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About Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is popularly known as a medieval town, having been founded c.800 and it was during the "late Middle Ages" (14th/15th Centuries) in which the town was at its height in terms of national importance and wealth. This was mainly due to the wool trade, a major industry at the time, with the rest of Britain and Europe, especially with the River Severn and Watling Street as trading routes. It is believed that Henry VIII intended to make Shrewsbury a cathedral city after the formation of the Church of England, but the citizens of the town declined the offer.
The town was little affected by the industrial revolution, despite the proximity to Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge, commonly known as the birthplaces of industry. However, the town is home to the Ditherington Flax Mill, the worlds first iron-framed building, which is commonly regarded as "the grandfather of the skyscraper". Shrewsbury has also played a unique part in Western intellectual history, by being the town in which the great naturalist Charles Darwin was born and raised.
Shrewsbury Population
The population of the town of Shrewsbury is a little over 70,000 although the population of the borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham is higher, at just under 96,000. In 1981 the population of the town was 57,731 and in 1991 the population of the town was 64,219. Shrewsbury is Shropshires second largest town, below Telford and ahead of Oswestry. In-line with the rapid growth of town population, a 2005 report on prison population in the UK has found that the prison, HMP Shrewsbury, is the most overcrowded in England and Wales.
In 2000 and again in 2002, Shrewsbury unsuccessfully applied for city status. Within the borough, but not part of the town of Shrewsbury, is the large village of Bayston Hill. This was once a much smaller village but has grown up to become a suburb of the town. It remains, however, a separate entity to the town, with its own parish council, etc. Bayston Hill lies some 3 miles south of the town centre of Shrewsbury and on the A49 and near to the A5. The smaller village of Battlefield, this time to the north of the town, is also considered now as a suburb of the town due to recent growth in the surrounding area. It is covered by the unparished town area of the borough and is included in a town ward.
Key Facts - Shrewsbury
| Population | 70,560 |
| OS grid reference | SJ491124 |
| District | Shrewsbury and Atcham |
| Shire county | Shropshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Post town | SHREWSBURY |
| Postcode district | SY1, SY2, SY3 |
| Dial code | 01743 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Shropshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |