hopton Castle
Hopton Crangeford
Hopton Wafers
Hordley
Horton
Hughley
Ightfield
Kemberton
Kenley
Ketley Bank
Ketley
Kinlet
Lawley
Leaton
Lee-Brockhurst
Leebotwood
Leighton
Lightmoor
Little Berwick
Little Ness
Llanvair-Waterdine
Llanyblodwell
Long Stanton
Longnor
Loughton
Lower Maesbrook
Ludford
Lydley-Hayes
Lyneal
Lyth Hill
Mainstone
Malinslee
Marton
Mawley-Hall
Middleton
Middleton-Priors
Middleton-Scriven
Milson
Mindtown
Monk-Hopton
Montford
More
Moreton
Moreton-Corbet
Moreton-Say
Morvill
Mossey Green
Mossfield
Mucclestone
Munslow
Nabb
Neen-Savage
Neen-Sollars
Neenton
Nethercot
New Dale
Newtown
Norbury
Norton
Norton-in-Hales
Old Park
Onibury
Petton
Pitchford
Plealey
Plowdon
Posenhall
Pradoe
Preen-Church
Preesgweene
Preston-Brockhurst
Preston-Gubbals
Preston-on-the-Weald-Moors
Priors-Lee
Pulverbatch
Richards-Castle
Romsley
Rowton
Ruckley and Langley
Rudge
Rushbury
Ruyton-of-the-Eleven-Towns
Ryton
Sambrook
Selattyn
Shavington
Sheinton
Shelton and Oxon
Shelve
Shipton
Shrawardine
Sibdon-Carwood
Sidbury
Silvington
Smethcott
Snedshill
Soughton
St. Alkmond
St. Chad
St. George
St. Julian
Stanton-Lacy
Stanton-upon-Hine-Heath
Stapleton
Stirchley
Stockton
Stoke-St. Milborough
Stoke-upon-Tern
Stottesden
Stowe
Sutton (near Shrewsbury)
Sutton
Tasley
Tetchill
Tilstock
Trefonen
Trench
Tugford
Uckington
Upper Maesbrook
Uppington
Upton-Cressett
Upton-Waters
Wattlesborough
Weirbrook
Wenlock
Wentnor
West Cotton
Westanswick
Westhope
Weston and Wixhill under Redcastle
Weston
Weston-Lullingfield
Weston-under-Redcastle
Wheathill
Whitton
Whixhall
Wigmore
Wilcott
Willey
Wistanstow
Wollaston
Wollerton
Wombridge
Woodcote
Woodhouse
Woodseaves
Woolstaston
Worfield
Wrockwardine-Wood
Yockleton
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source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Shropshire (alternatively 'Salop' or abbreviated 'Shrops') is a county in the West Midlands of England. It borders Wales to the west.

Shropshire is one of England's most rural and sparsely populated counties. The population of the non-metropolitan/shire county of Shropshire is 289,100 - making it the least populated two-tier governed area in the United Kingdom. With the recent Local Government White Paper's support for new unitary authorities, Shropshire County Council is proposing the abolition of Shropshire's district councils, becoming a unitary authority. [1] The borough of Telford and Wrekin, included in Shropshire for ceremonial and geographical purposes, has been a unitary authority since 1998.

The county town is Shrewsbury, although the new town of Telford is the largest town. The Ironbridge Gorge area of Shropshire is known as the birthplace of industry and there are other notable industrial sites located around the county. Ironbridge Gorge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which includes Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale and a part of Madeley.

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History

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Cradle of industry

Quite why this remote, rural county on the Welsh border became the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution is mystifying to many people. The reason, however, is mainly due to Shropshire's diverse geology. Shropshire is the "geological capital" of the UK, as just about every rock type in Northern Europe is found within its borders, as are coal, lead, copper and iron ore deposits. In addition to this, the River Severn flows through the county and has been used for the transportation of goods and services for centuries. The Ironbridge Gorge became a focal point of new industrial energies in the 18th Century.

The towns of Broseley and Madeley were centres of innovation during the late 18th Century. It was in nearby locations where key events of the Industrial Revolution took place. Coalbrookdale is where modern iron smelting techniques were developed, Ironbridge is where the world's first iron bridge was constructed and Ditherington is where the world's first iron framed building was built. Other places notable for early industry are Jackfield and Coalport.

Salop

The origin of the name "Shropshire" is the Old English "Scrobbesbyrigscīr" (literally Shrewsburyshire), perhaps taking its name from Richard Scrob (or FitzScrob or Scrope), the builder of Richard's Castle near what is now the town of Ludlow. However, the Normans who ruled England after 1066 found both "Scrobbesbyrig" and "Scrobbesbyrigscir" difficult to pronounce so they softened them to "Salopesberia" and "Salopescira". Salop is the abbreviation of these.

When a council for the county was set up in 1888, it was called "Salop County Council". The name was never popular, with local MP Jasper More raising an amendment to the 1972 Local Government Bill to rename the county "Shropshire" - at the time the council itself opposed the change, although later, in 1980, would exercise its power to legally change the name of the county.

The Times noted in a February 19, 1980 article about the name change that "there was no record of why the name Salop County Council was adopted". The decision to make the change was taken on March 1, 1980, at a special meeting of the council, with 48 votes in favour versus five against. It came into effect on April 1.

The term "Salopian", derived from "Salop", is still used to mean "from Shropshire". Salop can also mean the county town, Shrewsbury, and in historical records Shropshire is described as "the county of Salop" and Shrewsbury as "the town of Salop".

The Latin motto of "Floreat Salopia" (may Shropshire flourish) was originally used by the borough of Shrewsbury, and was adopted in 1896 by Salop (or Shropshire) County Council when they received a grant of a coat of arms. The motto is now used in a number of other emblems associated with the county.

Another reason why Salop was unfavourable was the fact that if you add the letter 'E' and make it Salope, this is a French word and means 'Bitch or Loose Woman'.

The modern county boundaries are the same as the historic ones, except for the removal of several exclaves and enclaves, and other minor alterations along the border with Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The largest of the exclaves was Halesowen, which became part of Worcestershire in 1844, and the largest of the enclaves was Herefordshire's Farlow in South Shropshire, transferred to Shropshire in 1844 too.

External Links

  1. GENUKI Shrophsire
  2. Shropshire Archives


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Shropshire. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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