Shrewsbury and Atcham

Shrewsbury and Atcham, former borough (district), administrative and historic county of Shropshire, west-central England, in the west-central part of the county. Wales lies across the area’s western border. Shrewsbury and Atcham is an undulating plain covered with glacial drift and drained by the River Severn; it is edged on the west and south by a series of ridges oriented northeast-southwest, including the Long Mynd and Long Mountain. The area is mainly rural and agricultural. The...