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Near this site once stood the
Shelton Oak from which according to a tradition recorded in the late 18th century Owen Glyndŵr viewed the Battle of Shrewsbury on 31st July 1403. This tree was planted by the Mayor of Shrewsbury Councillor Mrs Jean Marsh on 27th January 1981 and was presented by Major W
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Division One, gaining promotion to the Premier Division and ending a spell of three years outside the top division. However at the end of the 2016 season they finished bottom of the Premier Division and were relegated back to Division One for the 2017 season.
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History and Antiquities of Shrewsbury: From Its First Foundation to the Present Time, comprising a Recital of Occurrences and Remarkable Events, for Above Twelve Hundred Years, Volume 1 : Thomas Phillips, James Bowen, Charles Hulbert editor
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History and Antiquities of Shrewsbury: From Its First Foundation to the Present Time, comprising a Recital of Occurrences and Remarkable Events, for Above Twelve Hundred Years, Volume 1 : Thomas Phillips, James Bowen, Charles Hulbert editor
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In 1933 the (now "old") Shrewsbury bypass was opened with
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Telford in 1829 on the Holyhead Road at Shelton. It was situated at the junction with Featherbed Lane. To allow for road widening in the early 1970s, it was dismantled and re-erected at
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Division One title by 43 points promoting them back to the Shropshire Premier Division. They have remained in the division since then finishing 9th in 2021 and 8th in 2022.
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stayed at
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A young oak tree located by the side of the modern junction, where the footpath from the end of Merlin Road emerges onto the main road, has a plaque at its base which reads:
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darwincountry.org - photograph of The Oak, Shelton (inn)
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