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'''Shropshire''' is a county of western [[England]], on the border with [[Wales]]; it is bounded to the north by [[Cheshire]] and the Welsh county of [[Wrexham]], to the west by the Welsh counties of [[Denbighshire]] and [[Powys]]; to the south by [[Herefordshire]] and [[Worcestershire]], and to the east by [[West Midlands]] and [[Staffordshire]]. It is largely [[agricultural]]. The county town is the historic city of [[Shrewsbury]]; other major towns include Ludlow, Oswestry and Whitchurch. The [[New Town]] of [[Telford]] lies within the historic and ceremonial county of Shropshire but for administrative purposes became a [[Unitary Authority]] in the late 1990s. Telford includes within its boundaries the settlement of [[Ironbridge]], location of the first iron bridge in the world and symbolic birthplace of the [[Industrial Revolution]].

'''Shropshire''' is a county of western [[England]], on the border with [[Wales]] and for statistical purposes classed as part of the West Midlands. Forming a part of the historic Welsh Marches region, it borders [[Cheshire]] to the north, [[Staffordshire]] to the east, [[Worcestershire]] and [[Herefordshire]] to the south, bordering the Welsh counties of [[Radnorshire]] to the south west, [[Montgommeryshire]] to the west and [[Denbighshire]] to the north west. It is largely [[agricultural]]. The county town is the historic town of [[Shrewsbury]]. The largest town by urban area in Shropshire is Telford, a new town, just south of which lies [[Ironbridge]], named for the world's first cast-iron bridge over the River Severn built in 1779. Other notable towns include Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Oswestry and Whitchurch.

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