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A hot air balloon rises up over Attingham Park in an annual ballooning event in 1993. This event no long occurs here although ballooning is still p...
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This spindly looking hedge is probably no longer used to restrict farm animals as it looks like crops are grown either side. Hedges are not only u...
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This hedge is full of gaps and of little use in keeping stock out. It has been regularly cut back which, after time, damages the structure of a he...
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This photograph was probably taken in the early 20th century. Even still, there are familiar names in the window of the shop, for example Colman's ...
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A small porch in St Mary's Church in Shrewsbury is home to what must be the only stained-glass depiction of a woodlouse. Experts think the warty ba...
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A complete roof-truss is lowered into position on the frame of the rebuilt String of Horses. This is an end, or gable, truss. This can be seen as i...
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This view of Peplow Hall shows the parkland trees often associated with large properties such as this. At first glance this parklands might not lo...
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This old farm building is made of the local Wenlock Limestone, maybe someday it will be restored. From a photographic study of Wenlock Edge by Kers...
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Above Pennerley Meadows on the western flanks of the Stiperstones several small-holdings once used by lead miners families have now been abandoned ...
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Lord Gower built the Donnington Wood Canal between 1765 and 1768 to carry coal from his estates in Donnington Wood a distance of 5.5 miles to the w...
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Throughout its working life the Donnington Wood Canal was known by several names, including the Marquess of Stafford's Canal and the Duke of Suther...
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This view looks out of Shrewsbury towards the Abbey and Abbey Foregate. The English Bridge was re-built and widened in the 1920's to allow for the ...
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