" Of the beauties of England, perhaps no county contains 

 a more interesting share than Shropshire. It possesses every 

 variety of natural charm : the bold and lofty mountain ; the 

 woody and secluded valley ; the fertile and widely cultured 

 plain ; the majestic river and the sequestered lake." 



NIGHTINGALE: " Beauties of England." 1811. 



