Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

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civil parish county town town

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England is a historic market town near the Welsh border, renowned for its well-preserved medieval architecture and as the birthplace of naturalist Charles Darwin.

Aliases (5)

Shrewsbury town centre ×7
Shrewsbury ×1
Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency) ×1
Shrewsbury civil parish ×1
Shrewsbury, Shropshire ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil parish → county town → town →
administrativeCentreOf	Shropshire Council →
birthplaceOf	Charles Darwin →
country	England →
governingBody	Shrewsbury Town Council →
hasCulturalEvent	Shrewsbury Flower Show → Shrewsbury Folk Festival →
hasDialCode	01743 →
hasEducationalInstitution	Shrewsbury College → Shrewsbury School →
hasHeritageDesignation	historic market town →
hasHistoricCounty	Shropshire →
hasHistoricFeature	medieval town walls (remnants) → narrow winding streets and passages →
hasHistoricMarketCharter	medieval period →
hasLandmark	Dingle garden → English Bridge → Shrewsbury Abbey → Shrewsbury Castle → St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury → St Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury → The Quarry (park) → Welsh Bridge →
hasNotableResident	Charles Darwin → Wilfred Owen →
hasParliamentaryConstituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham →
hasPostcodeArea	SY →
hasRailwayStation	Shrewsbury railway station →
hasRegion	West Midlands →
hasTraditionalIndustry	agriculture → market trading →
hasTwinTown	Glogów → Quakenbrück → Tulle →
isCountyTownOf	Shropshire →
knownFor	medieval architecture → timber-framed buildings → well-preserved medieval street plan →
locatedIn	Shropshire → West Midlands region →
locatedOnRiver	River Severn →
nearBorderWith	Wales →
OSGridReference	SJ490125 →
sovereignState	United Kingdom →
timeZone	GMT →
timeZoneDST	BST →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Shrewsbury Castle ("Shrewsbury town centre") → The Mount, Shrewsbury ("Shrewsbury town centre") → The Quarry, Shrewsbury ("Shrewsbury town centre") →	near
Charles Darwin →	birthPlace
River Severn in Shrewsbury ("Shrewsbury town centre") →	flowsThrough
Shrewsbury Town Council ("Shrewsbury civil parish") →	hasJurisdictionOver
Shrewsbury railway station ("Shrewsbury town centre") →	hasNearbyLandmark
The Mount (street), Shrewsbury ("Shrewsbury town centre") →	hasProximityTo
Shrewsbury Castle ("Shrewsbury town centre") →	hasView
Robert Clive ("Shrewsbury") →	parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented
Edith Pargeter →	placeOfDeath
Shrewsbury and Atcham ("Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)") →	predecessor
Charles Darwin ("Shrewsbury, Shropshire") →	residence