Shropshire is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales. It is bordered by Cheshire to the north-east, Staffordshire to the east, Worcestershire to the south-east, Herefordshire to the south, and the Welsh principal areas of Powys and Wrexham to the west and north-west respectively. The largest settlement is Telford, while Shrewsbury is the county town.
Telford is a town in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire, England. The wider borough covers the town, its suburbs and surrounding towns and villages. The town is close to the county's eastern boundary, and near the River Severn. The notable hill near the town called The Wrekin is part of the Shropshire Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. To the south of the town is the Ironbridge Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Places around the Ironbridge Gorge area, which were developed into the town itself, are internationally recognised as being "The Birthplace of Industry" being to a large extent constructed during the Industrial Revolution on the Shropshire Coalfield. The town is the main administrative centre for Telford and Wrekin Council.
Wroxeter is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wroxeter and Uppington, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is beside the River Severn, 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of Shrewsbury. In 1961 the parish had a population of 657.
Atcham is a village, ecclesiastical parish and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies on the B4380, 5 miles south-east of Shrewsbury. The River Severn flows round the village. To the south is the village of Cross Houses and to the north-west the hamlet of Emstrey.
Donnington is a village in the parish of Donnington and Muxton in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. The population of Donnington Ward was 6,883 at the 2011 census.
Lilleshall is a village and civil parish in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England.
The Wrekin is a constituency in the House of Commons of the British Parliament, located in the county of Shropshire in the West Midlands of England. It has existed continuously since its creation by the Representation of the People Act 1918, and is named after a prominent landmark hill in the area, The Wrekin. It has been represented by the Labour and Conservative parties since the 1920s, a post held since 2005 by Conservative MP Mark Pritchard.
Admaston is a village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin in Shropshire, England. It is located northwest of Wellington and close to the village of Wrockwardine. Of which it forms part of the latter's civil parish.
Meole Brace, sometimes known locally as simply MeoleMEE-əl, is a south-western suburb of Shrewsbury, in the civil parish of Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England.
Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland, styled The Honourable Harry Vane until 1827 and Lord Harry Vane from 1827 to 1864, who in 1864 adopted by Royal Licence the surname and arms of Powlett in lieu of Vane, was an English landowner, diplomat and Whig statesman. During the crisis which led to the collapse of Lord Russell's government in 1866 over the question of parliamentary reform, he was considered a possible compromise prime minister in a Whig-Conservative anti-reform coalition government, but such plans came to nothing.
Wrockwardine Wood is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire, England and is bordered by Donnington, St Georges, Trench, The Nabb and Oakengates. The local government parish of Wrockwardine Wood and Trench comprises most of the Church of England parish of Wrockwardine Wood. In the eighteenth century industrial revolution Wrockwardine Wood was inhabited by coal and iron mine workers and their families. So many people had become Primitive Methodists that the Church of England set up a new parish in 1833 and built a very attractive red brick church, which is grade II listed.
Cound is a village and civil parish on the west bank of the River Severn in Shropshire, England. It is 7 miles south east of Shrewsbury.
Priorslee is a large village in the Telford and Wrekin borough in Shropshire, England. It forms part of the St George's and Priorslee civil parish alongside Central Park, Redhill, Snedshill and St George's.
Wroxeter and Uppington is a civil parish in the English county of Shropshire. The population of the Civil Parish at the 2011 census was 382. It lies mainly between the River Severn and the old A5 and stretches from Atcham to The Wrekin.
Allscott is a small village 3 miles (4.8 km) north west of Wellington, Shropshire. The River Tern flows by. It falls within the parish of Wrockwardine and the borough of Telford and Wrekin. Nearby is the small village of Walcot.
Wroxeter and Uppington is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 44 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, five are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Wroxeter and Uppington and smaller settlements, and is otherwise rural. Wroxeter occupies part of the Roman city of Viroconium Cornoviorum, and items of Roman masonry have been incorporated in some of the buildings in the parish, some of which are listed. Most of the listed buildings in the parish are houses, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, many of which are timber framed, and some with cruck construction. The other listed buildings include churches and associated structures, a public house, a milestone, and two pumps.
