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Acton Burnell Castle

Acton Burnell Castle is a 13th century fortified manor house, located near the village of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England (grid reference SJ534019). It is believed that the first Parliament of England at which the Commons were fully represented was held here in 1283. Today all that remains is the outer shell of the manor house and the…

Boscobel House

Boscobel House (grid reference SJ837082), in the parish of Boscobel on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border, near Wolverhampton and Albrighton, England, was built around 1632, when landowner John Giffard of White Ladies Priory converted a timber-framed farmhouse into a hunting lodge. Boscobel House became one of the most evocative sites in the English historical imagination. It was at this property that Charles II hid in a tree to escape discovery by Parliamentary soldiers after the Battle of Worcester. See also the article on Escape of Charles II. It is a Grade II* listed building and has…

Buildwas Abbey

Buildwas Abbey is located along the banks of the…

Cantlop Bridge

To the north of the village there is a cast iron single span bridge (Cantlop Bridge), designed by Thomas Telford[citation needed]. Originally a road bridge to cross the Cound Brook, it now remains just as…

Clun Castle

Clun Castle is a ruined castle in the small town of Clun, Shropshire (grid reference SO298809). It is owned by the Duke of Norfolk (who also…

Haughmond Abbey

Haughmond Abbey at Haughmond Hill in Shropshire, otherwise known as the Abbey of Saint John the Evangelist, was founded in about 1100 AD. A statue of St John with his emblem can be found carved into the arches of…

Iron Bridge

The Iron Bridge crosses the River Severn at the Ironbridge Gorge, by the village of Ironbridge, in Shropshire, England. It was the first arch bridge in the world to be made out of cast iron, a material which was previously far too expensive to use for large structures. However, a new blast furnace nearby lowered the cost and so encouraged local engineers and…

Langley Chapel

Langley Chapel is a 17th century Anglican parish church, located in a remote area approximately 1.5 miles to the south of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England. It is now in the care of English Heritage, and is notable for having a complete set of…

Lilleshall Abbey

Extensive ruins of an Augustinian abbey, later a Civil War stronghold, in a deeply rural setting. Much of the church survives, unusually viewable from gallery…

Mitchell's Fold Stone Circle

Mitchell’s Fold (sometimes called Medgel’s Fold) is a Bronze Age stone circle in South-West Shropshire, located on dry heathland at the south-west end of Stapeley Hill in the civil parish…