Shifnal
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Shifnal is a small market town in Shropshire, England, although it ceased holding a weekly market almost twenty years ago. It has a railway station on the Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton Line and is near to the M54 motorway. It comes under the Bridgnorth district of Shropshire and The Wrekin constituency.
A major trading route between London and the North, (why it has so many pubs) and today the much larger and nearby town of Telford continues to provide the pubs, restaurants and hotels with patronage. Elizabeth I sent money to rebuild the town when it burnt to the ground in 1591. In this fire virtually everything was destroyed except the Anglican Church, St. Andrews, and Old Idsall House (a listed building), at the foot of the church.
Although some do not believe that Charles Dickens based The Old Curiosity Shop on Shifnal, there is evidence to support this. During a tour of the UK, he visited Shifnal and stayed at the Jerningham Arms. It was said that he was very taken with the architecture of the town, and for that reason, he based The Old Curiosity Shop on what is now known as Naughty Nells. This information is supported by Shifnal Historical Society.
Shifnal has three churches: St. Andrew's Anglican Church, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and Trinity Methodist Church. It also has, through [1] Churches Together in Shifnal, its own Christian bookshop and drop-in centre, Oasis.
When the FA School of Excellence was based at nearby Lilleshall, the local Secondary School (Idsall School) had some future England International Footballers such as Michael Owen & Andy Cole as pupils.
There are 11 pubs
- The Anvil
- The Beehive
- Jaspers
- Naughty Nells
- Odfellows
- Old Bell Inn
- Railway Inn
- Royal George
- Seven Bar
- Wheatsheaf
- White Hart
There are numerous restaurants in addition to those in the pubs and hotels:
- Butler's Bar & Restaurant
- Cafe Monsoon
- D'arcys Cafe Bar
- East End Balti
- Fennels
- Jaspers
- Minhs
- Odyssey Taverna
- Raphaels Restaurant
- Royal Bengal Tandoori
- Seven Bar & Restaurant
- Shifnal Balti
- Silks Coffee House & Restaurant
There are two hotels in the town.
- The Park House Hotel
- Haughton Hall Hotel a more recently converted establishment
- (In addition Naughty Nell's a well-restored 16th century, half-timbered coaching-inn provides hotel facilities.)There are also a number of bed and breakfast hostelries.
There are 3 social clubs
- Shifnal Working Men's Club
- The War Memorial club
- Shifnal Town Football Club (social club co owned by Glynn Davis and Daniel Boot)
The town also has a football club, cricket club, golf club, and bowls club.
| Unitary authorities: | Telford and Wrekin |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Bridgnorth • North Shropshire • Oswestry • Shrewsbury and Atcham • South Shropshire |
| Cities/Towns: | Bishop's Castle • Bridgnorth • Broseley • Church Stretton • Cleobury Mortimer • Clun • Craven Arms • Dawley • Ellesmere • Ludlow • Madeley • Market Drayton • Much Wenlock • Newport • Oakengates • Oswestry • Shifnal • Shrewsbury • Telford • Wellington • Wem • Whitchurch See also: List of civil parishes in Shropshire |
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