Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ludlow

Ludlow, mun. bor., market town, and par. with ry. sta., Shropshire, on river Teme, 26 miles S. of Shrewsbury and 143 miles from London, 241 ac., pop. 5935; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Monday Ludlow was a Roman settlement, and in Saxon times was designated Leadlowe. The castle, now an interesting ruin, was anciently a royal residence, in which Edward VI. was proclaimed king; and here also Milton wrote his Comus. The castle surrendered to the Parliamentarians under Brereton in 1646. Corn mills, cabinet works, and tanneries are the only industrial establishments. Ludlow returned 1 member to Parliament until 1885.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "municipal borough, market town, and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Ludlow CP/AP       Ludlow Borough       Shropshire AncC
Place: Ludlow

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