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SHIFNAL, Shropshire

"SHIFFNAL, a parish, post and market town in the Shiffnal division of the hundred of Brimstree, county Salop, 18 miles S.E. of Shrewsbury, and 8 S.E. of Newport. It is a station on the Shrewsbury and Birmingham railway. It is situated on the turnpike road from London to Holyhead, in a country abounding with coal, and iron-ore."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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• The transcription of the section for Shifnal from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

[Original page by Brian Pears 21 Mar 2003 (Gaz3 v01.19)]

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