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Shrewsbury

The Shropshire's county town is Shrewsbury (/ˈʃroʊzbəri/ SHROHZ-bər-ee, /ˈʃruːz-/ SHROOZ-). Built Shrewsbury Castle in 1074, taking the title of Earl, Roger de Montgomery was given the town as a gift from William. Shrewsbury Town F.C. used the loggerheads, had a shrew that was Celtic from 1986 till 1992 and had a badge depicting a lion from 2007 to 2015 rather than a loggerhead.

On a site ("Kingsland") overlooking the Severn loop of the town centre's south, Shrewsbury is home to a public school, Shrewsbury School. Shrewsbury High School, an independent girls' school, is opposite on the other side of the river.

Running south to Cardiff and Hereford, west to Aberystwyth, north to Manchester, Chester, Wrexham, and Crewe, and east to Birmingham via Telford, Shifnal and Wolverhampton, Transport for Wales Rail and West Midlands Trains serve Shrewsbury railway station. In 1074 and 1083, Roger de Montgomery, Shrewsbury's Norman Earl, founded a former Benedictine monastery, Shrewsbury Abbey, and Castle of Shrewsbury, a fortification of sandstone.

For years, the Drapers Company of Shrewsbury dominated the Welsh wool trade. Former Anglican building, Shrewsbury GO Church is off Sutton Road to the south.

The administrative centre for the Shropshire Council is Shrewsbury, the authority that is unitary covering Shropshire's most (but excluding an area of unitary authority that is separate, the Telford and Wrekin Borough). Served as the administrative headquarters of the regional 143 of the British Army Brigade (West Midlands) whose administrative HQ at Copthorne was based, until 2014, the HMS Talent submarine with Shrewsbury and town is affiliated.

Where the Royal Hospital of Shrewsbury, about (121 km) 75 miles away, westwards has the department of A&E until Aberystwyth, this is not only evident in the retail sector, but in the healthcare sector. Since 2014's autumn, Shrewsbury's University Centre has been offering courses for postgraduate and, undergraduate students, from autumn 2015, are being welcomed.