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Article: SHREWSBURY; THE bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury's most famous son, completes the evolution of this handsome town on the border of England and Wales into one of the most attractive day-trip and short-break destinations. GARETH HUW DAVIES uncovers the best of one of England's finest Tudor towns . .(Features)
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 1, 2009
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Byline: GARETH HUW DAVIES
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1...THE INN CROWD DID The Lion, Shrewsbury's 16th Century coaching inn, alter the course of science? A certain harassed young man in a hurry was grateful for the stratospheric speed of the 'Shrewsbury Wonder' coach to London - 158 miles covered in under 16 hours. Would Charles Darwin have caught the Beagle, for the voyage that led to his theory of evolution, without it? After the railways finished off the Wonder, management concentrated on running a hotel of distinction for guests such as Disraeli, Paganini - who performed here - and Dickens, who worked on The Pickwick Papers at the inn. Many fine old features survive, ...