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Shrewsbury: Area, History and Background

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Below is some historic, cultural and background information about the area of Shrewsbury in the United Kingdom.

• Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England.
• Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to 70,689 inhabitants.
• Shrewsbury is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council.
• Consequently, it is the second largest town in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, after Telford.
• Shrewsbury is a historic market town with the town centre having a largely unaltered medieval street plan.
• It features over 660 historic listed buildings, including several examples of timber framing from the 15th and 16th century.
• Shrewsbury's Castle, a red sandstone castle fortification, and Shrewsbury,s Abbey, a former Benedictine monastery, were founded in 1074 and 1083 respectively.
• It hosts one of the oldest and largest horticultural events in the country.
• Shrewsbury serves as a cultural and commercial centre for the ceremonial county and a large area of mid-Wales.
• It is known as a town with significant medieval heritage, having been founded ca. 800 AD.
• Shrewsbury has also played a part in Western intellectual history, by being the town in which the naturalist Charles Darwin was born and raised.
• Nearby is the village of Wroxeter, 5 miles (8 km) to the south-west.
• Shrewsbury won the West Midlands Capital of Enterprise award in 2004.
• It is the administrative centre for the new Shropshire Council.
• Shrewsbury is twinned with Zutphen in The Netherlands.
• It also serves as the administrative headquarters of the British Army's 5th Division.