by a bend of the Severn, which is spanned by two stone
bridges—the English bridge, leading to the suburb of
Abbey-Foregate ; and the Welsh bridge, leading to the
suburb of Frank well. Among the chief objects of in-
terest are the remains of the old walls ; the ruins of the
castle, built immediately after the Conquest; the church
of Holy Cross, originally attached to a great Benedic-
tine abbey; the grammar school of Edward VI., now
ranking high among public schools; the old market-
house, of time of Elizabeth; and the monuments to
Lord Clive and Lord Hill. The Quarry Promenade,
along the river side, has a fine avenue of lime trees,
planted in 1719. Shrewsbury is a railway centre ; and it
has glass-staining and malting, linen-thread mfrs., iron
foundries, and agrieultural-implement works. It was
a place of great importance in the frontier wars of the
Saxon and Norman periods, and in 1403 was the scene
of a great battle between the forces of the Earl of North-
umberland and those of Henry IV., in which the earl
was defeated and his son, “ Hotspur,” slain. Shrews-
bury was first chartered by the Conqueror. It returns
1 member to Parliament; it returned 2 members from
the time of Edward I. until 1885.

Shrewsbury Canal, Shropshire ; extends from river
Severn, at Shrewsbury, 17 miles E. past Uffington to
Donnington Canal near Wombridge.

Shrewton, par. and vil., Wilts—par., 2225 ac., pop.
677; vil., 6 miles NW. of Amesbury ; P.O.

Slirlff, seat, 2 m. N. of Drumahaire, NW. co. Leitrim.

Shriglcy, vil., in par. and 1 mile NE. of Killyleagh,
E. co. Down, pop. 949; has flax mills.

Shrigley Hall, seat, Pott Shrigley township, Prest-
bury par., Cheshire, 4½ miles NE. of Macclesfield.

Shrivenham.—hundred, Berks, in NW. of co., 30,766
ac., pop. 4856 ; contains 6 pars, and parts of 3 others.—
2. Shrivenham, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta.,
Berks, in NW. of co.—par., 8430 ac., pop. 1965 ; town-
ship, pop. 721; vil., 1 mile N. of sta. and 6 miles NE.
of Swindon Junction ; P.O., T.O.

Shronell, par., in co. and 4 miles NW. of Tipperary,
2805 ac., pop. 628 ; P.O.

Shropliam.—hundred, Norfolk, 47,585 ac., pop. 8200;
contains 21 pars.—2. Shropham, par. and vil., Nor-
folk—par., 2678 ac., pop. 433; vil., 4 miles N. of East
Harling; P.O.

Shropshire (or Salop), co. in west-midlands of Eng-
land, bounded N. by Cheshire and detached part of
Flintshire, E. by Staffordshire, S. by Worcestershire,
Herefordshire, and Radnorshire, and W. by Mont-
gomeryshire and Denbighshire; area, 844,565 ac.,
pop. 248,014. The river Severn, running SE., divides
the co. into 2 nearly equal parts. The northern,
occupied by the new red sandstone, is generally level;
the southern, belonging to the old red sandstone, is of
a more elevated and rugged character, reaching in the
Clee Hills a height of 1805 ft. The soil is various, but
generally fertile and well cultivated; there are, how-
ever, considerable tracts of waste land. The principal
crops are wheat, barley, oats, pease, beans, vetches,
turnips, and potatoes. The co. is famous for its breed
of sbeep. Cattle - breeding and dairy - farming are
carried on in the S. and W. (For agricultural sta-
tistics, see Appendix.) The principal mineral products
are coal and iron, with limestone, freestone, and lead.
Tbe mfrs., besides those connected with iron, include
carpets, flannels, gloves, glass, stoneware, paper, and
malt. Shropshire is connected by the river with Glou-
cester and Bristol, and by canals with Chester and
Liverpool, while Shrewsbury is a railway centre. The
co. contains 1.4 hundreds, 252 pars, with parts of 6
others, the pari, and mun. bor. of Shrewsbury (1
member), and the mun. bors. of Bridgnorth, Ludlow,
Oswestry, and Wenlock. It is in the dioceses of Here-
ford, Lichfield, and St Asaph. For parliamentary
purposes it is divided into 4 divisions—viz., Western or
Oswestry, Northern or Newport, Mid or Wellington,
and Southern or Ludlow—1 member for each division.

Shroton, or Iwerne Courtnay : which see.

Shrove, 7 miles from Moville, N. co. Donegal; P.O.

Shrnh End, 2 miles from Colchester, Essex ; P.O.

Shrub Hill, seat, near Dorking, Surrey.

Shrubland Hall, seat, 3 miles SE. of Needham-
Market, Suffolk.