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Black Bear Inn, Whitchurch, Shropshire

Whitchurch, Shropshire Whitchurch is a market town in Shropshire, hard by the borders with Flintshire to the west and Cheshire to the north. It claims to be the oldest continuously inhabited town in Shropshire, having been a Roman town. Whitchurch's Roman foundation was around 52 or 70 AD, and was called Mediolanum, meaning 'The place in the middle of the plain': a name shared with Milan in northern Italy. It was located on a major Roman route between Deva (Chester) and Viroconium (Wroxeter) and Roman artefacts can be seen at the Whitchurch Heritage Centre. (Read more)