| − | 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]]; 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]]. |