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Shropshire (county) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 41 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.6833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 39 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.6500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises river valleys, low ridges and plains; remains include several Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age objects and a 1st-century Roman fortress; was long object of English-Welsh border disputes; large iron-producing area since Industrial Revolution; the world's first cast-iron bridge was built at Ironbridge in 1779; the area is now mainly agricultural. The rapidly developing area around Telford new town became an independent unitary authority (Telford and Wrekin) in 1998. |
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| Shropshire (preferred,C,V,O,English-P,U)
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| Shrops (C,V)
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............ | abbreviation |
| SAL (C,V)
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............ | abbreviation |
| County of Shropshire (NA,V,English,U)
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| Shropshire, County of (NA,V,English,U)
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| UKL6 (NA,V,FIPS)
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| Salop (H,V,English,U)
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............ | 1974-1980 |
| Sciropescire (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book |
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| county (preferred, C) |
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established 1974 |
| second level subdivision (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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