| Country: | England |
| Static Image Name: | St Mary The Virgin Church Shrawardine - geograph.org.uk - 1507853.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Mary The Virgin Church, Shrawardine |
| Coordinates: | 52.732°N -2.89°W |
| Official Name: | Shrawardine |
| Civil Parish: | Montford |
| Civil Parish1: | Alberbury with Cardeston |
| Unitary England: | Shropshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | Shropshire |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Shrewsbury |
| Post Town: | SHREWSBURY |
| Postcode District: | SY3 |
| Postcode Area: | SY |
| Dial Code: | 01743 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SJ399153 |
Shrawardine is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Montford, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is 5.9miles outside Shrewsbury.[1] In 1931 the parish had a population of 176.[2] On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Montford.[3]
Its name is locally pronounced Shray-den, and was often spelt "Shraydon" in old documents;[4] it is otherwise pronounced Shray-war-dine. The placename originates from Old English worðign "enclosed settlement" combined with either scraef "cave" or screawa "shrew", the latter used as a byname for an individual.[5]
The village's landmarks include Shrawardine Castle and St Mary's Church. The castle, known as Castell Isabella by the Anglo-Normans, was built in the reign of Henry I of England, and dismantled during the English Civil War in 1645.[1] It had been held since 1644 by the Royalist commander Sir William Vaughan, whose aggressive tactics earned him the nickname "the Devil of Shrawardine".[6]
The River Severn passes to the west of the village. On the other side of the river is a hamlet called Little Shrawardine. It lies within the civil parish of Alberbury with Cardeston.