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Towns in Shropshire
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Acton
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Acton Burnell
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Acton Round
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Acton Scott
Acton Scott is an ancient village below the slopes of Ragleth Hill, and the home of the Scott family for centuries. |
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Adderley
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Admaston
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Alberbury
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Albrighton
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Albrighton
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All Stretton
All Stretton is the northernmost of the three Strettons that are strung out along the road from Shrewsbury to Ludlow below the sprawling bulk of the Long Mynd. |
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Allscott
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Alveley
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Ash
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Ashford Carbonel
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Asterley
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Astley
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Astley Abbots
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Aston
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Aston Botterell
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Aston Pigott
Aston Pigott is a small hamlet located approximately 13 miles west of Shrewsbury and just off the Shrewsbury to Montgomery road. It consists of three working farms called Aston Pigott Farm, Hole Farm, and The Grove Farm. |
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Atcham
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Attingham
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Badger
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Ball
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Barrow
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Baschurch
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Battlefield
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Baystonhill
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Beckbury
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Bedstone
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Berrington
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Bicton
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Billingsley
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Bishop's Castle
On the edge of the Clun Forest, is the ancient market town of Bishop's Castle, the town retains its medieval outline and has a long and fascinating history. |
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Bitterley
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Boraston
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Bourton
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Bridgnorth
The half-timbered buildings, the markets, shops and inns of Bridgnorth have welcomed and enchanted visitors for centuries. |
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Brockton
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Bromfield
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Bromlow
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Broome
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Broseley
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Broughton
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Bucknell
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Buildwas
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Burlton
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Burwarton
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Cardeston
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Cardington
Cardington is a quiet village among the Shropshire hills. It was founded in Saxon times, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book as the property of the Viscount Rainald, the greatest of all the nobles who owned the Earl of Shrewsbury |
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Caynham
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Cherrington
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Cheswardine
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Chetton
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Chetwynd
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Chetwynd Aston
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Childs Ercall
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Chirbury
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Church Pulverbatch
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Church Stretton
Church Stretton's glorious setting in a narrow valley earned the name 'Little Switzerland' from the Victorians when they tried to establish it as a spa, and visitors today are still refreshed by its beauty. |
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Claverley
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Clee St. Margaret
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Cleobury Mortimer
Cleobury Mortimer - (pronounced Clibbery) The name derives from the great Norman family of Mortimer established here in 1086. |
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Cleobury North
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Clive
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Clun
Clun is a town in miniature, lying in the valley of the River Clun. The ruined Norman castle, built in the 12th century to defend the Welsh border dominates the town. |
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Clun Forest
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Clunbury
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Clungunford
Clungunford is a small village, witn no shops or pubs that is why it is a very peacefull place. The river clun runs through the village. |
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Clunton
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Coalbrookdale
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Coalport
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Cockshutt
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Colemere
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Condover
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Coreley
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Coton
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Cound
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Crackleybank
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Cressage
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Crudgington
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Culmington
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Dawley
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Diddlebury
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Ditton Priors
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Donnington
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Dorrington
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Eardington
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Eardiston
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Easthope
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Eaton
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Edgmond
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Edgton
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Edstaston
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Ellesmere
Set on the largest and most spectacular of nine glacial meres, Ellesmere was the birthplace of the Llangollen Canal, which was designed and built by Thomas Telford from his offices in the town and funded by money raised in a local hotel. |
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Eyton upon the Weald Moors
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Farlow
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Fenngreen
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Fitz
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Ford
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Frankton
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Frodesley
Frodesley is a tranquil hamlet on the edge of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, commanding good views on all sides of the surrounding hills and farmland. The main street is a quiet cul-de-sac. |
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Glazeley
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Gobowen
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Great Bolas
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Great Chatwell
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Great Ness
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Greet
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Grinshill
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Habberley
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Hadley
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Hadnall
Hadnall is a small village about 4 miles North of Shrewsbury on the A49. Just south of the village is the site of the 140' battle of Shrewsbury where Henry IV defeated Harry Hotspur at the bloodiest of battles ever fought on English soil. |
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Halford
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Halston
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Hampton
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Hanwood
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Harlescott
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Harley
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Haughton
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High Ercall
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Highley
I have lived in Highley all of my life & i would not like to live anywhere else. Highley has a lot of countryside and the River Severn flows though it. Highley has a lot to offer: shops, churches, golf courses, hair dressers, takeaways etc. |
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Hindford
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Hinstock
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Hodnet
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Hope Bagot
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Hope Bowdler
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Hopesay
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Hopton Cangeford
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Hoptonheath
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Horderley
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Hordley
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Horsehay
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Hughley
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Hyssington
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Ifton Heath
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Ightfield
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Ironbridge
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Kemberton
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Kenley
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Ketley
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Kinlet
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Kinnerley
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Kinnersley
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Kinton
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Knockin
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Lawley Bank
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Leaton
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Lee Brockhurst
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Leebotwood
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Leighton
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Lilleshall
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Linley
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Little Ness
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Little Stretton
Little Stretton is in the heart of the Shropshire Hills, nestling at the foot of the Long Mynd and looking across the valley to Ragleth Hill. |
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Llanfair Waterdine
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Llanyblodwel
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Llanymynech
This small, pretty village straddles the border between England (Shropshire) and Wales (Powys). Once upon a dry time (in the days when you couldn't drink in Powys on Sundays) the lounge bar in the pub was shut on the Sabbath |
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Llynclys
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Lockleywood
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Longford
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Longford
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Longnor
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Longville in the Dale
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Loppington
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Loughton
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Ludlow
Medieval Ludlow - Capital of the Marches - Ludlow is often called the 'perfect historic Town'. The castle is perched high on a cliff above the picturesque River Teme and breathes history at every turn. |
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Lydbury North
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Lydham
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Madeley
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Madeley Court
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Maesbury Marsh
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Mainstone
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Malins Lee
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Marchamley
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Market Drayton
Market Drayton is Famous for being the birthplace of Robert Clive - Clive of India; visitors can take a town trail and discover his 'Boyhood Haunts'. |
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Marshbrook
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Meadowtown
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Melverley
The village of Melverley is off the beaten track, a quiet village with houses and farms scattered over a large area. |
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Meole Brace
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Merrington
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Middleton
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Minsterley
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Monkhopton
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More
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Moreton Corbet
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Moreton Say
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Morville
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Much Wenlock
Stay in Much Wenlock and you will discover the rustic charm of a medieval market town complete with historic buildings and speciality shops. |
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Mucklestone
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Munslow
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Muxton
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Myddle
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Neen Savage
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Neenton
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Newcastle
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Newport (Telford)
One of the most unspoiled market towns in the district, Newport has a fascinating history as a twelfth century planned town, which was largely rebuilt in the 17th century after a great fire in 1665. |
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Norbury
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Norton
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Norton in Hales
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Oakengates
Oakengates is now part of Telford - Once a small, self-contained industrial town with a long history of coal mining and iron foundries. The town is now generating a reputation for itself as a centre for evening entertainment. |
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Onibury
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Oswestry
Unspoiled by progress, Oswestry is a bustling market town with an individual character formed over centuries. Narrow passageways link streets whose names conjure up images of the past: English Walls, Welsh Walls, The Bailey and The Horsemarket. |
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Pant
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Peplow
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Petton
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Picklescott
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Pipe Gate
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Pitchford
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Platt Lane
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Plealey
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Plowden
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Pontesbury
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Prees
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Preesgreen
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Presthope
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Preston Gubbals
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Preston upon the Weald Moors
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Quatford
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Quatt
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Ratlinghope
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Rednal
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Rodington
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Romsley
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Rowton
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Rushbury
The village of Rushbury lies in Apedale below the ridge of Wenlock Edge. It has a 19th century school, a half-timbered manor house, the earthworks of a Norman castle and an ancient church. |
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Ruyton of the Eleven Towns
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Ryton
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Selattyn
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Shawbury
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Shelve
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Sheriff Hales
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Shifnal
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Shipton
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Shrawardine
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Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is one of the country's most famous and picturesque market towns. In an idyllic border location, it is cradled by the rolling hills and plains of Shropshire. Famous for being the birthplace of Charles Darwin. |
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Sibdon Carwood
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Silvington
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Snead
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St. Martin's
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Stanlow
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Stanton Lacy
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Stanton Long
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Stanton upon Hine Heath
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Stapleton
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Stockton
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Stoke on Tern
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Stoke St. Milborough
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Stokesay
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Stottesden
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Stow
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Sutton Maddock
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Telford
Telford is named in honour of renowned eighteenth century road builder and engineer Thomas Telford, Shropshire's first county surveyor. |
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Ternhill
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Tibberton
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Ticklerton
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Tilley
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Tilstock
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Tong
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Trefonen
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Trench
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Tugford
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Upton Magna
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Walcot
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Walford
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Wellington (Telford)
Now part of Telford, Wellington still retains its character as an historic market town, set against the backdrop of the Wrekin Hill. |
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Welshampton
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Wem
The small market town of Wem, is famous for being the birthplace of the modern Sweet Pea. Visitors come from far and wide, to attend the annual show held in July. |
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Wentnor
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West Felton
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Westbury
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Weston
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Weston Lullingfields
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Whitchurch
Whitchurch is a bustling market town and an ideal base for a holiday whatever your interests. It is the home of J. B. Joyce, the oldest tower clockmakers in the world. |
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Whittington
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Whixall
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Wilcott
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Willey
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Willstone
Willstone is a tiny hamlet in the parish of Cardington. It lies on the South-East slope of a ridge called The Wilderness, overlooked by higher hills - Caer Caradoc and The Lawley. South of Willstone rises Willstone Hill, with the rock tow |
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Wistanstow
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Withington
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Wollaston
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Wombridge
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Woodcote
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Woolstaston
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Woore
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Worfield
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Worthen
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Wrockwardine
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Wroxeter
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Yockleton
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Yorton
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