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Oswestry in general

Description: North Shropshire (5 miles from the Welsh border), England. Oswestry is a market town -and important agricultural centre ... more

Oswestry in general ... with some well-known high-street shops, and many specialist ones. But it still holds a strong rural town feel with a community that lik

Newest Review: ... has it an Eagle swooped down and carried of Oswalds arm, moments later the bird dropped dead and where the arm fell a magical spring appeared with magical healing powers. A monument of the site can still be found on Maeserfiels Rd. Oswestry is blessed with having one of the finest iron-age hill forts in the country, just to the north of the town. A set walk way has been devised with ... more

... information boards set at particular points. In the centre of town their is the remains of a motte and bailey Castle which has just been spruced up by the council, heritage board and lottery grants. More recently Oswestry was on the centre of the Cambrian rai...more

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Oswestry in general: Drinkers paradise (510 words)
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Oswestry is a bit of a mixed up town, these day's the town is English but it has been many a time Welsh, the best way to describe Oswestry is to split it up into several areas and describe each section in detail History and sights of interest: Oswestry and the surrounding area is reaped in Welsh and English as well as pre-Roman sites of interest. The name of the town is derived from Oswalds-Tree. Oswald was a Christian king from Northumberland who came to the area to challenge the pagean king Penda, Oswald was defeated and as a show of strength, his body was hung, drawn a quartered, left hanging on a tree in Maeserfield(Oswald's Tree). Legend has ... Read the complete review