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The village, as it would have been in 1086, is recorded in the Domesday Book within the hundred of Alnodestreu. The initial part of the entry states: Robert, son of Theobald, holds of Earl Roger Iteshale. Earl Morcar held it."
This entry records that possession was lost by the Saxon Earl Morcar when he rebelled against the Norman conquerors.
The first part of the name "Shifnal" is reckoned to be a personal name, "Scuffa", while the second part, from "halh", means a valley, thus describing the town's topography
A market town with some beautiful Georgian and half-timbered buildings.
The Church of St Andrews originally Norman and built of local sandstone is cruciform in shape with a central tower. The church escaped the fire in 1591, the nave’s hammerbeam roof and the chancel added after the fire.
Location: miles (5 km) east of Telford
- Type:
- Landmark