What is Oswestry?
{{infobox UK place |country = England |official_name= Oswestry |welsh_name = Croesoswallt | population = 17,105 | population_ref = (2011) |civil_parish = Oswestry |unitary_england= [[Shropshire]] |lieutenancy_england= [[Shropshire]] |region= West Midlands |constituency_westminster= [[North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Shropshire]] |post_town= OSWESTRY |postcode_district = SY10, SY11 |postcode_area= SY |dial_code= 01691 |os_grid_reference= SJ301337 |london_distance= |static_image= Oswestry - Historic buildings in town centre.jpg |static_image_caption= Historic buildings in Oswestry town centre }} '''Oswestry''' ({{lang-cy|Croesoswallt}}), is one of the [[United Kingdom]]'s oldest [[border]] towns. It is the largest [[market town]] and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[Shropshire]], [[England]], close to the [[Wales|Welsh]] border. Oswestry is the third largest town in [[Shropshire]], following [[Telford]] and [[Shrewsbury]]. The 2001 [[Census]] recorded the population of the civil parish as 15,613, and the [[:wikt:urban|urban]] area as 16,660. In 2008 the latter figure was estimated to have increased to 17,116.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-81&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x&geo=514277697 |title=Oswestry |work=World Gazetteer |accessdate=2008-05-14 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121216135916/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-81&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=x&geo=514277697 |archivedate=2012-12-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town is five miles (8&nbsp;km) from the Welsh border, Oswestry has a mixed Welsh and [[English people|English]] [[:wikt:heritage|heritage]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shropshiretourism.info/oswestry/ |title=Oswestry & the Welsh Borders |author=Shropshire Tourism |accessdate=2009-03-03 |archive-date=2018-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029045522/http://www.shropshiretourism.info/oswestry/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the home