But Thomas Telford was different. It was in Shropshire where he found recognition - and did his best work. And whether or not you think he's the greatest Salopian, you can't deny that his work is ...

In 1810 Thomas Telford, Shropshire's Surveyor of Public Works, was commissioned to report on the state of the route. He had no reservations about telling parliament that a road had to be built.

Scroll down to see Thomas ... brought him to Shropshire in 1786, when the wealthy William Pulteney, who was both Shrewsbury’s new MP and an old Scottish associate whom Telford knew, liked ...

Thomas Telford, one of Britain's greatest engineers, was buried in the centre part of the nave of Westminster Abbey on 10th September 1834, having died on the 2nd at 24 Abingdon Street, Westminster.