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Shrewsbury (pronounced (help·info) /ˈʃruːzbri/ or alternatively (help·info) /ˈʃroʊzbri/)[3] is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is home to 70,689 inhabitants,[4] and is the primary settlement of the borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham, which has a population of 95,850.[5] Consequently, it is the second largest town in the ceremonial county, after Telford. Shrewsbury is a historic market town with the town centre having a largely unaltered medieval street plan. The town features over 660 historic listed buildings,[6] including several examples of timber framing from the 15th century and 16th century. Shrewsbury Castle, a red sandstone castle fortification, and Shrewsbury Abbey, a former Benedictine monastery, were founded in 1074 and 1083 respectively, by the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery.[7] The town hosts one of the oldest and largest horticultural events in the country, Shrewsbury Flower Show, and is known for its floral displays, having won various awards since the turn of the 21st century,[8][9] including Britain in Bloom in 2006.[10] Today, lying 9 miles (14 km) east of the Welsh border, Shrewsbury serves as a cultural and commercial centre for the ceremonial county and a large area of mid-Wales, with retail output alone worth over £299 million per year.[11] There are some light industry and distribution centres, such as Battlefield Enterprise Park, located mainly on the outskirts. The A5 and A49 trunk roads cross here, as do five railway lines at Shrewsbury railway station.

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The front door opened into a passage about two feet six inches
wide and ten feet in length, covered with oilcloth. At the end of
the passage was a flight of stairs leading to the upper part of the
house. The first door on the left led into the front sitting-room,
an apartment about nine feet square, with a bay window. This
room was very rarely used and was always very tidy and clean.
The mantelpiece was of wood painted black and ornamented
with jagged streaks of red and yellow, which were supposed to
give it the appearance of marble. On the walls was a paper with
a pale terra-cotta ground and a pattern consisting of large white
roses with chocolate coloured leaves and stalks.

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