Museums, archives and heritage in Shropshire

Shropshire (or Salop), county in west-midlands of England, bounded N. by Cheshire and detached part of Flintshire, E. by Staffordshire, S. by Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and Radnorshire, and W. by Montgomeryshire and Denbighshire; area, 844,565 acres, population 248,014. The river Severn, running SE., divides the co. into 2 nearly equal parts. The northern, occupied by the … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Herefordshire

Herefordshire, an inland county on the SE. border of Wales, and bounded N. by Shropshire and Worcestershire, E. by Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, S. by Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, and W. by Monmouthshire, Radnorshire, and Brecknockshire; greatest length N. and S. 38 miles, greatest breadth E. and W. 35 miles; 532,918 acres, population 121,062. The county is … Read more