The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county (1801)
Brewer, James Norris, fl. 1799-1829, Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773-1854, Britton, John, 1771-1857, Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853, Nightingale, Joseph, 1775-1824, Hodgson, John, 1799-1845, Laird, Francis Charles, Bigland, John, 1750-1832, Evans, J. (John), fl. 1812, Rees, Thomas, 1777-1864, Britton, John, 1771-1857, Hood, Thomas, d. 1811, Harris, John, 1756-1846 · London : Printed by Thomas Maiden, for Vernor, Hood [etc.] · leaf 65
adding, that Shropshire, by its inland situation andthe independent spirit of its inhabitants will, for a long time,present a formidable barrier to the corrupting inroads offoreign manners, and the no less pernicious progress of domesticluxury. SHREWSBURY. THE antiquity of this town is denoted by… … SHROPSHIRE. 49 determined by any writer of established authority. It is gene-rally supposed to have been founded in the fifth century, afterthe destruction of the Roman Uriconium, as a place likely toafford the harrassed and distracted Britons an asylum from thedesolating incursions of their Saxon…
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