A gazetteer of the many fine Shropshire country houses, which covers the architecture, the owners' family history, and the social and economic circumstances that affected them.

Discover the architectural treasures and history of Shrewsbury in this fascinating tour of 50 of its ancient and modern buildings and landmarks.

This book is an account of a journey through grief, loss and pain; passing through anger and bewilderment and coming out the other end. It is about the effects of forced adoption and the scars and damage on the people surrounding it. Some people may be surprised by the attitudes of those administering the system. How could such antique judgemental values still exist in our society? They did. The story is also of the massive shift in perception that has happened over the last 50 years. So as well as the story of my experiences in the system, this book may serve as a social history of the treatment of 'unmarried mothers'.

Shropshire includes some of the finest towns in England - among them Shrewsbury, Ludlow and Bridgnorth. It also contains buildings of vital importance in the architectural history of the country from the Roman period to the present day. The Roman baths of Wroxeter; the Cistercian priory of Buildwas; the church and castle of Acton Burnell, displaying the latest fashions of the end of the thirteenth century; the magnificent fifteenth-century work in the parish church of Ludlow; the world's first iron bridge at Coalbrookdale; the extraordinary landscape of Hawkstone Park, a textbook example of picturesque planning; John Nash's Italianate villa at Cronkhill, looking like something in a Claude painting; Norman Shaw's monumental church at Batchcott; all are of the first rank.