I'm not sure when the last change was but I think it was in the seventies but someone else may be able to put me right there:- Allie. I found something similar for Shrewsbury:- "in the 12c. For a time the names were interchangable and people from shropshire are still Salopians.
The problems came when the government decided the county would be Salop and then some one realised that there is a similar word in French that is used to refer to a prositute.
So the county went back to being Shropshire and shrops became the prefered abbreviation just in case the french got the wrong idea about the place. Sarah - Proud Salopian. Imagine travelling to France with a bus with Salop on the the back , back in the earrly 80's no wonder we got a few funny looks.
Gerald, writing in the twelfth century, says that Powys anciently has six cantrefs, of three were taken by the English and became Shropshire. Here then was founded the abbey of Oswaldes treow ; Oswestry , which grew from pilgrimage and those seeking the healing qualities attributed to the well here.
It was about this time that lowland Powys was annexed to the Kingdom of the Mercians by King Wulfhere in, a moment recalled by the poetry of Llywarch Hen:. High may the mountain be I care not that I herd my cattle there. Thin seems my cloak. Gone are my brethren from the lands of the Severn Around the banks of Dwyryw. In the next century King Offa fixed the border in the eighth century, building two significant dykes there to mark the bounds of the kingdom and defend his territory against the Welsh princes.
In subsequent centuries, the area suffered repeated Danish invasion. In the reconquest, fortresses were built at Bridgnorth and Chirbury. After the Norman Conquest in , major estates in Shropshire were granted to Normans, including Roger de Montgomerie, who ordered significant constructions, particularly in Shrewsbury, the town of which he was Earl.
Also in this period, a number of religious foundations were formed, the county largely falling at this time under the diocese of Hereford and that of Coventry and Lichfield. Some areas in later times fell under the diocese of St. Asaph until it ceased to exist in The county was a central part of the Welsh Marches during the Middle Ages and was often embroiled in the power struggles between powerful Marcher Lords, the Earls of March and successive kings.
Henry VIII's parliament abolished the marcher lordships and the western border of Shropshire was settled. Until however Wales, Herefordshire and Shropshire were administered separately from the rest of England, but the Council of Wales and the Marches, which had functions here similar to those exercised by the Privy Council in London. The Welsh language continued to be spoken in parts of Shropshire, notably Oswestry, into the twentieth century.
The county now contains a number of historically significant towns, including Shrewsbury , Ludlow and Oswestry. The area around Coalbrookdale is seen as highly significant to world history, this was one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution, and one of the products of the forges set up here, the Iron Bridge still spans the Severn at the village it created; Ironbridge.
Shrewsbury , once one of the great towns of the realm, has population of about half the size. The other sizeable towns are Oswestry , Bridgnorth , Newport and Ludlow. The historic town of Wellington now makes up part of the Telford conurbation.
The majority of the other settlements can be classed as villages or small towns. Shropshire Mint Cakes. Aromatic Shropshire Pudding. Shropshire is officially named as one of the happiest places to live in the UK Office for National Statistics This point explains itself… who doesn't want to be happy?
This can be seen to be down to the sense of community, lower population density than most parts of the UK, and the low crime rate. The other sizeable towns are Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Newport and Ludlow. Herefordshire, also called Hereford, unitary authority and historic county that covers a roughly circular area in the Welsh borderland of west-central England.
The city of Hereford, in the centre of the unitary authority, is the administrative centre. Shrewsbury is Rent in Shrewsbury is, on average, There is an imposing red sandstone castle — now a regimental museum — as well as a beautiful park known as the Quarry which every summer hosts the world-famous Shrewsbury Flower Show.
In Shrewsbury, the summers are comfortable and partly cloudy and the winters are long, very cold, windy, and mostly cloudy. Average temperatures in Shrewsbury vary somewhat. It's official! Shropshire named as one of the happiest places to live in the UK Ludlow Castle.
The Dingle, in Shrewsbury's Quarry Park. The Iron Bridge in Ironbridge. Cae Glas Park in Oswestry. The Llangollen Canal. The Mere in Ellesmere. What do you call someone from Shropshire? Category: music and audio folk music. What is Salop short? How did Oswestry get its name? Is Shropshire in England or Wales? Where in England is Shropshire? How big is Shropshire?
When was Shrewsbury founded? What does Ow bist mean?
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