Shrawardine
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Shrawardine, locally pronounced Shraden, is a small village in the civil parish of Montford 5.9 miles (9.5 km) outside of Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.[1] There is a hamlet called Little Shrawardine 0.25 miles (0.40 km) away.
Its landmarks include Shrawardine Castle and St Mary's Church. The castle, known as Castell Isabella by the Anglo-Normans, was built in the reign of Henry I of England, and dismantled in 1645.[1] It had been held since 1644 by the Royalist commander Sir William Vaughan, whose aggressive tactics earned him the nickname "the Devil of Shrawardine".[2]
The River Severn passes to the west of the village.
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Coordinates: 52°44′N 2°54′W / 52.733°N 2.9°W
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