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Its population is 67,126 (2001).
Its population is 67,126 (2001).
==History==
==History==
There is no recorded Roman settlement at present-day Shrewsbury, although 8 miles to the south-west is the site of ''Viroconium Cornoviorum'' (now [[Wroxeter]]), the 4th largest settlement in Roman Britain. The Shrewsbury Hoard, which consists of over 9,300 Roman coins, was discovered near the town in August 2009, and were found inside a Roman pot thought thought to have been buried around the year 335 AD.
Shrewsbury's monastic institutions ended during the [[Protestant Reformation]], with the closure of Shrewsbury Abbey. At this time, [[Henry VIII]] intended to make Shrewsbury one of his new bishoprics (and would have covered Shropshire and Staffordshire) and, therefore a [[cathedral city]]. The citizens of the town, however, refused the king's offer. This is the origin of the term "Proud Salopians": Shrewsbury's leadership preferred to be the most senior town in England, not its most minor city.
Shrewsbury's monastic institutions ended during the [[Protestant Reformation]], with the closure of Shrewsbury Abbey. At this time, [[Henry VIII]] intended to make Shrewsbury one of his new bishoprics (and would have covered Shropshire and Staffordshire) and, therefore a [[cathedral city]]. The citizens of the town, however, refused the king's offer. This is the origin of the term "Proud Salopians": Shrewsbury's leadership preferred to be the most senior town in England, not its most minor city.