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early 1990s, and having joined Division 2 in 1984–85. Before that they played in various leagues including the South Shropshire League and the West Shropshire Alliance. The club was formed in the 1880s. The club's social base after matches and for meetings is The Kings Head Public House in Church Street. The club play their Home matches at the Community College ground on Colebatch Road.
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Local landowners, including Lord Clive, expended large sums of cash buying votes, a common practice at the time in some areas to ensure a seat in Parliament. In 1726 one unsuccessful parliamentary candidate was subsequently able to prove that of the 52 people voting for his rival, the incumbent MP,
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In 1557 the castle was described as follows: "thirteen rooms covered with lead, a tower on the outer wall on the eastern side containing a stable, and two rooms covered with tiles. There were two other rooms called 'le new buyldinge' situated on the outer wall between the building over the gate and
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play in the Montgomeryshire Amateur League and were Division 1 Champions in 2017–18, having previously played for 6 years in the Mercian Regional Football League Division One. Previously they played in Division 1 of the Montgomeryshire Amateur League, having gained promotion from Division 2 in the
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All that is physically left of the castle today is a 10 m long, coursed stone wall on the west side of the castle site which is 2 m thick and 3 m high. It was overgrown with ivy and was recently renovated to keep it safe and stable. The Castle Hotel stands on the site of the castle itself and is
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In 1618 the castle started to deteriorate and in the 1700s the stone keep and surroundings were flattened to make a bowling green. (Some historians believe that the houses along Market Square and Castle Street were built upon the foundations of an outer wall due to the curvature of the houses).
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Bishop's Castle and Onny Valley Rugby Club was formed in the late 1970s and spent the early years playing friendly games against teams from Mid-Wales and Shropshire, before joining the league structure in the early 1990s. Now they play in Midlands Division Fourth North.
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writing from London to a country friend said: 'you will be frightened by the dearness of everything ... I expect that a pint of milk will soon not be sold under a diamond, and then nobody can keep a cow but my Lord Clive'. From Lord Clive the hotel descended to his son,
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was established on its current site, making it the oldest licensed brewery site in Britain. While some of the current building dates to the seventeenth century, the main building is a Victorian tower brewery erected about 1888.
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There are a variety of shops, local businesses and services ranging from clothes shops to the usual high street banks. The town is notable for a thriving selection of specialist retailers.
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Many properties are painted in various colourful hues of blue, pink, yellow and green which are reflected on the Wintles, a new neighbourhood of energy efficient eco-houses built by
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In the Early Middle Ages the castle and parish were situated partly in Wales and partly in England so territorial disputes literally 'came with the territory'.
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There is a limited daytime bus service 553 on Mondays to Saturdays between Bishop's Castle and Shrewsbury, operated by local independent operator
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route, runs from the town. The BC Ring, a 60-mile (100 km) challenging route around the town, was published in 2008. The town has two
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Bishop's Castle has been on a main route for travellers since prehistoric times, although the town was bypassed in the 19th century by
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and mayor. The original Town Council website was one of the first in the UK to publish agendas and minutes (from late 2000).
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plots which were separated by a few small lanes which have developed to be Church Street, Union Street and Station Street.
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in 1885. It lost this status in the 1960s, but still has a mayor and its regalia. It is now a "Quality Town Council".
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was constructed as a new administrative centre, a court and a prison. It was refurbished with support from the
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times for Bishop's Castle when Edwin Shakehead, grateful for being miraculously cured of the palsy at
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the tower called 'le prison tower'. There was also a dovecote, a garden, a forest and a park."
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country and Bishop's Castle is a "Walkers are Welcome Town", gaining the award in 2008. The
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The layout of the town in the present day shows that originally the town was made up of 46
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for a weekly market and an annual fair was granted. They are both still very popular.
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The 1st Duke of Chandos sold the Castle Hotel to John Walcot who in turn sold it to
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of the ancient castle. It was built on the orders of a local landowner,
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design, in 1087 to defend the church and village from the threat of the
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on 2 April 1990, which was felt throughout much of England and Wales.
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politician, lived in Bishop's Castle prior to his election as MP for
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eradicated this practice and Bishop's Castle was disenfranchised.
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runs north–south just to the east of the town, on its way from
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Bishop's Castle was close to the epicentre of a magnitude 5.1
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There is no main road running through the town, though the
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largely built of stone salvaged from the original castle.
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and at the 2011 Census had a total population of 3,728.
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Bishop's Castle is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of the
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Local news and television programmes are provided by
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Index

Bishop's Castle (disambiguation)
Welsh

Bishop's Castle Town Hall
Bishop's Castle is located in Shropshire
Shropshire
OS grid reference
SO323887
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Shropshire
Ceremonial county
Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
SY9
Dialling code
Police
West Mercia
Fire
Shropshire
Ambulance
West Midlands
UK Parliament
Ludlow

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