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Celtic name, meaning
Severn
Goddess of water course
Flows unhindered
between
Wales and England
Dividing
Yet joining two nations
Avon Hafren
In Wales
In England
The Severn
River coils in Anglo Saxon town
Scrobbesbyrig
In modern English
Shrewsbury
In Welsh
Pengwern for hill of
alders
Scrobbesbyrig
Town on the shrub
covered hill
River straightens
Quietly drifts to
Cristesac
Or Christ’s Oak
Saxon for Cressage
Mid-Shropshire village
Outside county capital
Lady Oak
Ancient landmark
Between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth
It’s tree trunk
An ancient relic lent
against young offspring
The Severn
Roman empire conduit
Main tributary highway
between ruined cities
Viroconium, Rome
Water channel
Funnels through Wrekin,
Benthall Edge gap
Currents cut through Ironbridge Gorge
The Iron Bridge
Lattice frame arch
Like an open mouth
Draws in water
Quenches the gorge’s
thirst
River bends
Curves toward Brigge
Old name for Bridgnorth
Severn
Splits town
High and
Low
On the sandstone ridge
High Town
St Leonard’s Church
Red pinnacle tower
Above town’s skyline
Stays in sight
A sign the town is near
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