Frankwell

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Frankwell, nicknamed the Little Borough by locals, is a district of the town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The phrase "the little borough" comes from the fact that it is next door to the bigger borough, Shrewsbury, although Frankwell is now truly part of the town.

The district lies to the northwest of the town centre of Shrewsbury and is very old. It grew up as a suburb of the medieval town of Shrewsbury, on the other side of the River Severn.

The new Guildhall of Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council is located in Frankwell, on Frankwell Quay.

Frankwell Forge was a small industrial area by the side of the Welsh Bridge, founded in 1878 and closed only recently, in 2004. It closed to make way for the new theatre complex planned for the area. The name of the company which operated the site when it closed was "H and E Davies".

Also in Frankwell is St George's Church and Frankwell Quay (with its small marina and the town's only major permanent flood defences). Two bridges connect the district with the town centre - the historic Welsh Bridge and the modern Frankwell Footbridge. There was once a medieval bridge linking the two, called St George's Bridge, but this was replaced by the Welsh Bridge in the 1790s. The older bridge was about 80 yards upstream of the current Welsh Bridge.