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Shropshire
Shropshire is an historic county of England. (For more information about the ancient counties of the UK, see the historic counties page and the place types page.)
From The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72):
An inland county, of the W of England; bounded, on the NW, by Denbighshire; on the N, by Flintshire and Cheshire; on the E, by Staffordshire; on the W, by Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and Radnorshire; on the W, by Montgomeryshire and Denbighshire.
The towns with upwards of 2,000 inhabitants are the five boroughs, and Dawley-Magna, Ellesmere, Ironbridge, Market-Drayton, Newport, Shiffnal, Wellington, and Whitchurch; and there are about 740 smaller towns, villages, and hamlets.
Also known as Salop.
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| | Communities | Communities in Shropshire include Battlefield, Bewdley, Bishop's Castle, Bridgnorth, Broseley, Bucknell, Church Stretton, Cleobury Mortimer, Clun, Coalport ... View communities
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| | Parishes | Parishes in Shropshire include Abdon, Acton Burnell, Acton Round, Acton Scott, Adderley, Alberbury, Albrighton, Alveley, Ashford Bowdler, Ashford Carbonell ... View parishes
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