Charles Darwin is Shrewsbury's most famous son and recently voted as one of the greatest Britons. Born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire on the 12th February 1809 at Mount House, he was the son of Robert, a well respected doctor, and Susannah a member of the Wedgwood family.
Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury in 1809 and is certainly the town's most famous son. ...
Admiral John Benbow was born in Coton Hill, Shrewsbury, and became famous whilst fighting the French during the war of Spanish succession where he became a British naval hero.
Among the most well-known figures from Shropshire are Charles Darwin, the father of the evolutionary theory, and Wilfred Owen, a renowned World War I poet. Other notable names include actors Michael Palin and Clive Owen, as well as singer-songwriter Howard Jones.
Birthplace of Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury is set amidst the glorious Shropshire countryside near to the Welsh Borders and is one of England's finest medieval market towns. The town has over 600 listed buildings including the Castle and the Abbey (home of the fictional Brother Cadfael).
This name gradually evolved in three directions, into Sciropscire, which became Shropshire; into Sloppesberie, which became Salop / Salopia (an alternative name for both town and county), and into Schrosberie, which eventually became the town's name, Shrewsbury.
The town was scarcely bombed in World War II, the only deaths occurring in 1940 when a woman and two grandchildren were killed when a cottage was hit in Ellesmere Road, so many of its ancient buildings remain intact and there was little redevelopment apart from some significant cases of lack of building conservation ...
Shrewsbury is home to 660 listed buildings and most famous for being the birthplace of Charles Darwin. His statue sits outside Shrewsbury Library, the building that was once his school.
Her Majesty made three visits to the region in the 1950s – to Stafford in 1955, and on a tour of the Dudley area in 1957. But her first visit was to Shrewsbury in October, 1952, just months after becoming Queen.
As a whole Shrewsbury is a very wealthy town, benefiting from being the trading capital of the county given its place on the river, and during the Industrial Revolution, its proximity to the 'birthplace of industry' in Coalbrookdale and its position as the 'gateway to Wales' via the railway network.
Charles Darwin is Shrewsbury's most famous son and recently voted as one of the greatest Britons. Born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire on the 12th February 1809 at Mount House, he was the son of Robert, a well respected doctor, and Susannah a member of the Wedgwood family. Darwin lived in Shrewsbury until he was 27.
Whitchurch is the oldest continually inhabited town in Shropshire. Originally called 'Mediolanum', the town weas founded by the Romans as it stood on a major trade route.
Charles Darwin was born at The Mount House in Shrewsbury on 12 February 1809 and grew up here with his five siblings. The property is typically Georgian and was built by Charles' father Dr Robert Darwin in 1800.
The town is the birthplace of Charles Darwin and is where he spent 27 years of his life. Shrewsbury is set amidst the glorious Shropshire countryside near the Welsh Borders and is one of England's finest medieval market towns. The town is the commercial centre for Shropshire and mid-Wales.
Named after the town where they were first baked, Shrewsbury Biscuits can trace their origins back to the 1500s. A simple basic recipe of sugar, flour, egg, butter and lemon zest, they can be served as small individual biscuits or large enough to be a main dessert dish.
Beginning life as 'Pengwern', the capital of the Kingdom of Powys, the town was seized by Mercia in 778. This was the beginning of Shrewsbury's geographical importance, and centuries of alternating between Welsh and English ownership.
The House of Commons. This dates back to the reign of Charles 1, when he wanted to arrest five Parliamentarians during our Civil War. They were warned and evaded him, but since then the Monarch cannot enter the House of Commons and the State Opening of Parliament is in the House of Lords.
On 26 March 1976 The Queen visited the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment at Malvern, Worcestershire. During the visit Her Majesty sent her first ever email. The message was sent by the press of a button which transmitted a communication to all ARPANET users, being the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network.
According to the survey, Shrewsbury is Shropshire's happiest town. The county town is also the sixth happiest place in the West Midlands, with only Stourbridge, Leamington Spa, Worcester, Hereford and Stratford-upon-Avon ahead of it on the list. Shrewsbury was also named as the 67th happiest town in the UK to live.
Shrewsbury Castle and Shrewsbury Abbey are the town's two oldest landmarks. They were both built by Roger de Montgomery, William the Conqueror's right hand man, but the Castle that you see towering above the town today was rebuilt by Edward I, two hundred years later.
On June 18, 1905, White City Amusement Park opened, according to Shrewsbury Historian Michael Perna. The park was called the White City because all the buildings and attractions were white. The park was built on the edge of the lake and one of the rides even brought participants out over the water.
The key thing has always been to get Royal approval, and these days that is done through a bidding process - Shrewsbury twice applied for city status early this century, without any success. Size doesn't matter either. London isn't officially a city, but St Davids in Pembrokeshire, with only 1,600 inhabitants, is one.
Shrewsbury is a vibrant town with a long distinguished history. First recorded in a Charter of 901, Shrewsbury developed as a market town aided by the natural defensive qualities of a large meander in the River Severn.
Shrewsbury, town, administrative and historic county of Shropshire, western England. It is the county town (seat) of Shropshire, and its strategic position near the border between England and Wales has made it a town of great importance.
