Witley Court in Worcestershire, Britain is a Grade one listed building and was once one of the great houses of the Midlands, but today it's an impressive ruin after being destroyed by fire in 1937.It was built by Thomas Foley in 1655 on the location of a previous estate house near Great Witley.Successive additions were designed by John Nash in the early 1800s and the Court was subsequently acquired by the Dudley family in 1837.
Shropshire has no towns, but twenty-two cities, of which two can be considered major. Telford is the biggest city in the county with a population of 138,241 ( which is roughly thirty percent of the total Salopian citizens ) ; whereas the county city of Shrewsbury has a lower, but still big population of 70,560 ( 15% ).The other big towns are Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Newport and Ludlow.
The county city and only town is Worcester. The other major settlements Bromsgrove and Redditch are satellite towns of Birmingham. There also are a few market cities: Malvern, Bewdley, Evesham, Droitwich Spa and Tenbury Wells. Here is a brief summary of the towns and villages in Worcestershire County.
Stokesay Castle, found at Stokesay, a mile south of the city of Craven Arms, in southern Shropshire, is the oldest fortified estate house in Britain , going back to the late 13th century.It is at present in the hands of English Heritage. It's a Grade I listed building.
The River Severn is the longest brook in Great Britain, at roughly 354 kilometres.It is rises at an altitude of 610 mtrs on Plynlimon near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales. It then flows through Shropshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, with the county cities of Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Gloucester on its banks.
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