Shropshire

[shrop-sheer, -sher]

noun

1. a former county in W England, now part of Salop.

2. one of an English breed of dark-faced sheep, yielding good mutton and white wool.

Shropshire

/ -ʃə, ˈʃrɒpˌʃɪə /

noun

1. a county of W central England: Telford and Wrekin became an independent unitary authority in 1998, and the remaining county of Shropshire became a unitary authority in 2009; mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Shrewsbury. Pop (excluding Telford and Wrekin): 286 700 (2003 est). Area (excluding Telford and Wrekin): 3201 sq km (1236 sq miles)

2. a breed of medium-sized sheep having a dense fleece, originating from Shropshire and Staffordshire, England

Example Sentences

When Kayleigh Griffiths lost her baby daughter, Pippa, in 2016 through maternity failings in Shropshire, she had no idea how many times she would have to retell her traumatic story at future medical appointments.

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Donna Ockenden is the senior midwife who led the 2022 review which found more than 200 babies and nine mothers in Shropshire could have survived with better care.

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Mrs Griffiths is pushing for other improvements in Shropshire too, including reviewing how doctors in training learn about baby loss.

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A Shropshire barber is offering "pay what you can" haircuts in December, to help people struggling ahead of Christmas.

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In England, a total of eight sites have been earmarked - in Teesside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Worcestershire and Hampshire - and there are two in Wales - in Monmouthshire and Milford Haven, in Pembrokeshire.

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