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In Welsh, the county is known as ''Sir Amwythig'', a calque of the English name (with Shrewsbury being known as ''Amwythig'' in Welsh).
In Welsh, the county is known as ''Sir Amwythig'', a calque of the English name (with Shrewsbury being known as ''Amwythig'' in Welsh).
== History ==
== History ==
The lands that would become Shropshire lay at the heart of the territory of the Brittonic Celtic tribe the Cornovii, according to [[Ptolemy]]'s ''Geography'' of c. 100 AD; a tribe whose territory comprised parts of the modern [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]], [[North West England]] and north-east [[Wales]].
The lands that would become Shropshire lay at the heart of the territory of the Brittonic Celtic tribe the Cornovii, according to [[Ptolemy]]'s ''Geography'' of c. 100 AD; a tribe whose territory comprised parts of the modern [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]], [[North West England]] and north-east [[Wales]]. The tribe's capital is thought to have been at [[The Wrekin]].
Following the end of Roman administration in Great Britain in the early 5th century, present-day Shropshire may have formed a part of the neo-Brittonic [[Kingdom of Powys]], but the immediately post-Roman era of British history is obscure, so this is far from certain.
Britain was settled by, and came under political dominance from, Germanic-speaking peoples from present-day Germany and Denmark in the early-mid 5th century. [[Cheshire]], much of Shropshire and northern Wales formed a part of the territory of the ''Wreocensæte'' (an Old English name meaning "Wrekin-dwellers"), a people of early [[Anglo-Saxon]] England. The territory had been absorbed by the Anglian kingdom [[Mercia]] in the time of [[Offa|King Offa]] (reigned 757-796 AD). It is likely that, around this time, Shrewsbury was established as a fortified burh.
== Detached ==
== Detached ==