Curriers Lane; and St. Andrew's Church of England Primary School, on Park Lane. The town has two further schools, Idsall School, in Coppice Green, a comprehensive secondary school; and Young Options College, in Lamledge Lane, an independent specialist secondary school. Notable people George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury KG, KB, PC (c. 1468 in Shifnal – 1538) son of John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and Lady Catherine Stafford, daughter of the Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham Edward Bromley (1563-1626), judge and politician, lived at mansion called 'Shiffnal Grange' Thomas Brown (1662-1704) satirist poet, of "facetious memory" born son of farmer in Shifnal. Thomas Beddoes (1760 in Shifnal – 1808) physician and scientific writer, a reforming practitioner and teacher of medicine and worked to treat tuberculosis William Hollins (1763 in Shifnal - 1843) architect and sculptor Henry Hill Hickman (1800-1830) surgeon and pioneer of anaesthetics, lived and practiced in Shifnal in 1824. Hannah Cullwick (1833 in Shifnal – 1909) nursemaid and diarist. Mary Augusta Ward CBE (1851–1920) novelist used her married name, Mrs Humphry Ward, brought up in Shifnal Captain Basil Brooke DSO & Bar (1882 in Shifnal – 1929) a Royal Navy mine clearance officer. Sir Thomas Ingram Kynaston Lloyd GCMG KCB (1896 in Shifnal – 1968) Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1947 to 1956 Peter Reynolds (1939 in Shifnal - 2001), archaeologist, the first director of Butser Ancient Farm Kevin Mulligan (born 1951 in Shifnal) philosopher, working on ontology, the philosophy of mind, and Austrian philosophy Andrew Burn (born 1954 in Shifnal) professor and media theorist, developed the theory of the Kineikonic Mode Stephen Harris (born 1968, Shifnal) music producer and mixer. Sport Edwin Bennett (1893 in Shifnal – 1929) an English cricketer, who played four first-class matches Bert Williams MBE (1920–2014) international football goalkeeper at Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., lived near Shifnal Reg Attwell (1920 in Shifnal – 1986) professional footballer mainly for Burnley F.C. Jack Taylor OBE (1930-2012) referee at 1974 FIFA World Cup Final, lived at Shifnal Peter Alan Baker (born 1967 in Shifnal) is an English professional golfer Peter Lamsdale (born 1971 in Shifnal) an English cricketer, played for Berkshire William Kenyon-Slaney (1847–1908) Footballer, cricketer, soldier, politician. First person to ever score in an international football match. See also Listed buildings in Shifnal References External links Shifnal Town Council Towns in Shropshire Market towns in Shropshire Civil parishes in Shropshire