The Victoria History of Shropshire: Wem

by James Bowen, Judith Ann Everard, Judith A. Everard

Wem lies on the North Shropshire Plain, about nine miles north of Shrewsbury. The centre of a much larger medieval manor and parish, the township consists of the small medieval market town and its immediate rural hinterland. Anglo-Saxon in origin, the town developed after the Norman Conquest, with a castle, parish church, market and water mill. The urban area of the township, 'within the bars', was distinguished from the rural, 'without the bars'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912702088
• ISBN13: 9781912702084
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of London Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"