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	Shrewsbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the county town of Shropshire and the seat of the borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham.
		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).
		Shrewsbury prison is the most overcrowded prison in England and Wales, according to a 2005 report on the UK prison population.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shrewsbury (2699 words)

	Shrewsbury Abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shrewsbury Abbey, now famous for its prominent role in the Brother Cadfael mysteries of Ellis Peters, is a medieval monastic foundation.
		Thomas Telford built his A5 road through part of the Abbey and now only part of the original abbey church is still in existence and a place of worship.
		Shrewsbury Abbey is also the name for the small railway station, and later depot, which was opposite the Abbey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shrewsbury_Abbey (130 words)

	A History of Shrewsbury
		Shrewsbury was probably protected by a ditch with an earth rampart and a wooden stockade.
		Shrewsbury Abbey was founded in 1083 by Roger de Montgomery the first Earl of Shrewsbury.
		A statue of Clive of India was erected in Shrewsbury in 1860.
	www.localhistories.org /shrewsbury.html (973 words)

	History.UK.com Articles
		Shrewsbury Abbey has plenty to offer the visitor but what most people quickly realise is that the fictitious Cadfael is only a tiny part of the Abbey story and the real history is a lot more interesting than any novel.
		Shrewsbury Abbey was known for its many scholars and, in the early fifteenth century, its Abbot, Thomas Prestbury, was Chancellor of Oxford.
		In 1885 the Bishop of Lichfield was given £10,000 by Mrs Harriet Juson of Shrewsbury for the construction of a new chancel at the Abbey.
	www.history.uk.com /articles/index.php?archive=42 (1286 words)

	Britannia History: Shrewsbury Abbey
		Though the Abbey flourished, during the early twelfth century, the monks of Shrewsbury apparently felt their monastery incomplete for the lack of the relics of a special patron to honour and bring glory to the name of God - not to mention lucrative offerings from vast hoards of pilgrims.
		Shrewsbury Abbey was known for its many scholars and, in the early fifteenth century, its Abbot, Thomas Prestbury, was even Chancellor of Oxford.
		Henry IV was victorious, Hotspur was killed and the Earl of Worcester captured and executed in the town.
	www.britannia.com /church/studies/shrewsbury.html (1064 words)

	SABC: Leisure & Tourism: What to See: Spring Flower Trail
		Shrewsbury is also strongly associated with the famous gardener, the late Percy Thrower, who was Parks Superintendent for 28 years.
		With the Flower Show in August and successes in the annual Britain in Bloom contest the summer floral displays are well known but Shrewsbury is equally spectacular in the spring when daffodils line the roads and riverbanks, and the parks and gardens are planted with spring bulbs.
		Shrewsbury Castle - Within the grounds are the motte of the Norman Castle built within a few years of the victory at Hastings, and the sandstone Great Hall of Edward I's reign.
	www.shrewsbury.gov.uk /Public/Leisure/WhatToSee/springflowertrail.htm (899 words)

	Shrewsbury Abbey, Attraction, Brother Cadfael, Ellis Peters, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
		Shrewsbury Abbey was founded in 1083 by the Norman Roger de Montgomery and started life as a small, wooden, Saxon, chapel of St. Peter.
		As is common with all English Abbeys and Priories the Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII saw monastic life come to an end.
		Inside, the Abbey retains four of the massive drum-shaped columns from the original Norman church, and fragments of the shrine of St Winefride, the 7th Century Welsh martyr.
	www.visitshrewsbury.com /shrewsbury-abbey (438 words)

	BBC - Shropshire - History - Shrewsbury Abbey -
		From fictional monks to warring monarchs, the Abbey has a wealth of stories that unfold through its rise and fall from modest wooden church, to pilgrimage destination, and later from dissolution to restoration.
		In more recent times the Abbey came to into the nation's consciousness once more when Edith Pargeter created the character of Brother Cadfael, a twelfth-century monk, herbalist and private detective, whose life and adventures at the Abbey can be followed in his Chronicles.
		The foundation of the abbey was largely due to a priest named Odelirius who preached at the wooden church which stood on the site of what was to become the Abbey.
	www.bbc.co.uk /shropshire/history/2003/06/shrews_abbey.shtml (926 words)

	Shrewsbury Castle / Abbey
		Elizabeth I gave the castle to the bailiffs and burgesses of Shrewsbury in 1586, and little was done to the building until the Civil War, when further alterations were made.
		It was captured by the Parliamentarians in 1645, and it was not until 1660, when Charles II was restored to the throne, that it was surrendered to the Crown.
		The two armies clashed on the Whitchurch Road, just north of the town and the Battle of Shrewsbury (1403) which ensued was one of the most brutal of the Medieval period.
	papagei.us /midages/shrewsbury.htm (1513 words)

	Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends
		We would see him often throughout our visit to Shrewsbury and he would often tell the other bus drivers to look out for us and take care of us as we were his personal guests and deseved first class treatment, which is exactly what we got.
		Of course, the highlight of the trip and the main reason we visited was Shrewsbury Abbey, the fictional home of Brother Cadfael of the Ellis Peters novels.
		The Benedictine Abbey began there in 1083, and it was one of the most influential in England and it was one of the Abbey's Abbots that pleaded with Henry IV and Harry Hotspur to try and avoid the bloody Battle of Shrewsbury that occured in 1403.
	www.odinscastle.org /shrews.html (1003 words)

	The Shrewsbury Quest, A Must for Mystery Buffs
		The entrance, Abbey Foregate, was named for the centuries old road, leading to the ancient city of Shrewsbury.
		Abbeys were places known to provide sanctuary in medieval times, therefore travelers might stop over on their journeys.
		A visit to Shrewsbury Abbey and The Shrewsbury Quest is fascinating, not only to those detective buffs, but also anyone interested in history, gardening, printing, or just having a look at how monks hosted tourists who came to their door; be they monarchs, maidens, merchants or maybe even murderers.
	www.magiccarpetjournals.com /Shrewsbury.htm (1003 words)

	Shrewsbury Abbey - gazchap.com
		Shrewsbury Abbey was founded in 1083 and was built on the site of a wooden Saxon Church.
		The Rule of St. Benedict was followed there for 457 years by a community of monks, with the church at the centre of a daily routine of prayers, studies, and manual labour.
		This view of the Church was taken from Abbey Foregate, a view sadly marred by road signs and traffic.
	www.gazchap.com /gallery/image.php?image=1 (123 words)

	Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire - English Heritage Property
		Haughmond Abbey, which is sometimes referred to as the Abbey of St John the Evangelist, is located only four miles outside of Shrewsbury and of the three houses of Austin canons established in Shropshire, Haughmond founded in 1135 by William Fitzalan, is the older.
		The Battle of Shrewsbury between King Henry IV and the rebels led by Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, in 1403 took place near Haughmond abbey, approximately two miles to the north-west of the abbey.
		The Abbey was finally dissolved in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII.
	www.shropshiretourism.info /abbeys/haughmond-abbey (371 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 Peters' 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 (1082 words)

	Shrewsbury - Tourist Information & Accommodation for Shrewsbury, Shropshire
		Shrewsbury is at the heart of Shropshire in more ways than one and all the county's attractions are within easy reach.
		Shrewsbury has great shops, especially the kind of interesting, independent shops that so many towns have lost or let go.
		And Shrewsbury is stepping up the competition with Ludlow with a clutch of fine restaurants snapping at its heels.
	www.shropshiretourism.info /shrewsbury (938 words)

	www.Cadfael.de
		The Abbey was founded alond with the monastary in 1083 by Roger de Montgomery, kinsman to William the Conquerer and was build on the site of a Saxon wodden church.
		In 1283, a Parliament met in the Chapter house of the abbey.
		The restoration of the Abbey to it's former glory was started in the 1800's but sadly it ran out of money.
	www.cadfael.de /html/es-s-abbey.html (265 words)

	Shrewsbury
		Shrewsbury Castle, remodelled from its Norman original in the 13th century.
		Shrewsbury Abbey, the last remnant of a large monastery originally built on the site in the 11th century, and the setting for the Cadfael mystery series.
		The abbey's oddly truncated shape is due to the loss of its transepts to the ravages of Henry VIII.
	www.sccs.swarthmore.edu /users/02/arcadia/shropshire.html (320 words)

	Abbey of St. Peter & St. Paul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul was, for its time, a fairly small enclave.
		Shrewsbury Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul was established around 1083 by Roger of Montgomery, trusted lieutenant of William the Conqueror, and was staffed or planted by monks from Séez, and the first abbot was appointed in 1087.
		Mass was held for the brothers daily, and mandatory meeting in Chapter, which allowed for the business of the Abbey to be carried out as well as any problems that come up among the deportment of the brothers.
	home.comcast.net /~chinmom/abbey.html (463 words)

	Linley Stained Glass Studios - Conservation - Shrewsbury Abbey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Abbey underwent a "consciencious and intelligent" restoration in 1886-7 at the hands of one John Loughborough Pearson.
		Care is taken to ensure that as little solder as possible is used so not to mar the overall appearance of the finished panels in any way.
		The large unpainted panels at Shrewsbury Abbey in the North side Bay B consist of 3 lancets.
	www.linleystainedglass.com /shrewsbury_abbey/part2/index_2.htm (391 words)

	Literary connections with Shrewsbury, Shropshire
		Thomas Churchyard (1520-1604), poet, soldier and courtier, was born in Shrewsbury.
		Job Orton (1717-1783) was born in Shrewsbury, educated at Shrewsbury School and was yet another influential figure to be connected with the High Street Unitarian Church.
		Desmond Coke (1879-1959) was educated at Shrewsbury School and recalled it in one of his stories for boys.
	www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk /shrewsbu.htm (853 words)

	Cadfael on "FastFish of the North Pole" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Not far from the safety of the abbey walls, Shrewsbury Castle falls, leaving its ninetyfour defenders loyal to the Empress to hang as traitors.
		The safety of the gueast-hall roof at the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul comes into jeopardy, and the brothers are called upon to effect repairs.
		With the arrival at the Abbey of young Sulien Blount, a novice fleeing homeward from the civil war raging in East Anglia, the mysteries surrounding the corpse start to multiply.
	www.eskimo.com /~mwirkk/castle/cadfael (3307 words)

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		The Abbey was founded as a place of Christian witness and worship.
		It is a place where we not only see etched on the stones the incredible story of history, but where we can see through the surface into the heart of a loving God.
		Shrewsbury Abbey and St. Peter's Church are part of the Diocese of Lichfield, within the Church of England
	www.shrewsburyabbey.com /home.htm (171 words)

	Shrewsbury: Jewel of Shropshire
		As we approach winter it may seem a strange time to concentrate on information for visitors however this is a great time to come to Shropshire and in particular Shrewsbury.
		Over the last few years the standard of food on offer in Shrewsbury has undergone a revolution and whilst it is still behind Ludlow there are a number of top class restaurants around the town.
		Close to the Abbey this is another fine place for a meal or a drink.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/shropshire/83877 (409 words)

	MYSTERY!: Cadfael, Series Three and Four: Episode Descriptions
		Abbot Radulfus (Terrence Hardiman) is convinced by the Abbey's prior (Michael Culver) that the bones of Saint Winifred of Gwytherin -- a prized relic -- should be retrieved from Wales and housed in the Abbey.
		On a dark and stormy night, the Holy Relics of St. Winifred -- the lifeblood of Shrewsbury Abbey -- are stolen, along with a box of precious gems that were to be transported to the recently ransacked Abbey at Ramsay.
		While plowing a nearby field, the Shrewsbury monks stumble on the body of an unidentified woman -- believed to be Generys (Sioned Jones), the former wife of local potter, Ruald (Gregor Truter), who left home and hearth a year before to join monks at Shrewsbury.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/mystery/programs/cadfael/programs.html (389 words)

	Corvus '99 - Shrewsbury Abbey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		While we refer to it simply as Shrewsbury Abbey, it is, in fact, the Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the Parish of the Holy Cross, Shrewsbury within the Diocese of Lichfield.
		The Rule of Saint Benedict was followed by the community of monks for 457 years with the church at the center of a daily round of prayer, study, and manual labor.
		In 1283, a Parliament met in the Chapter House of Shrewsbury Abbey.
	members.aol.com /felisculpa/shr.htm (270 words)

	Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends
		The delightful star of the series is Brother Cadfael, a Benedictine monk from the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, located in the town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, nearly on the border between England and Wales.
		Brother Cadfael, a Welshman and the Abbey's Herbalist, spends his time tending his herb garden, and formulating the potions and ointments that he uses to ease the suffering of those poor unfortunates that may need his services.
		In the meantime, he is also a most talented and able amatuer detective, much to the dismay of the Abbey's Prior, Brother Robert, and is often called upon by Under Sheriff Hugh Beringar to aid the Sheriff in the investigation of some local death or unfortunate disapperance.
	www.odinscastle.org /odin32.html (1007 words)

	Shrewsbury Town FC - Gay Meadow (Shrews) \| FanZone - Away fans info. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Should you get lost follow the signs for The Shrewsbury Quest or the Shrewsbury Abbey, as both are close to the ground.
		Shrewsbury train station is only a 5-minute walk from the Gay Meadow.
		There is also a large pay and display car park next to Shrewsbury Abbey almost opposite the ground.
	www.fanzone.co.uk /A5572F/fanzone.nsf/football/ShrewsburyTown (872 words)

	The Heroic Age: Medieval Mysteries
		A hermit soon arrives in the forest creating chaos among the monks as Richard disappears and a corpse is found in the forest.
		In 666, Sister Fedelma comes to the aid of her brother the king of Muman when his chieftain Eber of Araglin and his sister are found murdered.
		Sister Fidelma and Brother Eadulf are sent to the abbey of Imleach to investigate the disappearance of a an elderly monk and the relics of St. Ailbe, who was the first missionary to Munster and baptised the king of Cashel in 448.
	members.aol.com /heroicage1/Bookstore/mystery.html (1373 words)

	Ellis Peters Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		In honor of her husband, young, beautiful, and wealthy widow Judith Perle donates a house to the Abbey at Shrewsbury--for the annual rent of one white rose.
		The fourth anniversary of the transfer of Saint Winifred's bones to the Abbey at Shrewsbury is a time of celebration for the 12th-century pilgrims gathering from far and wide.
		Two refugees from the ravages ran to Shrewsbury Abbey and engaged the medieval monk Father Cadfael in a case concerning candidates for King.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Peters,Ellis (1244 words)

	CADFAEL'S CREATOR
		When her Brother Cadfael novels were adapted for TV starring Derek Jacobi the name of Ellis Peters (Edith's pen name) became even more famous.
		Boosted by the TV series her stories about a world wise monk and herbalist working in Shrewsbury Abbey became best sellers.
		Pargeter was very interested in Shropshire history and this is clearly shown in the books with much of what happens in the stories tied into actual historical events.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/shropshire/45405 (379 words)

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