Oswestry is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads.
Ellesmere is a town in the civil parish of Ellesmere Urban, in Shropshire, England; it is located near to the Welsh border, the towns of Oswestry and Whitchurch, and the Welsh city of Wrexham. It is notable for its proximity to a number of prominent meres.
Ruyton-XI-Towns, formally Ruyton of the Eleven Towns or simply Ruyton, is a village and civil parish next to the River Perry in Shropshire, England. It had a population of 1,379 at the 2011 Census.
Oswestry School is an ancient public school, located in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. It was founded in 1407 as a 'free' school, being independent of the church. This gives it the distinction of being the second-oldest 'free' school in the country, between Winchester College and Eton College (1440).
Shelvock Manor is a house and grounds in a township of the same name near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It was once a place of local importance, and was for more than two centuries the seat of the Thornes, a leading family in Shropshire. The first recorded spelling of Shelvock was Shelfhoc (1175), and later Sselvak and Schelfac. The name is most likely derived from the Saxon "ac" meaning oak, prefixed by its location on a shelf or hill.
Prees is a village and civil parish in north Shropshire, near the border between England and Wales. Its name is Celtic and means "brushwood".
North Shropshire is a constituency in the county of Shropshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Helen Morgan of the Liberal Democrats after a by-election on 16 December 2021. The former MP, Owen Paterson of the Conservatives, resigned his seat on 5 November 2021 when faced with suspension from the Commons for a breach of advocacy rules and the consequent possibility of a recall petition. The seat had previously been a safe seat for the Conservatives.
Kinnerley is a small village in Shropshire, England. It lies between the neighbouring villages of Dovaston and Pentre and the nearest town is Oswestry. To the north is the village of Knockin.
Whittington is a village and civil parish in north west Shropshire, England, lying east and north-east of Oswestry. The parish had a population of 2,592 at the 2011 census. The village of Whittington is in the centre of the parish, and three smaller villages, Park Hall to its west, Hindford to the north-east and Babbinswood to the south, are also within the parish.
Great Ness and Little Ness are civil parishes in Shropshire, England.
This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of Shropshire
John Freeman Milward Dovaston was a British poet and naturalist.
William "Willy" Mostyn-Owen was a British art historian. He worked for some years with the art expert Bernard Berenson, and was his bibliographer. He was connected with the auctioneers Christie's for 30 years.
Woodhouse is a Grade II* listed country house and 1,500 acre estate in West Felton, Shropshire, England.
West Felton is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 47 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of West Felton and smaller settlements, and is otherwise rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings, the earliest of which are timber framed. The Montgomery Canal runs through the parish and the listed buildings associated with it are a roving bridge, a warehouse, and a barge house. The other listed buildings include a church and items in the churchyard, a well, two country houses and associated structures, a road bridge, three milestones, and a disused railway station and goods shed,
Sir John Bickerton Williams was an English, nonconformist author and lawyer. He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1837.
Allegra Mostyn-Owen is a British journalist and teacher. She was the first wife of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
St Winifred's Well, Woolston is a holy well and wellhouse located within the hamlet of Woolston, Shropshire. It has been a grade II* listed building since 1952.
