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OswestryOswestry is a town in Shropshire, close to the boundary of Denbighshire, on the ancient route from the Midlands to North Wales. Though of modest size, Oswestry is the largest town in Shropshire after Telford and Shrewsbury, with a population of about sixteen thousand. It is named after St Oswald, King of the Northumbrians, who was slain in battle here in 642. Oswestry has had a mixed Welsh-speaking and English-speaking population for centuries: the parish church conducted services in Welsh until 1814. There are still some small Welsh-speaking parts of the town. (Read more) |
