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-{{uk}}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
+|[[File:shrewsbury.jpg|350 px|center|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
+|
+<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
+'''Country''' :
+* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]]
+** England<br><br>
+'''Incorporated into''':<br>
+* 1974 [[Shrewsbury and Atcham]]
+** 2009 [[Shropshire]]
+'''Status''':<br>
+* until 1974 Borough
+* since 2009 Town council
+<br>
+{{#display_map:52.7076,-2.7535|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}}
+|}
-'''SHREWSBURY'''
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Official blazon
-Incorporated into : 1974 [[Shrewsbury and Atcham]] (2009 [[Shropshire]])
+|-
+|'''English'''
-[[File:shrewsbury.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
+|
-===Official blazon===
 '''Arms''' : Azure three Lions' Faces Or.<br>
-'''Motto''' : 'FLOREAT SALOPIA' - May Shrewsbury prosper
+'''Motto''':  'FLOREAT SALOPIA' - May Shrewsbury prosper
+|}
 ===Origin/meaning===
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 The three leopards' faces been called locally as the three "loggerheads", a term which has puzzled many historians over time, as there is no logical linguistic explanation thereof. The term is still used widely and also used by a famous local pub.
-{|align="center"
+===Image gallery===
-|align="center"|[[File:shrewsburyz1.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The town seal from 1425
+<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
-|align="center"|[[File:shrewsbury3.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The  a painting at Shrewsbury’s St Julian’s Church (1643)<br> ([https://bringbacktheloggerheads.co.uk/faqs/ source])
+File:shrewsburyz1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The town seal from 1425
-|-
+File:shrewsbury3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The  a painting at Shrewsbury’s St Julian’s Church (1643)<br> ([https://bringbacktheloggerheads.co.uk/faqs/ source])
-|align="center"|[[File:shrewsbury1.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on the Old Market Hall ([http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=d480421b-8c6f-4676-acff-9a0cb043d801 source])
+File:shrewsbury1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The arms on the Old Market Hall ([http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=d480421b-8c6f-4676-acff-9a0cb043d801 source])
-|align="center"|[[File:shrewsbury2.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The Loggerheads Pub
+File:shrewsbury2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The Loggerheads Pub
-|-
+File:shrewsbury.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
-|align="center"|[[File:shrewsbury.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
+File:shrewsbury4.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The arms in Quarry Park ([https://hiveminer.com/Tags/loggerheads%2Cshrewsbury source])
-|align="center"|[[File:shrewsbury4.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in Quarry Park ([https://hiveminer.com/Tags/loggerheads%2Cshrewsbury source])
+File:shrewsbury.dex.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The arms on a [[Dexter's - UK Borough arms|Dexter]] cigarette card, 1905
-|-
+File:shrewsbury.w2.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Shrewsbury|The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms II|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906
-|align="center"|[[File:shrewsbury.dex.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a [[Dexter's - UK Borough arms|Dexter]] cigarette card, 1905
+</gallery>
-|align="center"|[[File:shrewsbury.w2.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Borough arms II|Wills's]] cigarette card, 1906
-|}
+[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]:
+Image from http://www.cheshire-heraldry.org.uk; Hobbs, 1962
+{{uk}}
 {{media}}
-[[Literature]] : Image from http://www.cheshire-heraldry.org.uk; Hobbs, 1962
 [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities S]]
 [[Category:England]]
 [[Category:Granted 1623]]