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This is a historic market town, the town centre built on its original mediæval street plan and with 660 historic listed buildings. Shrewsbury Castle, a red sandstone castle fortification, and Shrewsbury Abbey were founded in 1074 and 1083 respectively, by the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery. | This is a historic market town, the town centre built on its original mediæval street plan and with 660 historic listed buildings. Shrewsbury Castle, a red sandstone castle fortification, and Shrewsbury Abbey were founded in 1074 and 1083 respectively, by the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery. | ||
Shrewsbury serves as a cultural and commercial centre for Shropshire and a large area of the Cambrian Mountains, with retail output alone worth over £299 million a year}}<noinclude> | Shrewsbury serves as a cultural and commercial centre for Shropshire and a large area of the Cambrian Mountains, with retail output alone worth over £299 million a year.}}<noinclude> | ||
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