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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. In 1931 the parish had a population of 176. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Montford.




Etymology


Its name is locally pronounced Shray-den, and was often spelt "Shraydon" in old documents; 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.




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. It had been held since 1644 by the Royalist commander Sir William Vaughan, whose aggressive tactics earned him the nickname "the Devil of Shrawardine".




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 within the civil parish of Alberbury with Cardeston.




Notable residents


Henry Bromley (died 1615), Elizabethan and Jacobean politician, owned Shrawardine Castle where he died.
Rev Dr Nevil Maskelyne FRS FRSE , the fifth Astronomer Royal, was Rector of the parish 1775 to 1782.
Jane Gray (stained glass artist) has had a workshop in Shrawardine since 1992.




See also


Listed buildings in Montford, Shropshire




References






External links


Media related to Shrawardine at Wikimedia Commons

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• List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Shropshire
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• List of places in Shropshire
• Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway
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