Shrawardine

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St Mary, Shrawardine.

Shrawardine, locally pronounced Shray-den, otherwise pronounced Shray-war-dine, is a small village in the civil parish of Montford. It is 5.9 miles (9.5 km) outside of Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.[1]

Its landmarks include Shrawardine Castle and St Mary's Church. The castle, known as Castell Isabella by the Anglo-Normans, was built in the reign of Henry I of England, and dismantled in 1645.[1] It had been held since 1644 by the Royalist commander Sir William Vaughan, whose aggressive tactics earned him the nickname "the Devil of Shrawardine".[2]

The River Severn passes to the west of the village. On the other side of the river is a hamlet called Little Shrawardine. It lies in the civil parish of Alberbury with Cardeston.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Raven, M. A Guide to Shropshire, 2005, p.178
  2. ↑ Mangianello, S. The concise encyclopedia of the revolutions and wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660, Scarecrow, 2004, p.491

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Coordinates: 52°43′55″N 2°53′24″W / 52.732°N 2.89°W / 52.732; -2.89

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