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	Shrewsbury Castle in Shropshire from TourUK
		Shrewsbury Castle was orignally a wooden fortification built by the Anglo-Saxons to defend the narrow neck of land at the entrance to the town not protected by the River Severn.
		In 1924 the castle was purchased by the Shropshire Horticultural Society and presented to Corporation of Shrewsbury.
		The castle is a popular venue for weddings and the grounds are frequently used for outdoor events during the summer.
	www.touruk.co.uk /castles/castle_shrewsbury.htm (280 words)

	Shrewsbury Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Norman castle, built of red sandstone, was founded by Roger de Montgomery in c1070.
		Much of it was demolished during the rebuilding and strengthening of the castle by Edward I in c1300, when an outer bailey was also added.
		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.
	www.castlewales.com /shrwsbry.html (235 words)

	Shrewsbury - Tourist information guide for Shrewsbury, Shropshire
		Shrewsbury and of the three houses of Austin canons established in Shropshire, Haughmond founded in 1135 by William Fitzalan, is the older.
		Shrewsbury Castle - was the centre of Norman and Medieval power in the region and commands a view over the town and environs.
		Shrewsbury is perfectly placed at the centre of this lovely county for exploring the South Shropshire hills, and the mossy meres in North Shropshire.
	www.visitshrewsbury.com /shrewsbury-attractions (869 words)

	A Brief 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 (983 words)

	Shrewsbury Castle, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Regimental museum
		Little of the Castle survives today, as much of it was demolished under the reign of Edward I when a rebuilding and strengthening programme was initiated.
		The Castle was captured by Parliamentarians in 1645 and was eventually surrendered to the crown in 1660, once Charles II was restored to the throne.
		The castle remained in private hands until 1924 when it was aquired by the Corporation of Shrewsbury (Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council), who undertook a process of restoration and opened the castle to the public in 1926.
	www.shropshiretourism.info /castles/shrewsbury (228 words)

	ShrewsburyChronicle.com - Features - Local Information - Shrewsbury Town Guide
		Shrewsbury is situated in the county of Shropshire in the West Midlands, its known as one of England's finest towns with its timber framed and fl and white buildings, Castle and Shrewsbury Abbey.
		Shrewsbury is also perfectly placed for exploring the hills to the south and west of the county and the mosses and meres to the north.The town dates back to before AD 901 and has retained its medieval street pattern with a maze of ‘shuts’ and passages that criss-cross the town centre.
		Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery at Rowley’s Mansion is a glorious timber-framed building of the late 16th century, with an adjoining brick and stone mansion of 1618.
	www.shrewsburychronicle.com /features/localinfo/guide.php (509 words)

	Shrewsbury Tourist Information on AboutBritain.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Shrewsbury's red sandstone castle, a fortress of great strategic importance in past times, guards the only land approach to the town.
		Shrewsbury is surrounded by fascinating attractions - Four miles from the town is the splendid National Trust property Attingham Park.
		Situated in the heart of medieval Shrewsbury, the historic Prince Rupert is firmly established as one of Shropshire's finest hotels.
	www.aboutbritain.com /towns/shrewsbury.asp (837 words)

	Shrewsbury travel guide - Wikitravel
		Shrewsbury [1] is the county town of Shropshire in England.
		Shrewsbury is located on the route of the London - Aberystwyth and the London - Wrexham coach services (operated by National Express).
		Shrewsbury Castle was built in the eleventh century.
	wikitravel.org /en/Shrewsbury_(Shropshire) (971 words)

	BBC - Shropshire - History - Shrawardine Castle
		Stokesay Castle A miraculous survivor from the Middle Ages, Stokesay is one of the finest examples of a fortified manor house left in the UK.
		The location of the motte and bailey castle on the west bank of the Severn at Shrawardine is still visible - as are almost 70 other mottes in Shropshire built in the 11th Century and later abandoned by the invaders.
		One of these castles, on the west bank of the river, was built along the lines of the Norman motte and bailey - a large mound with a wooden keep at the top.
	www.bbc.co.uk /shropshire/history/2003/12/shrawardine_castle.shtml (965 words)

	Shrewsbury Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The level of the Wombridge Canal was considerably higher than the Shrewsbury Canal and to overcome this the Shrewsbury Canal company had to build a huge inclined plane at Trench where tub-boats would be carried on rails from one canal to the other.
		The stretch of the Shrewsbury Canal between Wappenshall and the Shropshire Canal at Donnington Wood, including the Trench incline, was not upgraded.
		The terminus of the canal in Shrewsbury was in Howard Street which is (basically) the road at the back of the railway station.
	www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/shrewsbury.htm (6801 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 (932 words)

	Shrewsbury Castle and The Shropshire Regimental Museum on AboutBritain.com
		In 1992, the castle was the target of a terrorist firebomb attack which damaged both the building and collection.
		On the ground floor of the Castle, the visitor is taken through the grimmer times of the two World Wars when men and women of Shropshire served in their thousands, many in specially raised Service and Home Guard battalions.
		Shrewsbury Castle is licensed for civil marriage ceremonies for further details Telephone (01743) 361196.
	www.aboutbritain.com /ShropshireRegimentalMuseum.htm (906 words)

	Introducing Shrewsbury and Shropshire
		Shrewsbury is the county town (seat of local government), with a long history and a wealth of Tudor and Georgian buildings.
		Shrewsbury is rich in historic buildings, including the 12th-century Castle and Abbey (the scene of the fictional Brother Cadfael books and TV series) and numerous half-timbered buildings from Tudor times.
		Shropshire is from Scrobbesbyrigscir, the county of Shrewsbury.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/tom_slawson/shrew.htm (982 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 (1006 words)

	Shrewsbury - Part of the GO2 Shropshire Visitors Guide
		As far as Shrewsbury's visible history is concerned, the real founder of Shrewsbury was Roger de Montgomery, who became the first earl of Shrewsbury.
		It was he who was responsible for erecting a castle on the narrow spit of land to protect the growing settlement of Shrewsbury.
		The castle still stands today, although it has been altered considerably over the centuries, and the oldest parts now visible probably date from the time of Henry II in the 12th century.
	www.go2.co.uk /About_GO2_Pages/TheGO2GuidetoSha.html (284 words)

	Welcome to Steve C's pages
		Shrewsbury is a bustling retail town centre as well as a a place of historical (and fictional) interest.
		Shrewsbury Castle stands on the narrowest point where the bends of the river almost meet.
		The walkway up to the castle doors are surrounded by beautiful gardens together with old style buildings and, what looked to me, to be an area which was once used as a stables.
	www.steveconrad.co.uk /cadfael/visittoshrewsbury.html (1863 words)

	Shrewsbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shrewsbury (pronounced either [ˈʃɹuːzbɹi] or [ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi]) is a town of 70,059 inhabitants [1]in Shropshire, England.
		Shrewsbury has also played a unique part in Western intellectual history, by being the town in which the great naturalist Charles Darwin was born and raised.
		Shrewsbury Town FC will be moving to a new ground, at a site near Meole Brace (provisionally titled The New Meadow), in time for the 2007/2008 Season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shrewsbury (3383 words)

	Shrawardine Castle
		Approximately 9½ km from Shrewsbury, it is fair to say that in terms of tourism then the castle there always steals the limelight, but previously Shrawardine has had its own important strategic role to play in Marches affairs and in the process has experienced a very chequered history.
		However just nine years later the castle seemed to experience a period of decline, possibly as a result of the subsidence of trouble in the area, with all the castle guard services being transferred to Montgomery castle, indeed no documentary evidence exists that suggests any further work was carried out by the crown.
		It is under John Fitz Alan that the castle was rebuilt (suggesting that under this period of decline it had fallen into disrepair) and renamed ‘Castle Isabel’ in honour of his wife Isabel de Abinbi, Fitz Alan later died in possession of the castle.
	www.castlewales.com /shraw.html (864 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.
		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.
		The Library is located across the street from Shrewsbury Castle and there a several churches of both Saxon and Norman architecture to see.
	www.odinscastle.org /shrews.html (1003 words)

	Shrewsbury Services 24 hour Truck Stop and Fuel only (food shop)
		Shrewsbury is an old town built on a hill with the river seven going in a loop around it.
		Shrewsbury Castle was built to defend it from invaders.
		Shrewsbury Railway station is a wonderful Victorian building in need of some care, but, still reasonable and a wonderful sight to look at.
	www.transportcafe.co.uk /shrewsbury1.html (540 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines - Shrewsbury Castle
		In the reign of Henry I Shrewsbury castle was surrendered to the king by Robert de Belleme who was supporting Robert, Duke of Normandy.
		In 1126 the castle was granted by Henry I to Adeliza of Louvain his second wife.
		The castle at Shrewsbury was granted by Henry to his second wife Adeliza.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hpl1894.htm (429 words)

	Business's In Castle Gates (Shrewsbury Forum)
		I recently heard that it is the intention of the powers that be that Castle Gates should be a housing only area,and that the Sorting Office,Morris Lubricants,Quick Fit,the fire station and others will eventually go,has anyone heard similar stories.
		"Castle Gates" is the street that runs up the hill from the railway station to Castle Street.
		Castle Forgate (and for the record, that really is how it's spelled, unlike Abbey Foregate) is already half-and-half anyway, as on the opposite side from Morris's it's still almost all residential.
	shrewsburyforum.co.uk /ar/t526.htm (905 words)

	Secret Shropshire
		All castles in Shropshire would have had several domestic buildings including kitchens, stables and chapels, but these structures can only now be seen at Ludlow Castle.
		Although some castles did receive new domestic buildings at this time, the defences of many of the Welsh Marcher castles were left to decay with some sites being abandoned.
		If they did build castles without royal approval, and many did, they were seen as a threat to the crown and their castle could be forfeited or confiscated by the King.
	www.secretshropshire.org.uk /Content/Learn/Castles/Kdesign2.asp (908 words)

	Focus on Shrewsbury - CountryLife.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		With its vibrant past and inspiring surroundings, Shrewsbury is one of Britain's most prosperous county towns.
		Surrounded by beautiful open countryside and benefiting from highly regarded schools and a tradition of esteemed local events, Shrewsbury is a prestigious county town with a homely feel to it.
		After publicly hanging Wales's King David on a high cross on Pride Hill, the people of Shrewsbury, or Salopians as they are known, dispersed his body parts around the town and sent his head to the Tower of London.
	www.countrylife.co.uk /property/guides/article.php?id=67081 (1552 words)

	Shrewsbury Tourist Information and Visitor Guide \| 3. To The Castle
		Founded by Roger de Montgomery in 1074, the castle has undergone many transformations, the last one being by Thomas Telford who âmodernisedâ the building in the 18th century.
		Today the castle houses the Shropshire Regimental Museum with a spectacular collection of military artefacts including uniforms, weapons and medals.
		An exhibition depicting the history of the castle is on display.
	www.shrewsburyguide.info /shrewsbury_tour/tour_03.shtml (200 words)

	Shrewsbury tourist information
		Later under the control of the Normans the remaining land approach was eventually fortified by the magnificent Shrewsbury Castle.
		As with most of the Welsh Border towns the occupants seemed to live in constant fear of the inhabitants of Wales as is evidenced by the massive fortresses built during this period.
		The oldest parts of Shrewsbury Castle were built between 1066 and 1074, by Roger de Montgomery during the reign of William the Conqueror and there were further additions over several centuries.
	www.walesdirectory.co.uk /Towns_Welsh_Borders/Shrewsbury_Town.htm (685 words)

	Shrewsbury
		I would have liked to go walking on the "blue remembered hills" of A. Housman's Shropshire, but the closest I came was the county's capital city of Shrewsbury, which was quite lovely as cities go.
		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.
	www.sccs.swarthmore.edu /users/02/arcadia/shropshire.html (320 words)

	Shrewsbury Horticultural Society - history
		Shrewsbury Flower Show is unique in the sense that it is the longest-running horticultural show in the World to have been held continuously in one location - in this case Shrewsbury’s Quarry Park.
		It was in 1874 that a group of enthusiastic men in the town saw the need to harness public interest in gardening - the art of bringing flowers, fruit and vegetables to perfection, putting them on display on a competitive basis, thus fostering interest in horticulture.
		It also funded the Porthill suspension bridge over the River Severn from the Quarry Park, and bought Shrewsbury Castle and its grounds for the town.
	www.shrewsburyflowershow.org.uk /shs-history.php (613 words)

	Shrewsbury, St Mary's Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury Abbey - Easter 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The motte of the orginal motte and bailey Norman castle.
		Sir Nicholas was bailiff of Shrewsbury in 1458, and is depicted in Yorkist style armour.
		In 1406 a chapel was built to commemorate the Battle of Shrewsbury.
	www.greydragon.org /trips/Easter2005/index4.html (879 words)

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