SHIFFNAL, a market-town of England, Shropshire, 17 miles E.S.E. of Shrewsbury, and 135 N.W. by W. of London. It contains no remarkable building except the large and handsome parish church, which is in the form of a cross, with a fine carved roof and some Norman remains. The other places of worship belong to the Baptists and Independents. There are also national schools and a
Shikarpoor blue-coat school. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the mines and coal-pits in the vicinity, and in a paper manufacturing. Pop. of the parish, 5617.