Shropshire

England's Welsh frontier

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Wales.

The region is known for its rural landscape and historic market towns, including Shrewsbury.

Shropshire sheep are a breed of domestic sheep originating from the area, valued for both wool and meat.

county

Ludlow

Shropshire market town

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agricultural

sheep

Woolly farm animal

dairy · cattle · crops · harvest · wool · lambing · grazing · arable · hops · Perry

landscape

moorland

Open uncultivated upland

countryside · escarpment · ridges

historic

Marches

Frontier boundary territories

medieval · Norman · timber-framed · Industrial Revolution · Wilfred Owen · Charles Darwin

cheese

creamery

Butter-making facility

annatto · artisan

Categories
Opposites
English-Welsh border identity

ShropshireWrexham

Welsh city, old football club

Wales · Herefordshire

rural vs. urban English counties

ShropshireGreater London

UK's capital administrative area

Greater Manchester · Birmingham · Surrey · Essex · Kent

geographic centrality in England

ShropshireKent

English county near Dover

Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk · Cornwall · Northumberland

Family

shire, Shrewsbury

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G