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Britain at its best: With its half-timbered buildings, medieval walls and Grade II-listed bridge, Charles Darwin’s home town of Shrewsbury has undergone a glorious evolution The Daily Mail’s David Atkinson went on a guided walking tour of Charles Darwin’s early life in Shrewsbury He visited St Chad’s Church, where Darwin was baptised, and the Darwin’s … Read more
Just a month ago the medieval town of Shrewsbury was hit by the worst flooding it had seen in 20 years. The River Severn rose to record levels and much of Shropshire’s county town and its half-timbered buildings were cut off. Some shops shut down after footfall fell to 25 per cent of the previous … Read more
Aristocratic Earl of Shrewsbury demands law change to allow daughters to inherit titles to mark International Women’s Day – while Labour launches fresh attempt to boot all hereditary peers out of the House of Lords Charles Chetwynd-Talbot wants to end the ‘imbalance of the genders’ in system The 67-year-old earl’s elder child is his daughter, … Read more
Flood-hit residents hit out today after 400 tons of water a second went surging towards the medieval town of Shrewsbury as UK river levels rose to record highs. Dozens of the traditional Tudor-style buildings in the Shropshire town have been flooded, with hundreds of sandbags placed outside shops and businesses amid a severe ‘danger to … Read more