Thomas Telford upgraded Watling Street the turnpike road that passed through the town in the late 18th century.
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The railway line from London and Birmingham to Holyhead was constructed through Shifnal at high-level in the late 1840s.
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Thomas Beddoes was born in Shifnal, in 1760, in Balcony House.
On 12 May 2010 former Derby County and Bradford City player Lee Mills was appointed new manager after previously holding a management role at Shropshire County League club Shifnal United 97.