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  • A Shropshire Lad
  • 1896 poetry collection by A. E. Housman

    A Shropshire Lad is a collection of 63 poems by the English poet Alfred Edward Housman, published in 1896. Selling slowly at first, it then rapidly grew

    A Shropshire Lad

    A Shropshire Lad

    A_Shropshire_Lad

  • A Shropshire Lad (rhapsody)
  • 1911 composition by George Butterworth

    George Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad: Rhapsody for Orchestra, first performed in 1913, is a work in the English pastoral style based on two of Butterworth's

    A Shropshire Lad (rhapsody)

    A Shropshire Lad (rhapsody)

    A_Shropshire_Lad_(rhapsody)

  • A. E. Housman
  • English classicist and poet (1859–1936)

    published A Shropshire Lad, a cycle of poems marked by the author's pessimism and preoccupation with early death, which gradually acquired a wide readership

    A. E. Housman

    A. E. Housman

    A._E._Housman

  • Rosa 'A Shropshire Lad'
  • Peach blend shrub rose cultivar

    Rosa 'A Shropshire Lad' (aka AUSled) is a peach blend shrub rose, bred by British rose breeder, David C. H. Austin before 1991. It was introduced into

    Rosa 'A Shropshire Lad'

    Rosa 'A Shropshire Lad'

    Rosa_'A_Shropshire_Lad'

  • George Butterworth
  • English composer (1885–1916)

    idyll The Banks of Green Willow and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from A Shropshire Lad. He was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry

    George Butterworth

    George Butterworth

    George_Butterworth

  • Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
  • Song cycle composed in 1911 by George Butterworth

    Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad is a song cycle for baritone and piano composed in 1911 by George Butterworth (1885–1916). It consists of settings of

    Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad

    Six_Songs_from_A_Shropshire_Lad

  • Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
  • Lyric poem by A. E. Housman

    1895, it was first published as the second poem in his collection A Shropshire Lad, where it appeared under the Roman numeral II, but without other title

    Loveliest of trees, the cherry now

    Loveliest_of_trees,_the_cherry_now

  • Is My Team Ploughing
  • 1896 poem by A. E. Housman

    published as number XXVII in his 1896 collection A Shropshire Lad. It is a conversation between a dead man and his still living friend. Toward the end

    Is My Team Ploughing

    Is_My_Team_Ploughing

  • Into my heart an air that kills
  • 1886 poem by A. E. Housman

    heart an air that kills" is a poem by A. E. Housman, written in 1886 and first published in his 1896 collection A Shropshire Lad, where it bears no title

    Into my heart an air that kills

    Into_my_heart_an_air_that_kills

  • Clun Forest
  • Rural area in England and Wales

    there is evidence of three river terraces. A. E. Housman wrote as part of his series of poems A Shropshire Lad: "In valleys of springs of rivers By Ony

    Clun Forest

    Clun_Forest

  • When I Was One-and-Twenty
  • 1896 poem by A. E. Housman

    One-and-Twenty is the first line of the untitled Poem XIII from A. E. Housman’s A Shropshire Lad (1896), but has often been anthologised and given musical settings

    When I Was One-and-Twenty

    When I Was One-and-Twenty

    When_I_Was_One-and-Twenty

  • Mithridatism
  • Self-dosing with poison to gain immunity

    article: A Shropshire Lad/LXII A. E. Housman's "Terence, this is stupid stuff" (originally published in A Shropshire Lad) invokes mithridatism as a metaphor

    Mithridatism

    Mithridatism

    Mithridatism

  • Arthur Somervell
  • British composer and art song writer (1863-1937)

    Housman in A Shropshire Lad (1904). He was born in Windermere, Westmorland, the son of Robert Miller Somervell and his wife. His father was a shoe manufacturer

    Arthur Somervell

    Arthur Somervell

    Arthur_Somervell

  • Shropshire
  • County in England

    (link) "A Shropshire Lad | The Housman Society". Retrieved 9 July 2023. Dickins, Gordon (1987). An Illustrated Literary Guide to Shropshire. Shropshire Libraries

    Shropshire

    Shropshire

    Shropshire

  • With rue my heart is laden
  • Lyric poem by A. E. Housman

    English Latin scholar and poet A. E. Housman. It was first published as the 54th poem in his collection A Shropshire Lad, where it appeared under the Roman

    With rue my heart is laden

    With_rue_my_heart_is_laden

  • A Room with a View
  • 1908 novel by E. M. Forster

    around. "I fancy they know how to read – a rare accomplishment. What have they got? Byron. Exactly. A Shropshire Lad. Never heard of it. The Way of All Flesh

    A Room with a View

    A_Room_with_a_View

  • Last Poems
  • given titles, a greater proportion than in his previous collection, A Shropshire Lad (1896). Although it was not quite so popular with composers, the majority

    Last Poems

    Last_Poems

  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Road
  • 1997 studio album by Half Man Half Biscuit

    U.S. TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. A Shropshire Lad is an 1896 collection of poems by A. E. Housman. An earlier version of "Eno Collaboration"

    Voyage to the Bottom of the Road

    Voyage_to_the_Bottom_of_the_Road

  • Bredon Hill and Other Songs
  • Song cycle composed by George Butterworth in 1912

    Housman's 1896 collection A Shropshire Lad. Butterworth set another six poems from A Shropshire Lad in Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad (1911). Nine of the eleven

    Bredon Hill and Other Songs

    Bredon_Hill_and_Other_Songs

  • Samuel West
  • British actor, theatre director, and narrator (born 1966)

    by Alan Hollinghurst (2007), Faust by Goethe (2011), A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman (2011), A Possible Life by Sebastian Faulks (2012) and Philip Pullman's

    Samuel West

    Samuel West

    Samuel_West

  • The Wolds
  • Type of English geography

     The world-wide air was azure  And all the brooks ran gold." From A Shropshire Lad, by A. E. Housman Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lincolnshire

    The Wolds

    The Wolds

    The_Wolds

  • On Wenlock Edge (song cycle)
  • Song cycle by Ralph Vaughan Williams

    comprises settings of six poems from A. E. Housman's 1896 collection A Shropshire Lad. A typical performance lasts around 22 minutes. It was premiered by

    On Wenlock Edge (song cycle)

    On Wenlock Edge (song cycle)

    On_Wenlock_Edge_(song_cycle)

  • The Land of Lost Content (John Ireland)
  • Song cycle by John Ireland

    1896 collection A Shropshire Lad. A typical performance takes about 11 minutes. The songs are, with Roman numerals from A Shropshire Lad, and first lines

    The Land of Lost Content (John Ireland)

    The_Land_of_Lost_Content_(John_Ireland)

  • Rhapsody (music)
  • One-movement musical work

    folksong composed a number of examples, including Ralph Vaughan Williams's three Norfolk Rhapsodies, George Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad, and Frederick

    Rhapsody (music)

    Rhapsody_(music)

  • For a Breath I Tarry
  • 1966 novelette by Roger Zelazny

    works and in anthologies. The title is from a phrase in the poet A. E. Housman's collection A Shropshire Lad. The Last Defender of Camelot (1980, 1983,

    For a Breath I Tarry

    For_a_Breath_I_Tarry

  • C. W. Orr
  • English composer (1893–1976)

    Since Thou, O Fondest and Truest (1957) When the Lad for Longing Sighs (1921) 2 Songs from A Shropshire Lad: 'Tis Time I Think by Wenlock Town, Loveliest

    C. W. Orr

    C._W._Orr

  • Roderick Williams
  • British baritone and composer (born 1965)

    mezzo-soprano, Christopher Glynn, piano. 2009 Hyperion CDA67899 Songs from A Shropshire Lad - Folk Songs from Sussex Butterworth With Iain Burnside, piano. 2010

    Roderick Williams

    Roderick_Williams

  • Clun
  • Town in Shropshire, England

    Clun /ˈklʌn/ is a town in south west Shropshire, England, and the Shropshire Hills National Landscape. The 2011 census recorded 680 people living in the

    Clun

    Clun

    Clun

  • Much Wenlock
  • Town and parish in Shropshire, England

    Much Wenlock is a market town and parish in Shropshire, England; it is situated on the A458 road between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Nearby, to the north-east

    Much Wenlock

    Much Wenlock

    Much_Wenlock

  • Grant Richards (publishing house)
  • were George Bernard Shaw's Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant and A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad, as well as books by G. K. Chesterton, Saki, Arnold Bennett

    Grant Richards (publishing house)

    Grant_Richards_(publishing_house)

  • The Tree of Man
  • 1955 novel by Patrick White

    of Man emerged.". The title comes from A. E. Housman's poetry cycle A Shropshire Lad, lines of which are quoted in the text. The man returned to his chair

    The Tree of Man

    The_Tree_of_Man

  • Peter Parker (author)
  • British writer (born 1954)

    Housman Country: Into the Heart of England, is cultural history of A Shropshire Lad, was published by Little, Brown in 2016. It was among the Financial

    Peter Parker (author)

    Peter Parker (author)

    Peter_Parker_(author)

  • Hypallage
  • Figure of speech

    also called a transferred epithet. "On the idle hill of summer/Sleepy with the flow of streams/Far I hear..." (A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad) — "Idle"

    Hypallage

    Hypallage

  • Rosa 'Graham Thomas'
  • Yellow shrub rose

    Bath' (1969), 'Graham Thomas' (1983), 'Abraham Darby' (1985), and 'A Shropshire Lad'. Austin developed 'Graham Thomas' by crossing the white floribunda

    Rosa 'Graham Thomas'

    Rosa 'Graham Thomas'

    Rosa_'Graham_Thomas'

  • Liam Davies (boxer)
  • English boxer (born 1996)

    To Capture EBU Title". Boxing Scene. Retrieved 8 December 2025. "A "Shropshire Lad!" Liam Davies defeats Ionut Baluta". wbcboxing.com. Retrieved 8 December

    Liam Davies (boxer)

    Liam_Davies_(boxer)

  • Soul Music (radio series)
  • Music documentary radio series

    diverse as "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins, George Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad Rhapsody, Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman" and the hymn "Dear Lord

    Soul Music (radio series)

    Soul_Music_(radio_series)

  • Shrewsbury
  • County town of Shropshire, England

    (/ˈʃroʊzbri/ SHROHZ-bree, also /ˈʃruːz-/ SHROOZ-) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, 33 miles (53 km)

    Shrewsbury

    Shrewsbury

    Shrewsbury

  • The Wind's Twelve Quarters
  • 1975 collection of short stories

    Quarters is a collection of short stories by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, titled after a line from A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad and first published

    The Wind's Twelve Quarters

    The_Wind's_Twelve_Quarters

  • More Poems
  • Only two collections of A. E. Housman's poems had been published at widely separated intervals during his lifetime, A Shropshire Lad (1896) and Last Poems

    More Poems

    More_Poems

  • Blood's a Rover
  • 2009 novel by James Ellroy

    The Mark Gordon Company, retrieved December 8, 2025 A.E. Housman - "A Shropshire Lad" Blood's a Rover Archived September 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

    Blood's a Rover

    Blood's_a_Rover

  • Blue Remembered Hills
  • 14th episode of the 9th series of Play for Today

    The play is now a standard text for GCSE Drama in Great Britain. The title comes from the 40th poem in A.E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad. The poem is read

    Blue Remembered Hills

    Blue_Remembered_Hills

  • Eleven Songs
  • Topics referred to by the same term

    Harmonizations, a 1968 composition by Charles Ives Eleven Songs from A Shropshire Lad, a song cycle by George Butterworth (1885-1916) "Eleven Sons", a short story

    Eleven Songs

    Eleven_Songs

  • Die Another Day
  • 2002 James Bond film by Lee Tamahori

    title comes from a line in the poem "The Day of Battle" by English poet A.E. Housman, which was part of his 1896 collection A Shropshire Lad. But since the

    Die Another Day

    Die_Another_Day

  • British Rail Class 67
  • Class of diesel-electric locomotives

    were repainted in Wrexham & Shropshire's silver and grey livery.[unreliable source?] In 2008, these were named A Shropshire Lad (3 July), Dyfrbont Pontcysyllte

    British Rail Class 67

    British Rail Class 67

    British_Rail_Class_67

  • William Hyde (artist)
  • English painter

    for his illustrations of the first illustrated edition of Housman's A Shropshire Lad and Hilaire Belloc's (1904) The Old Road. Some of his paintings are

    William Hyde (artist)

    William Hyde (artist)

    William_Hyde_(artist)

  • Ludlow
  • Town and civil parish in Shropshire, England

    Ludlow (/ˈlʌdloʊ/ LUD-loh) is a market town and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. It is located 28 miles (45 km) south of Shrewsbury and 23 miles

    Ludlow

    Ludlow

    Ludlow

  • Michael Maybrick
  • English composer and singer (1841–1913)

    settings of A. E. Housman, 'When I was one-and-twenty' in 1904, the same year Arthur Somervell published his A Shropshire Lad song cycle. Maybrick was a keen

    Michael Maybrick

    Michael Maybrick

    Michael_Maybrick

  • Mithridates VI Eupator
  • King of Pontus from 120 to 63 BC

    The poet A. E. Housman alludes to Mithridates' antidote in the final stanza of "Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff" in A Shropshire Lad: There was a king reigned

    Mithridates VI Eupator

    Mithridates VI Eupator

    Mithridates_VI_Eupator

  • George Macy
  • American publisher

    Hawthorne/W.A. Dwiggins The Song of Songs which is Solomon/Valenti Angelo The Story of Manon Lescaut by Abbe Prevost/Pierre Brissaud A Shropshire Lad by A.E. Housman/Edward

    George Macy

    George_Macy

  • Colin Ross (composer)
  • link] "ArchiveGrid". A SHROPSHIRE LAD IN BRITISH MUSIC SINCE 1940: DECLINE AND RENEWAL by KEVIN ROBERT WHITTINGHAM A SHROPSHIRE LAD IN BRITISH MUSIC SINCE

    Colin Ross (composer)

    Colin_Ross_(composer)

  • List of book titles taken from literature
  • may be done as a conscious allusion to the themes of the older work or simply because the phrase seems memorable. The following is a partial list of

    List of book titles taken from literature

    List_of_book_titles_taken_from_literature

  • Leopold Stokowski
  • British conductor (1882–1977)

    A Shropshire Lad. Stokowski also made a number of recordings with the NBC Symphony for RCA Victor in 1941–42, including Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony, a

    Leopold Stokowski

    Leopold Stokowski

    Leopold_Stokowski

  • The Far Country (novel)
  • 1952 novel by Nevil Shute

    eked out a quiet existence in the river valley. The title comes from the 40th poem (in Roman numerals XL) in A.E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad. Into my

    The Far Country (novel)

    The_Far_Country_(novel)

  • Walkabout (film)
  • 1971 survival film by Nicolas Roeg

    and the poem read at the end of the film is Poem 40 from A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad. About her nude swimming scene, Jenny Agutter said, "Nic wanted

    Walkabout (film)

    Walkabout_(film)

  • Bernard Herrmann
  • American composer (1911–1975)

    "The Willow Leaf" "Weep No More, Sad Fountains" "Something Tells" A Shropshire Lad (1935) Cynara (June 1935) See also Columbia Workshop for programs in

    Bernard Herrmann

    Bernard Herrmann

    Bernard_Herrmann

  • Elinore Blaisdell
  • American illustrator

    Tales from Shakespeare, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, and A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad (1932). Blaisdell was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter

    Elinore Blaisdell

    Elinore_Blaisdell

  • Inside the Whale
  • 1940 essay by George Orwell

    and adolescent despair in A Shropshire Lad, which Orwell revered as a teenager. After Housman and the nature poets there was a new movement of the 1920s

    Inside the Whale

    Inside_the_Whale

  • Three Pastels
  • Piano compositions by John Ireland

    title A Grecian Lad may have been taken from A. E. Housman's poem "Look not in my eyes, for fear", No. XV in his 1896 collection A Shropshire Lad. It refers

    Three Pastels

    Three_Pastels

  • Geoffrey Toye
  • English conductor, composer and opera producer (1889–1942)

    Ralph Vaughan Williams's London Symphony and George Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad. After Army service he was engaged as assistant conductor of the Beecham

    Geoffrey Toye

    Geoffrey Toye

    Geoffrey_Toye

  • British literature
  • Literature written in or related to the United Kingdom

    Hugh Clough – A Brief Biography", Glenn Everett The Oxford Companion to English Literature (1996), pp.650–1. A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XL "Edward

    British literature

    British_literature

  • Strong Poison
  • 1930 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers

    beneficiary, and his fraud would not be revealed. After perusing A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad, in which the poet likens the reading of serious poetry to

    Strong Poison

    Strong Poison

    Strong_Poison

  • David C. H. Austin
  • British rose breeder and writer (1926–2018)

    (1995) 'Pat Austin' (1995) 'Pegasus' (1995) 'Scepter'd Isle' (1996) 'A Shropshire Lad' (1996) 'Barbara Austin' (1997) 'Geoff Hamilton' (1998) 'Teasing Georgia'

    David C. H. Austin

    David C. H. Austin

    David_C._H._Austin

  • Land of Lost Content (museum)
  • Museum in Craven Arms, Shropshire, England

    packaging. The museum's name was taken from Poem XL in A. E. Housman's collection A Shropshire Lad. The museum was founded by Stella Mitchell, who had begun

    Land of Lost Content (museum)

    Land of Lost Content (museum)

    Land_of_Lost_Content_(museum)

  • Burton upon Trent
  • Town in Staffordshire, England

    Gardens where he drank a glass of Burton ale. In the poem "Terence, this is stupid stuff" from A.E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad, the speaker asks the question

    Burton upon Trent

    Burton upon Trent

    Burton_upon_Trent

  • List of songs based on poems
  • stone" "Estranged from beauty" "Will there really be a morning?" "Six poems from "A Shropshire Lad" were set to music in "On Wenlock Edge" by Ralph Vaughan

    List of songs based on poems

    List_of_songs_based_on_poems

  • Narcissus (plant)
  • Genus of flowering plants

    More recently A. E. Housman, using one of the daffodil's more symbolic names (see Symbols), wrote The Lent Lily in A Shropshire Lad, describing the

    Narcissus (plant)

    Narcissus (plant)

    Narcissus_(plant)

  • Golders Green Crematorium
  • Crematorium in London, England

    Buckinghamshire. A.E. Housman, classical scholar and poet, author of A Shropshire Lad, ashes interred outside St Laurence's Church, Ludlow, Shropshire, England

    Golders Green Crematorium

    Golders Green Crematorium

    Golders_Green_Crematorium

  • Clungunford
  • Village in Shropshire, England

    (Shropshire Council) covering most of Shropshire. The parish council has 9 members. The parish has no wards. In A Shropshire Lad, A.E. Housman used - but did not

    Clungunford

    Clungunford

    Clungunford

  • The Wrekin
  • Hill in Shropshire, England

    a hill in east Shropshire, England. It is located some five miles (8 km) west of Telford, on the border between the unitary authorities of Shropshire

    The Wrekin

    The Wrekin

    The_Wrekin

  • Mithridate
  • Semi-mythical remedy

    It is plainly a showy parade of the art, and a colossal boast of science. In A. E. Housman's collection of poetry titled A Shropshire Lad published in

    Mithridate

    Mithridate

    Mithridate

  • Hearsay (disambiguation)
  • Topics referred to by the same term

    1972 "Hear Say", a song by Ja Rule from The Mirror, 2007 Terence Hearsay, a fictional character in the poem cycle A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman Heresay

    Hearsay (disambiguation)

    Hearsay_(disambiguation)

  • Ernest John Moeran
  • English composer

    from A Shropshire Lad (baritone & piano) – 1916 a – Westward, On the High-Hilled Plains b – When I Last Came To Ludlow c – This Time of Year, A Twelve-Month

    Ernest John Moeran

    Ernest_John_Moeran

  • Agnes Miller Parker
  • Scottish engraver, illustrator and painter

    Thomas Gray – Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard (NY: Limited Editions Club, 1940) A.E. Housman – A Shropshire Lad (Harrap, 1940) William Shakespeare

    Agnes Miller Parker

    Agnes_Miller_Parker

  • We'll to the Woods No More (John Ireland)
  • Song cycle

    think, by Wenlock town"; A Shropshire Lad (1896), No. XXXIX) John France has written, "The mood of this cycle is typically a deep sense of the fragility

    We'll to the Woods No More (John Ireland)

    We'll_to_the_Woods_No_More_(John_Ireland)

  • River Severn
  • River in the United Kingdom

    mounted on a seahorse, riding on the crest of the Severn bore. The River Severn is named several times in A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad (1896): "It

    River Severn

    River Severn

    River_Severn

  • The Divine Comedy (band)
  • Irish band fronted by Neil Hannon

    Shaw-Stewart. The poem was found written onto a blank page of Shaw-Stewart's copy of A Shropshire Lad after his death on the Western Front in 1917. In

    The Divine Comedy (band)

    The Divine Comedy (band)

    The_Divine_Comedy_(band)

  • Clee Hills
  • Range of hills in Shropshire, England

    The Clee hills are mentioned in the opening line of A. E. Housman's collection A Shropshire Lad. Poem I begins "From Clee to heaven the beacon burns"

    Clee Hills

    Clee_Hills

  • Tewkesbury
  • Town in Gloucestershire, England

    1946) used nearby Bredon as its basis. A local museum has been named after him. A.E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad also mentions Tewkesbury, as well as nearby

    Tewkesbury

    Tewkesbury

    Tewkesbury

  • The Ballad of Reading Gaol
  • 1897 poem by Oscar Wilde

    suggested that Wilde was, to some degree, inspired by poem IX in A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad (1896), which alludes to the hanging of condemned prisoners:

    The Ballad of Reading Gaol

    The Ballad of Reading Gaol

    The_Ballad_of_Reading_Gaol

  • John C. Williams (baritone saxophonist)
  • Baritone Saxophonist Composer Arranger Educator Winner Sunday Times jazz prize

    was a setting of When Summer's End is Nighing. The album was released on the hundreth anniversary of the publication of Housman's A Shropshire Lad, and

    John C. Williams (baritone saxophonist)

    John_C._Williams_(baritone_saxophonist)

  • Laurence Housman
  • English writer and illustrator (1865–1959)

    5 February 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2007. Archie Burnett, notes to A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems, Penguin 2010, p.xxxi. "L. HOUSMAN ARRESTED.; AUTHOR

    Laurence Housman

    Laurence Housman

    Laurence_Housman

  • List of poetry collections
  • Crystal - Fern G. Z. Carr The Shield of Achilles (1955) - W.H. Auden A Shropshire Lad - A. E. Housman The Sign and Its Children (2012) (trans. of Znak i njegova

    List of poetry collections

    List of poetry collections

    List_of_poetry_collections

  • The Land of Lost Content (book)
  • Book by Mark Peel

    education. The book's title is taken from Poem XL in A. E. Housman's collection A Shropshire Lad. Chenevix-Trench was known for his substantial tenures

    The Land of Lost Content (book)

    The_Land_of_Lost_Content_(book)

  • Poetry about cricket
  • Sports-themed poems

    albeit briefly, in late-Victorian poet A. E. Housman's most famous collection of somewhat gloomy poems A Shropshire Lad, published in 1896, including "Poem

    Poetry about cricket

    Poetry_about_cricket

  • Shrewsbury Prison
  • Former prison in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom

    HM Prison Shrewsbury was a category B/C men's prison in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It was decommissioned in March 2013, and is now open to the public

    Shrewsbury Prison

    Shrewsbury Prison

    Shrewsbury_Prison

  • Bredon Hill
  • Natural feature in Worcestershire, England

    Cooper, A. R. Quinton, Henry Yeend King and Anna Hornby. The hill is immortalised in poem 21 of A. E. Housman's 1896 anthology, A Shropshire Lad. In summertime

    Bredon Hill

    Bredon Hill

    Bredon_Hill

  • Matthew Webb
  • British swimmer (1848–1883)

    English Channel. His death inspired a poem by William McGonagall in 1883, and John Betjeman's poem "A Shropshire Lad". A film adaptation of Webb's Channel

    Matthew Webb

    Matthew Webb

    Matthew_Webb

  • The Heritage Press
  • American publishing trade name

    Andersen's Fairy Tales, and A Shropshire Lad. He also authored The Collected Verses of George Jester (distributed in a limited number as a Macy family holiday

    The Heritage Press

    The_Heritage_Press

  • Knighton, Powys
  • Town on the Wales-England border

    in A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman: We still had sorrows to lighten, One could not always be glad, And lads knew trouble at Knighton, When I was a Knighton

    Knighton, Powys

    Knighton, Powys

    Knighton,_Powys

  • Clunbury
  • Village in Shropshire, England

    Under the sun. — A.E. Housman, L, A Shropshire Lad Ida Gandy describes life in Clunbury in the 1930s in her book An idler on the Shropshire borders. Listed

    Clunbury

    Clunbury

    Clunbury

  • Clunton
  • Village in Shropshire, England

    mosses Dicranum majus and Rhytidiadelphus loreus are abundant. In A Shropshire Lad, A. E. Housman used - but did not actually write - the verse: Clunton

    Clunton

    Clunton

    Clunton

  • 2010 in British music
  • Carols & Christmas Songs Roderick Williams – Butterworth: Shropshire Lad (Songs From A Shropshire Lad/ Folk Songs From Sussex) Lemmy Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

    2010 in British music

    2010_in_British_music

  • Six Songs
  • Topics referred to by the same term

    the Melvins (1986) 6 Songs, a demo by The Offspring Six Partsongs (1893–1901) by Jean Sibelius Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad (1911) by George Butterworth

    Six Songs

    Six_Songs

  • Neville Dilkes
  • English conductor and organist (1930–2025)

    of Green Willow, A Shropshire Lad Franz Doppler, Wood-bird for flute and 4 horns, Op. 21 (Philharmonia Orchestra) Hamilton Harty, A John Field Suite (English

    Neville Dilkes

    Neville_Dilkes

  • River Teme
  • River in Wales and England

    them a "Sonnet to the River Teme". A. E. Housman made only a passing mention of the river's name in A Shropshire Lad, but that ensured its incorporation

    River Teme

    River Teme

    River_Teme

  • Isle of Portland
  • Tied island in Dorset, England

    Underhill's winding streets. A. E. Housman wrote of the place in his poem, "The Isle of Portland", from A Shropshire Lad. Hilaire Belloc's book The Cruise

    Isle of Portland

    Isle of Portland

    Isle_of_Portland

  • The Land of Lost Content
  • Topics referred to by the same term

    Lost Content (museum), a museum of popular culture in Shropshire, England A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman, poem XL, the origin of the phrase This disambiguation

    The Land of Lost Content

    The_Land_of_Lost_Content

  • English literature
  • Literature written in the English language

    important modernist in the 20th century. Also in 1896 A.E. Housman published at his own expense A Shropshire Lad. Writers of comic verse included the dramatist

    English literature

    English literature

    English_literature

  • Song cycle
  • Group of songs designed to be performed in sequence as a single entity

    by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and On Wenlock Edge on poems from A. E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad, the latter originally for voice with piano and string quartet

    Song cycle

    Song_cycle

  • Wroxeter
  • Village in Shropshire, England

    is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wroxeter and Uppington, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England

    Wroxeter

    Wroxeter

    Wroxeter

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  • A-GUN
  • Female

    Thai/Siamese

    A-GUN

    Thai name A-GUN means "grape."

    A-GUN

  • Dyas
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (Shropshire)

    Dyas

    English (Shropshire) : of uncertain derivation. Reaney suggests it may be topographic for someone who lived at the ‘dye-house’, from Old English dēag + hūs.

    Dyas

  • Haynes
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (Shropshire)

    Haynes

    English (Shropshire) : from the Welsh personal name Einws, a diminutive of Einion (of uncertain origin, popularly associated with einion ‘anvil’).English : patronymic from the medieval personal name Hain 2.English : habitational name from Haynes in Bedfordshire. This name first appears in Domesday Book as Hagenes, which Mills derives from the plural of Old English hægen, hagen ‘enclosure’.Irish : variant of Hines.John Haynes (?1594–1653) had emigrated from Essex, England, where his father was lord of the manor of Copford Hall near Colchester, to MA, where he was governor in 1635. He moved to CT, and was the colony's first governor (1639–53/54).

    Haynes

  • Sudlow
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (Shropshire)

    Sudlow

    English (Shropshire) : apparently a habitational name from an unidentified place, perhaps Sudlow Farm in Cheshire.

    Sudlow

  • Benbow
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (Shropshire)

    Benbow

    English (Shropshire) : from Middle English bend(en) ‘to bend’ + bowe ‘bow’, hence a metonymic occupational name for an archer.

    Benbow

  • Huxley
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (mainly Shropshire)

    Huxley

    English (mainly Shropshire) : habitational name from a place in Cheshire, which is probably so called from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Hucc or from Old English husc, hux ‘insult’, ‘taunt’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.

    Huxley

  • Tisdale
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (Shropshire)

    Tisdale

    English (Shropshire) : variant of Teesdale.

    Tisdale

  • A-WUT
  • Male

    Thai/Siamese

    A-WUT

    Thai name A-WUT means "weapon."

    A-WUT

  • SOFÍA
  • Female

    Spanish

    SOFÍA

    Spanish form of Greek Sophia, SOFÍA means "wisdom."

    SOFÍA

  • Royster
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (Shropshire and Staffordshire)

    Royster

    English (Shropshire and Staffordshire) : unexplained.

    Royster

  • PÍA
  • Female

    Spanish

    PÍA

    Feminine form of Spanish Pío, PÍA means "pious."

    PÍA

  • Howen
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (Shropshire, Worcestershire)

    Howen

    English (Shropshire, Worcestershire) : variant of Welsh Owen.

    Howen

  • GRAÇA
  • Female

    Portuguese

    GRAÇA

    Portuguese name GRAÇA means "graceful."

    GRAÇA

  • NES-A
  • Female

    Egyptian

    NES-A

    , a royal lady of the IIIrd or IVth dynasty.

    NES-A

  • Shuker
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (Shropshire)

    Shuker

    English (Shropshire) : unexplained. Origin unidentified.

    Shuker

  • Shropshire
  • Surname or Lastname

    English

    Shropshire

    English : regional name from the county of Shropshire, on the western border of England with Wales.

    Shropshire

  • Ferrington
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (Shropshire)

    Ferrington

    English (Shropshire) : variant of Farrington.

    Ferrington

  • Pennell
  • Surname or Lastname

    English (mainly Shropshire and West Midlands)

    Pennell

    English (mainly Shropshire and West Midlands) : variant of Parnell.

    Pennell

  • NÉA
  • Female

    Swedish

    NÉA

    Short form of Swedish Linnéa, NÉA means "twinflower."

    NÉA

  • LÉA
  • Female

    French

    LÉA

    French form of Hebrew Leah, LÉA means "weary."

    LÉA

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