Shrawardine is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Montford, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is 5.9 miles (9.5 km) outside Shrewsbury.[1] In 1931 the parish had a population of 176.[2] On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Montford.[3]
| Shrawardine | |
|---|---|
 St Mary The Virgin Church, Shrawardine | |
  Shrawardine Location within Shropshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ399153 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHREWSBURY |
| Postcode district | SY3 |
| Dialling code | 01743 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Etymology
editIts name is locally pronounced Shray-den, and was often spelt "Shraydon" in old documents;[4] 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.[5]
Landmarks
editThe 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".[6]
Little Shrawardine
editThe River Severn passes to the west of the village. On the other side of the river is a hamlet called Little Shrawardine. It lies within the civil parish of Alberbury with Cardeston.
Notable residents
edit- Henry Bromley (died 1615), Elizabethan and Jacobean politician, owned Shrawardine Castle where he died.[7]
- Rev Dr Nevil Maskelyne FRS FRSE , the fifth Astronomer Royal, was Rector of the parish 1775 to 1782.[8]
- Jane Gray (stained glass artist) has had a workshop in Shrawardine since 1992.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Raven, M. A Guide to Shropshire, 2005, p.178
- ^ "Population statistics Shrawardine AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Shrawardine AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ Vale, Edmund (1949) Shropshire, London: Robert Hale, p.73
- ^ Gelling, M. (2006) The Place-names of Shropshire, Part Five: The hundreds of Pimhill and Bradford North, EPNS, p.112
- ^ Mangianello, S. The concise encyclopedia of the revolutions and wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639-1660, Scarecrow, 2004, p.491
- ^ Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. (1982). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604–1629. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Collection of stained glass up for auction". Shropshire Star. 25 March 2022. p. 31.Report on forthcoming auction of some of Gray's work.
External links
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