History of Shropshire

thumb|The River Teith|River Teifi, West WalesThe two men are John Davies (forefront) and Will Davies of [[Cenarth; the last two legitimate coracle fishermen in Cenarth.They are both using the single-arm method of propulsion; a means of gliding downstream in a controlled way. They carry their coracles and their fish home on their backs. (1972)]] A coracle is a small, rounded, lightweight boat traditionally used in Wales, Ireland, particularly on the River Boyne, and Scotland, particularly on the River Spey. The word is also used for similar boats found in India, Vietnam, Iraq, and Tibet. The w

defensive earthworks on the border between Anglian (or 'English') Mercia and the Kingdom of Wales

medieval fortification in Shropshire, England, UK

Ironbridge is a riverside village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. Located on the bank of the River Severn, at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge, it lies in the civil parish of The Gorge. Ironbridge developed beside, and takes its name from, the Iron Bridge, a cast iron bridge that was built in 1779.

sporting event; forerunner of the modern Olympic Games

Roman town, near Wroxeter in modern-day Shropshire, England

300px|thumb|The Magonsæte kingdom Magonsæte was a minor sub-kingdom of the greater Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, thought to be coterminous with the Diocese of Hereford.

Celtic people of the Iron Age and Roman Britain

linear earthwork in Wales and England

Grade I listed factory in Shropshire, England, UK

final battle in Caratacus's resistance to Roman rule (50 AD)

Merewalh (sometimes given as Merwal or Merewald was a sub-king of the Magonsæte, a western cadet kingdom of Mercia thought to have been located in Herefordshire and Shropshire. Merewalh is thought to have lived in the mid to late 7th century, having acceded the throne during the time of Penda of Mercia, who, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle : implies, was his father. Though Merewalh's name implies that may have been a Briton. It is possible that Merewalh was a British leader, rewarded by Penda for his aid in war, perhaps at the Battle of Maserfelth. We know nothing of the origins of his first wife, w

Museum service based in Shropshire, United Kingdom

thumb|250px|right|Post-Roman Welsh kingdoms or tribes. The modern border between Wales and England is shown in purple. Pengwern was a Brythonic settlement of sub-Roman Britain situated in what is now the English county of Shropshire, adjoining the modern Welsh border. It is regarded as possibly being the early seat of the kings of Powys before its establishment at Mathrafal, further west, but the theory that it was an early kingdom (or a sub-kingdom of Powys itself) has also been postulated. Its precise location is uncertain.

11th-century Anglo-Saxon magnate

castle in Clun, Shropshire, England, UK

airfield in Shropshire

Georgian house in Shrewsbury, England

boundary between England and Wales

12th-century castle in England built within an Iron Age hillfort

hoard of Roman coins

painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg

defunct British manufacturing company