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 Welcome to the choir's home town St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury Founded by Offa, King of Mercia around 780 AD. The present church was built between 1790 and 1792 following the collapse of the old church in 1788. The churchyard was used for the film "Christmas Carol" which was filmed in Shrewsbury in 1984 Fed up with big Multi-National stores that offer you the same goods in any town ? Come and visit Shrewsbury. We have a wealth of small individual shops which sell goods of the most amazing variety. You will not be bored by seeing the same goods that you see in other towns. Our shops are unique and well worth visiting. Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire with a population of around 95,000, and lies close to the Welsh border. Charles Darwin, the grandson of Josiah Wedgewood was born here in 1801. Clive of India was born within 18 miles of the town. One of the great arterial roads built by the Romans was Watling Street, (the original A5) and this ran from London, north-west through St Albans to Viroconium (now Wroxeter). This 1st-century AD Roman legionary fortress at Viroconium was one of the largest towns in Roman Britain. It is only 4 miles from Shrewsbury, and still exists in part, (it is now part of Telford New Town). KING ARTHUR, (the real one), was born, lived and died in Shropshire. No, really. Perfectly sane academics make the case that he was actually a king of the Votadini Tribe. They did their pillaging and what-not around Viroconium, close to modern Wroxeter. He married a local girl, too. The good lady Guinevere - or Ganhumara - came from Oswestry. He is revealed to be the British warrior who, following the Roman withdrawal in the 5th century, defeated the invading Anglo-Saxons at the battle of Badon (493AD). Excavations at the Dark capital of Powis, Wroxeter, four miles to the east of Shrewsbury, have shown that in the fifth century, this city may have been the most sophisticated in the country. Viroconium at Wroxeter was the fourth largest city in Roman Britain. It may also have been the capital of Arthurian Britain and may be the famous Camelot. Find out more about King Arthur Thanks to Abraham Darby's method of smelting ironstone with coal in the 18th century, Shropshire became, at that time, the greatest iron-producing area in England. This resulted in the world's first cast iron bridge being erected at Ironbridge in 1779. Ironbridge is only 15 minutes drive away In 1850, Dawley was a small village 10 miles east of Shrewsbury, on the 18th January 1848 Mathew Webb was born in Dawley which is also part of Telford New Town. He became the First man to swim across the English Channel unaided in any way. His body was annointed with porpoise grease and he was sustained while treading water by doses of cod-liver oil, beef-tea, brandy, coffee and strong old ale. Much Wenlock only 15 miles south of Shrewsbury is the birthplace of the modern Olympic Games. In 1850, local GP Dr William Penny-Brookes introduced physical education into British schools, and this inspired the fore-runner of the games for "the promotion of moral, physical and intellectual improvement". These games are still held in Much Wenlock every July. Baron de Coubert was inspired to create the global event after a visit to the games in Much Wenlock and Dr Penny-Brookes Shrewsbury is rich
in music having many choirs, musical groups and singers
of all types. It has produced many famous people, and is
the home of the Shrewsbury International Music Festival,
also the home of the Shrewsbury Male
Voice Choir
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