Shrawardine

Shrawardine is a small village in the civil parish of Montford. It is 5.9 miles (9.5 km) outside Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.[1]

Shrawardine

St Mary The Virgin Church, Shrawardine
Shrawardine
Location within Shropshire
OS grid referenceSJ399153
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHREWSBURY
Postcode districtSY3
Dialling code01743
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Etymology

Its name is locally pronounced Shray-den, and was often spelt "Shraydon" in old documents;[2] it is otherwise pronounced Shray-war-dine. The placename originates from Old English worðign "enclosed settlement" combined with either scraef "cave" or screawa "shrew", the latter used as a byname for an individual.[3]

Landmarks

The village's landmarks include Shrawardine Castle and St Mary's Church. The castle, known as Castell Isabella by the Anglo-Normans, was built in the reign of Henry I of England, and dismantled during the English Civil War in 1645.[1] It had been held since 1644 by the Royalist commander Sir William Vaughan, whose aggressive tactics earned him the nickname "the Devil of Shrawardine".[4]

Little Shrawardine

The River Severn passes to the west of the village. On the other side of the river is a hamlet called Little Shrawardine. It lies mainly within the civil parish of Montford.

Notable residents

See also

References
  1. Raven, M. A Guide to Shropshire, 2005, p.178
  2. Vale, Edmund (1949) Shropshire, London: Robert Hale, p.73
  3. Gelling, M. (2006) The Place-names of Shropshire, Part Five: The hundreds of Pimhill and Bradford North, EPNS, p.112
  4. Mangianello, S. The concise encyclopedia of the revolutions and wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660, Scarecrow, 2004, p.491
  5. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.

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