A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Shrewsbury. You may be able to find further references to Shrewsbury in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| CHAD (St.) | a parish and a subdistrict | Imperial |
| JULIAN (ST.) | a parish | Imperial |
| SHREWSBURY | a town, five parishes, and a district | Imperial |
| SHREWSBURY AND BIRMlNGHAM RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
| SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
| SHREWSBURY AND CREWE RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
| SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
| SHREWSBURY AND NORTH WALES RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
| SHREWSBURY AND POTTERIES JUNCTION RAILWAY | an assemblage of railway lines | Imperial |
| SHREWSBURY AND STAFFORD RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
| SHREWSBURY AND WELSHPOOL RAILWAY | a railway | Imperial |
This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Shrewsbury.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| HARLSCOTT | a township | Imperial |
| Longner | hamlet | Bartholomew |
| Oxon and Shelton | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew |
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Shrewsbury within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Frankwell | 0 | 1 |
| Coleham | 0 | 2 |
| Sutton | 0 | 2 |
| Shelton | 0 | 2 |
| Harlescott | 0 | 2 |
| Meole Brace | 0 | 3 |
| Great Berwick | 0 | 2 |
| Oxon | 0 | 2 |
| Betton Strange | 0 | 3 |
| Bayston Hill | 0 | 2 |
| Battlefield | 1 | 2 |
| Haughmond | 0 | 2 |
| Uffington | 0 | 2 |
| Bicton | 0 | 1 |
| Albrighton | 1 | 2 |
| Berwick | 0 | 2 |
| Great Hanwood | 0 | 2 |
| Atcham | 0 | 2 |
| Upton Magna | 0 | 2 |
| Horton | 0 | 3 |