Shrawardine

Shrawardine

St Mary The Virgin Church, Shrawardine
Shrawardine
 Shrawardine shown within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSJ399153
Civil parishMontford
Alberbury with Cardeston
Unitary authorityShropshire
Ceremonial countyShropshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SHREWSBURY
Postcode district SY3
Dialling code 01743
Police West Mercia
Fire Shropshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentShrewsbury and Atcham
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Coordinates: 52°43′55″N 2°53′24″W / 52.732°N 2.89°W / 52.732; -2.89

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 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 during the English Civil War 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 mainly within the civil parish of Montford.

References

  1. 1 2 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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