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  PRE WELSH HISTORY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
These locations include Wroxeter, Shrewsbury, somewhere between the two, at Bury Walls to the south of Shrewsbury and at Berth which was a fortified hillock linked by causeways across the marshes near Baschurch where Cynddylan is buried and has also been described as a 'white town near the Alder Woods'.
Shrewsbury as such was not in existence in the 7th century when Pengwern is reported to have been destroyed in 642 A.D. the location at the old St. Chad's, the highest point in 'Shrewsbury' sounds correct.
Shrewsbury is situated in a loop of the River Severn and is currently the major divide between Wales and England.
family-tree.hypermart.net /pre-welsh_history.htm   (2286 words)

  
 TheFA.com - Record goalscorer dies
Arthur Rowley, the highest goal scorer in the history of English football, has died at the age of 76.
Arthur's prolific run continued at Shrewsbury where he hit a further 152 goals whilst player-manager and still holds the overall and season scoring records for the Shrews.
Arthur's goals led to promotions for Fulham, Leicester and Shrewsbury during his playing days and any fans that saw him during his career will not forget the powerful left foot that brought them so much success.
www.thefa.com /Features/EnglishDomestic/Postings/2002/12/34622.htm   (356 words)

  
 History of Test cricket (1884 to 1889) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthur Shrewsbury then became the first England captain to score a century as England put on 386.
Later Dick Barlow was presented with a silk scorecard of the match in honour of his 68 runs and 7 for 44 for England.
Lillywhite, Shaw and Shrewsbury put together what was to turn out to be not only their last professional tour, but the last English tour led by a professional for sixty-seven years.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Test_cricket_(1884_to_1889)   (3872 words)

  
 News articles for Shrewsbury, New Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Shrewsbury roads and footpaths are under-maintained and badly designed putting both residents and visitors in danger, a new report claimed today.
A Shrewsbury politician, who is hoping to challenge rebel MP Paul Marsden at the next general election, has spoken of her "shocking" treatment at the hands of...
Shrewsbury Town are set to be at full strength for tomorrow night's Shropshire spectacular after their mini-break allowed the injuries and illnesses in Jimmy...
www.linkmorgue.org /united_states/full/New_Jersey/Shrewsbury.html   (2460 words)

  
 Arthur Shrewsbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthur Shrewsbury ( 11 April 1856 - 19 May 1903) was an English cricketer who was widely rated as competing with WG Grace for the accolade of being the best batsman of the 1880s ; Grace himself, when asked who he would most like in his side, replied simply, "Give me Arthur".
He played his cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and played 23 test matches for England, captaining them in 7 games, with a record of won 5, lost 2.
Shrewsbury retired from cricket in 1902, and shot himself whilst staying at his sister's the next year following a bout of depression when he incorrectly believed himself to be suffering from an incurable disease.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arthur_Shrewsbury   (151 words)

  
 Georgetown: The Earl of Shrewsbury Papers
Shrewsbury and Waterford is the premier Earldom in the United Kingdom, dating to 1442 when the celebrated warrior John Talbot was created the first Earl of Shrewsbury.
The 3rd Earl Talbot's claim to the Earldom of Shrewsbury and to the Earldom of Waterford was allowed by the Committee for Priveleges in 1858, and consequently Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot became the 18th Earl of Shrewsbury.
In addition, in 1877 a suit was brought by Praed and Co. against Anna Theresa, Countess Shrewsbury, widow of the 19th Earl, for the administration of the estate of her husband.
gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu /dept/speccoll/shrews.htm   (3593 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Shrewsbury's sorrows   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Shrewsbury was the only one of the 22 participants who had taken part in the very first Australian match 24 years before.
Shrewsbury's will revealed that the main beneficiary was Gertrude Scott, who received a legacy of £1000 and all the cricketer's personal effects.
Shrewsbury's half-share in the Shaw & Shrewsbury sports outfitting firm was equally divided between five of his relatives.
uk.cricinfo.com /link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/MAY/153371_WCM-ARCHIVE_24MAY2004.html   (1566 words)

  
 Shrewsbury Tourism - Tourist Board Information & Accommodation
Shrewsbury has been called “ England’s finest Tudor town ” with good reason, fl and white properties are everywhere and with over 660 listed buildings (quite a list) all linked by ancient shuts or passageways.
Shrewsbury is a town unlike any other, there are over 660 listed buildings in the town centre alone, including Shrewsbury Castle, and the Norman Shrewsbury Abbey, home to Ellis Peter's fictional sleuth Brother Cadfael you need not go anywhere else.
Shrewsbury's streets were awarded their names after what used to be sold in them.
www.shrewsburytourism.co.uk   (930 words)

  
 guest house west midlands No 28 Ludlow
On Edward's death, in 1483, the fate of his sons in the Tower of London is well known, and the result was that the Duke of Gloucester claimed the throne as Richard III.
Henry VII brought peace to Shrewsbury, and even the Welsh ceased to be the troublesome neighbours they had been in the past.
Prince Arthur later married Katherine of Aragon and took up residence at Ludlow Castle which was then the headquarters of the Council of the Marches.
www.no28ludlow.co.uk /guest-house-west-midlands.html   (525 words)

  
 BBC - Shropshire - Features - Arthur Rowley feature
George Arthur Rowley joined Shrewsbury Town on June 5th 1958 and in the next decade scored 152 goals for the club as player manager.
He was player manager when Shrewsbury beat First Division giants Everton in the League Cup and were within minutes of reaching the final before losing out to Rotherham.
Rowley left Shrewsbury to manage Sheffield United and Southend, but returned to the town when he retired and was regularly seen at the Meadow, despite his ailing health in recent years.
www.bbc.co.uk /shropshire/features/2002/12/rowley.shtml   (609 words)

  
 Kemsley - the descendants of John and Charlotte Rose Kemsley of Kent, Shrewsbury, and Stafford
His uncle Arthur (born in 1855) and his wife Alice Huthwaite had a son Arthur, born in the cathedral city of Lincoln in 1885, who emigrated to the United States, where he married Edith Scripps from Detroit and died in 1948.
In 1915 they had a son Arthur who married Ruth Pardue [sic] and had sons Arthur - fourth in his line of that name - and Scott.
Arthur and Edith had a second son George in 1921; he married Grace Gardiner and has a family of three sons - George, Mark and David - and two daughters."
maaori.com /rhimona/kemsley   (215 words)

  
 King Arthur Trail in Shropshire
The King Arthur we have all been brought up with was a romantic figure surrounded by his Knights of the Round Table.
The earliest reference to Arthur, which is still in existence, suggests that Artur was in fact a king of Powys, a kingdom that once covered what is now Shropshire and Mid Wales.
Excavations at the Dark Age capital of Powys, Wroxeter, four miles to the east of Shrewsbury, have shown that in the fifth century this city may have been the most sophisticated in the country.
www.shropshiretourism.info /king-arthur   (426 words)

  
 Thomas Porter Blunt - Bio - Obit
But the call of duty was too strong and he returned to Shrewsbury to his father's business on Wyle Cop, where he not only maintained the family reputation for pharmacy but, in the quaint old rooms at the rear, established and conducted his work as a public and private analyst.
He was official gas examiner for Shrewsbury for many years, a position which he resigned in 1917 when the thermal test was prescribed.
For over 50 years he was a judge of wild-flowers at Shrewsbury Show, and it was one of his pleasures to act in this capacity at the Girls' High School.
members.shaw.ca /TPBLUNT/Blunt_Obit.htm   (1219 words)

  
 HISTORY OF THE OLD SALOPIAN FOOTBALL CLUB
The Arthur Dunn Cup began in Season 1902-03 for the amateur public school old boys because professionalism had taken an increasing hold on the game and on the F.A. Cup in particular.
Despite that early success, it was some time before the Salopians were able to repeat their triumph Shrewsbury was too far for home games, which were played either in London or in Oxford until the 1950s.
In 1926, however, the Salopians reached the Final again and, although they lost narrowly 3-2 to the Malvernians, that disappointment was soon to be forgotten as they returned in 1927 to lift the cup by defeating the Old Malvernians 6-3 and begin an 11 year period of dominance of the competition.
www.woodfieldrd.demon.co.uk /OSFChist.htm   (1528 words)

  
 TheFA.com - A Legend Remembered
Arthur was a goalscoring legend for Shrewsbury Town in the late 1950s and early ‘60s.
Arthur Jones, then Chairman of Shrewsbury Town, the club Arthur later managed for ten years, said: “Arthur Rowley’s fame will go into the record books.
The life of Arthur Rowley, a shy man but a legend at Shrewsbury Town, was remembered at Gay Meadow yesterday.
www.thefa.com /TheFA/NewsFromTheFA/Postings/2004/05/A_Legend_Remembered.htm   (263 words)

  
 www.mercadantefuneral.com / obituaries
Arthur was born in Whitinsville, he grew up in Worcester lived many years in Oxford before moving to Charlton.
Arthur was a Vietnam War U.S. Army veteran earning the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in battle.
She was born in Shrewsbury, the daughter of John and Angelina J. (Pedone) Lanotte and has lived most of her life in Worcester.
www.mercadantefuneral.com /obituaries.php   (9665 words)

  
 Arthur Mann Manchester City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
At home in either a full-back role or midfield, Arthur made 35 League apearances for City, had a short loan spell to Blackpool, and then moved permanently to Notts County in July, 1972.
Arthur had spells with Boston, Telford, and Kettering, then became assistant-manager at Grimsby Town in 1989 and occupied a similar post at West Bromwich Albion in the mid-Ninties."
Then he moved to Shrewsbury Town for £30,000 but left after only four months to join Mansfield Town in 1979 in a £36,000 deal.
dspace.dial.pipex.com /bob.dunning/mann.htm   (375 words)

  
 Maple Plain, MN -- Irvin Shrewsbury
Irvin Shrewsbury was born in 1817 in Kentucky, but moved to Indiana with his parents.
He conducted a store and inn, served on the first town board of Independence, was postmaster, and was elected to the first legislature on the Republican ticket in 1859.
Son Arthur married Eva Johnson, daughter of J. Johnson of Lyndale.
www.mapleplain.com /index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={6D03ED32-95AD-4818-95D9-6FDD0EF52804}&DE={8E0B2D60-99B8-450C-B002-54313AF12872}   (200 words)

  
 BeWrite.net - Hidden Agenda by Geoff Nelder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Arthur thought he was sure she had told him to wait amongst the hosiery.
Arthur's hospital salary was insufficient to pay the mortgage and he had to move to a small terrace house.
"This is absolutely marvellous, Arthur," she slurped at the red wine and dabbed at a speck of coq that escaped from the au vin onto her chin.
www.bewrite.net /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1866   (3891 words)

  
 The Search for King Arthur’s Grave   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In legend Arthur was buried on the isle of Avalon.
In King Arthur - The True Story Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman concluded that the historical Arthur had been a fifth-century chieftain from the kingdom of Powys in what is now the West Midlands of England and Central Wales.
Together with Francesca, Graham and Martin met with Mike Stokes, the curator of Rowley's House Museum in Shrewsbury, and Roger White, the archaeologist responsible for considering archaeological work in the Baschurch district.
www.kingarthurthetruestory.com /avalon.asp   (1177 words)

  
 Kemsley - Frederick and Mary Anne Kemsley of Shrewsbury and Stafford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Frederick Kemsley was born on the 18th November 1860 at Frankwell, Shrewsbury.
Frederick and Mary Ann married on 25th December 1882 at Saint Mary's Church in Shrewsbury.
Frederick's brother Arthur Kemsley and Mary Ann's sister Selina Owen signed the register as witnesses [marriage cert].
maaori.com /rhimona/kemsley/fredkem.htm   (138 words)

  
 Gosnel Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Notes: Edward was the Mayor of Shrewsbury, and one of the Impropriators of St. Chads, Shrewsbury.
In a note made by Arthur W. Gosnell, a claim is made that Edward, "being intimate with Lord Bath, obtained from him a grant for his life of Shrewsbury Castle, which he repaired".
Pulteney, member for Shrewsbury, was the owner of extensive estates in that neighbourhood by virtue of his marriage with the niece of the last Earl of Bath.
home.earthlink.net /~chrisgosnell/geneal/gosnel3.html   (663 words)

  
 Reginald Arthur Grigg of London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Reginald Arthur Grigg was born on 9th June 1879 at 11.50 pm, at 2 Magola Terrace, Stratford, Essex, a twin to Lillian Maud A Grigg.
Reginald Arthur Grigg met Elizabeth Fisher and they were married in Chiswick Parish Church on 16th June 1900.
Church Street is in the heart of Shrewsbury which still retains many of its lovely Tudor style buildings and atmospheric alley ways.
ariadne42.tripod.com /id36.html   (523 words)

  
 Arthur Lee Love
This is an atempt to gather as much information as possible about Arthur Lee and the members of Love through the years.
As you may or may not know, Arthur is not on the current U.K./Europe tour.
Arthur Lee will not be present at the July gigs.
love.torbenskott.dk   (1379 words)

  
 Meadow Memories - Shrewsbury Town FC Documentary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
However, this is a film for Shrewsbury Town fans and we don't feel we have the market to make this idea a commercial success.
Many of the 80s footage, Villa, WBA, Luton, Shrewsbury included has been trashed when TV stations had storage problems in the early 90s.
Arthur's goals that were captured no longer exsist.
www.meadowmemories.com /qa.html   (360 words)

  
 ULTRA-VIOLET RAY PIONEER - Thomas Porter Blunt - Shrewsbury Chemist
He was offered a knighthood for his achievements in research, but humbly declined.
His famous research which he carried out in conjunction with Dr. Arthur Downes, was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society No. 184 1877, under the title "Researches on the effect of Light upon Bacteria and other Organisms."
His co-discovery with Arthur Downes in 1877, of the effect of Light upon Bacteria and other Organisms, pioneered further inventions and related discoveries in this field of science.
members.shaw.ca /TPBLUNT   (997 words)

  
 Cricinfo - A captain and a perfectionist
Jeffrey Stollmeyer, a classy opening batsman, played over a third of his 32 Tests as captain, a reign that incorporated the thrilling 2-2 draw with England in 1953-54.
England middle-order batsman Arthur Shrewsbury was absolutely impeccable in defence, so much so that WG Grace would bellow "Give me Arthur" - later the title of a biography of Shrewsbury - when picking his Test team.
Shrewsbury played 23 Tests and hit three centuries, the best of which was a magnificent 164 against Australia at Lord's in 1886, a match in which only two other batsmen, on either side, got more than 30.
content.cricinfo.com /ci/content/story/149377.html   (471 words)

  
 Maple Plain, MN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Centennial of the first post office here, was June 38th, 1956, in commemoration of the establishing of the Shrewsbury post office in 1856.
Postmasters during this period were Irvin Shrewsbury, C. Hinman, S. Yokley, Solomon Yokley, George W. Smith, Harriet A. Smith, Julius Hardt, Robert M. Mills, Alfred Haskel, and L. Setzler.
In 1907 local carriers under R.F.D. were Abner Powers, Charles Ragland and Arthur Shrewsbury.
www.mapleplain.com /index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={6D03ED32-95AD-4818-95D9-6FDD0EF52804}&DE={B5F780A7-F886-41DF-9697-6F08C317BD24}&Design=PrintView   (383 words)

  
 List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)
Joined his nephew Percy (Hotspur) and was taken prisoner at the battle of Shrewsbury and beheaded.
Beltz's list is the same as that of Shaw (infra), except that he counts Edward III as no. 1 and the Black Prince as no. 2.
Shaw, William Arthur: The knights of England; a complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, by Wm.
www.heraldica.org /topics/orders/garterlist.htm   (15345 words)

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