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-Title: A guide, descriptive and historical, through the Town of Shrewsbury
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-***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A GUIDE, DESCRIPTIVE AND
-HISTORICAL, THROUGH THE TOWN OF SHREWSBURY***
-
-
-Transcribed from the John Davies, Fourth Edition (1855) by David Price,
-email ccx074@pglaf.org
-
-                          [Picture: Book cover]
-
-
-
-
-
-                                 A GUIDE,
-                       DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL,
-                               THROUGH THE
-                           TOWN OF SHREWSBURY,
-
-
-               INTERSPERSED WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THE MORE
-
-                   REMARKABLE OBJECTS IN THE ENVIRONS,
-
-                     TO WHICH ARE APPENDED, LISTS OF
-                     THE EMINENT NATIVES OF THE TOWN,
-                  WITH REFERENCES TO BIOGRAPHICAL WORKS;
-
-                                    OF
-                   THE BIRDS SEEN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD;
-
-                                  AND OF
-                       THE RARER SPECIES OF PLANTS
-                       INDIGENOUS TO THE VICINITY.
-
-                                  BY THE
-                   REV. W. A. LEIGHTON, B.A.  F.B S.E.
-                  AUTHOR OF “A FLORA OF SHROPSHIRE,” &c.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-    “I held on way to auncient Shrewsebrie towne,
-    And so from horse at lodging lighting downe,
-    I walkt the streats, and markt what came to vewe.”
-
-                                                               CHURCHYARD.
-
-                                  * * * * *
-
-                             FOURTH EDITION.
-              Illustrated with Sixty=one Engravings on Wood.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                               SHREWSBURY:
-                PUBLISHED BY JOHN DAVIES, XV. HIGH STREET.
-                         SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-    “Without aiming to be great—we aspire only to be useful.”
-
-                                   _Dr. Butler’s Inaugural Address_, 1835.
-
-
-
-
-LIST OF ENGRAVINGS.
-
-                                                          PAGE.
-     1  Organ Screen in St. Mary’s Church                     1
-     2  Norman Doorway, ditto                                 1
-     3  Town Hall                                             7
-     4  Market House                                          9
-     5  Statue of Richard Duke of York, on ditto             10
-     6  Angel under canopied niche, on ditto                 10
-     7  Public Rooms                                         12
-     8  Ireland’s Mansion                                    14
-     9  “Bennette’s Halle”                                   15
-    10  Timber Houses on Pride Hill                          16
-    11  Gateway of the Council House                         19
-    12  Ditto of the Castle                                  22
-    13  The Castle                                           23
-    14  Laura’s Tower                                        24
-    15  Royal Free Grammar School                            27
-    16  Principal School-Room, ditto                         43
-    17  Bible Stand in the Chapel, ditto                     44
-    18  The Library, ditto                                   45
-    19  Railway Station                                      48
-    20  Berwick Chapel                                       53
-    21  St. Michael’s Church                                 54
-    22  Battlefield Church                                   56
-    23  St. Mary’s Church                                    62
-    24  Monument to Rev. J. B. Blakeway, in ditto            72
-    25  Triple Lancet Window, ditto                          74
-    26  Ancient Stone Font, ditto                            76
-    27  Monument to Admiral Benbow, ditto                    77
-    28  Altar-tomb, Simon de Leybourne, ditto                79
-    29  Monument to Master Wigram, ditto                     79
-    30  Statue to Bishop Butler, ditto                       81
-    31  Salop Infirmary                                      86
-    32  St. Alkmund’s Church                                 94
-    33  Guild House of the Holy Cross                        99
-    34  St. Julian’s Church                                 100
-    35  Old St. Chad’s Church                               107
-    36  Tower on the Town Walls                             119
-    37  English Bridge                                      122
-    38  Abbey Church, or Church of the Holy Cross           130
-    39  Ditto, eastern end                                  133
-    40  Stone Railing, in ditto                             134
-    41  Monument to Roger de Montgomery, ditto              136
-    42  Altar-tomb to Richard Onslow, Esq. ditto            137
-    43  Ditto to Alderman Jones and his Wife, ditto         138
-    44  Reader’s Pulpit, ditto                              141
-    45  White Hall                                          145
-    46  Column in honour of Lord Hill                       147
-    47  St. Giles’s Church                                  148
-    48  Interior of ditto                                   151
-    49  “Pest-Basin,” in St. Giles’s Churchyard             152
-    50  Altar-tomb at Longner                               155
-    51  Roman Wall at Wroxeter                              155
-    52  Trinity Church                                      156
-    53  Meole Bridge, &c.                                   157
-    54  Window in Franciscan Friary                         158
-    55  The Quarry                                          159
-    56  St. Chad’s Church                                   163
-    57  Font in ditto                                       165
-    58  Figure of St. Chad in ditto                         167
-    59  Welsh Bridge                                        171
-    60  St. George’s Church                                 173
-    61  Shelton Oak                                         176
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-_August_, 1855.
-
-
-
-
-SHREWSBURY.
-
-
-SHREWSBURY, the capital town of Shropshire, lies nearly in the centre of
-that fertile county, and occupies a commanding eminence which gradually
-rises from the bed of the river Severn, whose stream gracefully bends its
-course around three sides of the town, thus forming a peninsula, having
-its narrow isthmus towards the north-east.  From whatever point the
-traveller approaches, his mind cannot fail of being forcibly impressed
-with the singular beauty of its situation and general aspect;—its dark
-and frowning castle, the elegant towers and gracefully tapering spires of
-its ecclesiastical structures; the undulating, irregular, yet picturesque
-disposition of its buildings, and above all, the beautiful windings of
-“Severn’s ambient wave;”—all combine to form a prospect surpassed by none
-and equalled but by few other towns of our island.
-
-               [Picture: Organ Screen in St. Mary’s Church]
-
-From the gradual and progressive improvements of civilization, the
-present condition of the town presents few points of resemblance to the
-appearance indicated in its original Saxon name, Scrobbesbyrig, _the
-fenced eminence overgrown with shrubs_; a dense population of more than
-20,000 inhabitants {2} now dwelling within its extent, busily engaged in
-the manufactures of linen, thread, iron, brawn, &c.—not forgetting those
-far-famed cakes
-
-    “Whose honour’d name th’ inventive city own,
-    Rendering thro’ Britain’s isle Salopia’s praises known.”
-
-               [Picture: Norman Doorway, St. Mary’s Church]
-
-Its earliest history, like that of most other ancient places, remains
-involved in obscurity; though it is now the generally received opinion,
-that the town was founded by the Britons, who, expelled from the adjacent
-station of Uriconium, or Wroxeter, which they continued to inhabit after
-the final departure of their Roman masters, sought here that refuge
-against their Saxon enemies which the then nature of the country was so
-well capable of affording them.  During the progress of succeeding ages,
-our town and its inhabitants, have, of course, by turns flourished amid
-the calm prosperity of peace, and trembled at the terrors and desolations
-of overwhelming warfare.  But the ample details of its important history
-are totally foreign to the purpose of the present manual; the highest aim
-of which, is to furnish to the intelligent and inquisitive traveller, a
-faithful, though humble guide, in conducting him, in his survey of the
-place, to those objects which, from general or local circumstances, are
-most deserving his attention and observation. {3}
-
-To all classes, in their various and varied pursuits, our town will be
-found replete with matter of interest and instruction.  The refined
-traveller will here meet with customs and manners peculiar, singular, and
-interesting—the artist, subjects for his pencil and exercise for his
-judgment, in imitating the tints and stains of time and nature’s
-never-ceasing powers—the historical antiquary will, with enthusiastic
-delight, trace its connexion with many of the grandest features of our
-national history—the architectural antiquary will find ample scope for
-many an hour’s delightful meditation on the massive grandeur of the
-“oulden time”—whilst to the scrutinising eye of the naturalist, the
-vicinity will, at every step, unfold objects of beauteous and wondrous
-design, which will uplift his enraptured mind, as he fondly gazes on
-them, in heartfelt gratitude, adoration, and praise, to the bounteous
-Giver of all good.
-
-Commencing then at the centre, let us first survey that emporium of civic
-honour,
-
-
-
-THE TOWN HALL.
-
-
-The ancient Guild Hall was a large, low, timber structure, with a high
-clock-turret, erected in the reign of Henry VIII. and stood across the
-Market Square, nearly at right angles to the centre of the New Hall.  The
-lower part consisted of shops, and a covered way for carriages
-communicating with the High Street.  The upper story contained the rooms
-in which the business of the town was transacted, and the assizes held.
-The Exchequer, in which the municipal records were preserved, stood on
-the south-east side, and was a strong square stone tower of three
-stories, erected in 1490.
-
-This incommodious building was in 1783 levelled with the ground, and a
-new hall erected in its place, after the design of the late Mr. Haycock
-of this town, at an expense of £11,000, and opened for public business on
-17th March, 1786.  In excavating the foundations, considerable deposits
-of what was apparently manure were discovered, indicating, in all
-probability, the existence of a farm-yard on the spot, at some very early
-period.  The new structure exhibited a handsome stone front towards the
-Market Square, and consisted of a spacious vestibule, and two not very
-convenient courts for the assizes, on the ground floor.  A large assembly
-room, grand jury room, and spacious offices for the business of the town
-and county, occupied the upper story, to which an elegant spiral
-staircase of stone led from the vestibule below.
-
-Considerable sinkings having in 1832 been observed in different parts of
-the structure in consequence of the instability of the foundations, the
-building was surveyed by eminent and experienced architects, and
-pronounced unsafe and dangerous.  The matter was immediately deliberated
-upon by the proper authorities, and after due investigation, it was
-determined to take down the whole edifice and erect a more commodious one
-on its site.  For the double purpose of obtaining a more eligible
-foundation, and of adding a considerable additional space in front to the
-Market Square, some adjoining premises were purchased by subscription,
-and a substantial structure, well adapted for all the purposes of the
-business to be therein transacted, was, in 1837, completed by Messrs.
-Birch, of this town, after a design by Sir Richard Smirke.  The cost of
-this building was about £13,000, and was raised by a county-rate.
-
-The disposition of the interior embraces on the ground floor, a
-vestibule, affording a communication with rooms on either side for the
-mayor, counsel at the assizes, and witnesses, and beyond with two
-spacious courts and robing rooms for the judges.  On the second floor are
-arranged the clerk of the indictments, grand jury and witnesses
-attendance rooms; and on the upper floor, the town clerk’s and clerk of
-the peace’s offices, and a great room, 45 feet by 32 feet, for general
-purposes; on this floor are also fire-proof chambers for the safe
-preservation of the municipal records.  Under the crown court are cells,
-&c. for the prisoners, and a room for the deliberations of juries.  Its
-exterior elevation is here represented:—
-
-                           [Picture: Town Hall]
-
-The following pictures, presented at various times to the Corporation,
-adorn the walls of the Town Hall: Charles I.; Charles II.; William III.;
-George I.; George II.; George III. and his Queen Charlotte; Admiral
-Benbow; Lord Hill, by Sir William Beechy; and Admiral Owen, painted by
-our townsman, R. Evans, Esq. R.A. by subscription.  An excellent likeness
-of The Honourable Thomas Kenyon, late Chairman of Salop Quarter Sessions,
-and various other local portraits, are arranged around.
-
-The Norman Earls of Shrewsbury, to whom the town belonged after the
-Conquest, ruled the burgesses with the iron sway of tyranny.  From this
-thraldom they were somewhat relieved by Henry I., who conferred on them
-many valuable privileges, and diminished the rent of their town.  Henry
-II. was the first king who granted them a written charter, but from his
-time to the reign of James II. almost every successive sovereign has
-confirmed or enlarged their privileges and customs.  A guild merchant
-existed here, antecedent to the 11th John, and was recognized and
-established by charter of 11th Henry III. 1226–7, by which, every one
-carrying on business in the town was compelled to become a member of it.
-The town was anciently governed by two Bailiffs or Provosts, until the
-Corporation was remodelled by charter of 14th Charles I., under which it
-consisted of a Mayor, (annually elected,) Recorder, Steward, Town Clerk,
-24 Aldermen, 48 Common Councilmen, 2 Chamberlains, and inferior officers.
-Under the Municipal Reform Act, Shrewsbury was divided into five wards,
-and is now governed by a Mayor, 10 Aldermen, and 30 Councilmen.  There
-are also 12 magistrates appointed by the Crown to assist in the local
-government of the town.
-
-
-
-THE MARKET SQUARE
-
-
-presents an interesting and antique appearance, on account of the
-numerous old timber houses, which still remain on its sides.  It consists
-of a large oblong space, the northern half of which affords room for an
-excellent Green or Vegetable Market, whilst the southern half is occupied
-
-
-
-THE MARKET HOUSE,
-
-
-                         [Picture: Market House]
-
-which, according to an inscription over the northern arch, was erected in
-1595, at the expense of the Corporation.  It is one of the most spacious
-and magnificent structures of its kind in the kingdom; is of wrought
-freestone, and in the fantastic style of the 16th century.  The principal
-front faces the west, and has in the centre a spacious portal; over which
-are sculptured, in high relief, the arms of Elizabeth, under a canopy
-adorned with roses, with the date 1596.  Attached to the imposts of the
-great arch are pillars, each supporting a figure of a lion, with a blank
-shield on its breast.  Above are two stories, with large square mullioned
-windows.  On each side the portal is an open arcade of three spacious
-round arches, reposing on massive pillars; over which, a range of square
-mullioned windows lights the upper story, which is surmounted by a rich,
-though singular parapet, with grotesque pinnacles.  [Picture: Statue of
-Richard of York] [Picture: Angel under canopied niche] Large open arches
-occupy the north and south ends, which are terminated above in sharp
-pointed gables.  Above the northern arch, in a tabernacled embattled
-niche, is a statue of Richard, Duke of York, father of Edward IV. clothed
-in complete armour, and a surcoat emblazoned with his armorial bearings,
-removed from the tower on the Old Welsh Bridge, on its demolition in
-1791.  On his left are the town arms, _azure_, _three leopards’ heads_,
-_or_, sculptured in relief.  The south end is decorated with a sculptured
-stone, representing an angel, with expanded wings, under a canopied
-niche, bearing in his hands a shield, charged with the arms of France and
-England, quarterly.  This fragment of antiquity formerly stood in the
-southern tower of the Castle or North Gate of the town, and was removed
-hither in 1825, when that building was taken down to widen the street.
-The exterior of this fine old building has of late years undergone a
-needful reparation and careful restoration, and its northern front has
-recently received the useful appendage of an excellent clock, illuminated
-by gas, constructed by Joyce, of Whitchurch, in this County.  The lower
-area is appropriated to the excellent Corn Market held here every
-Saturday.
-
-General Markets are held on Wednesday and Saturday in every week, and
-Fairs for Cattle of all kinds, in the Smithfield, on alternate Tuesdays,
-and for Butter and Cheese, on the second Wednesday in each month.
-
-The spacious apartments in the upper story of the Market Hall are
-occupied by the
-
-
-
-MECHANICS’ INSTITUTION,
-
-
-originally established in 1825, and supported by subscriptions and
-donations.  The present number of the members is 200.  The Library
-comprises 2000 volumes, and the Reading Room is supplied with Periodicals
-and Newspapers.  There are Classes for the English and French languages,
-Arithmetic, Mathematics, Music, Writing, Modelling and Drawing; and
-during the winter months Lectures are delivered every fortnight.  The
-subscription is Ten Shillings and upwards per annum for members, and Five
-Shillings for students.
-
-On the south side of the Market Square are
-
-
-
-THE PUBLIC ROOMS,
-
-
-                         [Picture: Public Rooms]
-
-erected in 1840, by Mr. Stant, after the design of Mr. Haycock.  On the
-ground floor in front is the principal entrance to the
-
-
-PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION NEWS-ROOM,
-
-
-which is immediately above, and also to the spacious
-
-
-MUSIC HALL,
-
-
-which occupies the remaining portion of the second floor.  The third
-story is divided into various rooms, used as Billiard Rooms, &c.  The
-back apartments on the ground floor are appropriated to the Street Act
-Offices, and dwelling for hall-keeper, &c.
-
-The Public News-Room, supported by annual subscriptions, is supplied with
-the principal London and Provincial Newspapers, Journals, Magazines, &c.
-and is open from 8 a.m. till 10 p.m.
-
-The Music Hall is 90 feet in length, and 42 feet wide, and 38 feet high,
-with an Orchestra at the south end, containing a very fine-toned and
-powerful Organ, built by Bishop of London, and presented to the Choral
-Society of the town, by the late Rev. Richard Scott, B.D.
-
-Adjacent are the Stamp Office, the Salop Fire Office, the Police Station,
-and Post Office,—the two latter in the “Talbot Buildings,” recently well
-known as the old established “Talbot Inn,” formerly the warehouses of an
-eminent draper of the town, of the name of Oteley, of the family of
-Oteley, of Pitchford, County of Salop, and erected on the site of some of
-the buildings probably belonging to Vaughan’s Mansion, as is evident from
-the old stone foundations and singular vaults still existing in the
-basement.
-
-Looking towards the north, and turning on the left, we enter the High
-Street, where on the left-hand side is a noble timber house, now divided
-into separate dwellings, once the town residence of the (now extinct)
-family of Ireland, of Albrighton.  When entire, it must have presented a
-grand and imposing appearance.  The front consists principally of four
-deep ranges of bow windows, four stories high, very lofty, and terminated
-above in pointed gables, on each of which, are escutcheons of the arms of
-the Ireland family.  _Gules_, _six fleurs de lys_, _three_, _two_, _and
-one_, _argent_.  The principal entrance is through a flat Gothic arch.
-The premises are now the property of the Corbets of Sundorne.
-
-                       [Picture: Ireland’s Mansion]
-
-Immediately fronting the High Street, behind the premises of Mr. Burrey,
-upholsterer, are the remains of some extensive building of red stone,
-probably ecclesiastical, and in the style of the 14th century.
-Considerable doubts have been entertained by our best antiquarians
-concerning these remnants of fallen grandeur, and no record is extant by
-which their use or name can be ascertained with any certainty.  In an
-entry in the chartulary of Haughmond Abbey, in this county, of the early
-date of 2d Rich. II. 1378, these premises are mentioned, as having been
-known before that time, by the name of
-
-
-
-“BENNETTE’S HALLE,”
-
-
-but when or from what cause they acquired that appellation is unknown.
-
-                      [Picture: “Bennette’s Halle”]
-
-Turning to the right, we proceed up Pride Hill, on the right-hand side of
-which may be seen many curious old timber houses, the ancient mansions of
-our honest burghers.
-
-Midway of Pride Hill, on the right, is the
-
-
-
-DOUBLE BUTCHER ROW,
-
-
-in which are also many interesting specimens of domestic architecture.
-
-At the top of Pride Hill, on the right, is
-
-
-
-THE BUTTER CROSS,
-
-
-intended for the accommodation of persons bringing Butter, Eggs, and
-Poultry to the markets.  The old cross, a heavy, inconvenient brick
-building, with a large reservoir on its top for supplying the upper parts
-of the town with water, stood nearly in the centre of the thoroughfare,
-whence it was removed in 1818, and another erected at the expense of the
-Corporation, on the present site; which also proving insufficient and
-inconvenient, was taken down, and the present structure, on an enlarged
-scale, built in 1844, by the Corporation, aided by the subscriptions of
-the town and neighbourhood.
-
-                  [Picture: Timber Houses on Pride Hill]
-
-In early times a Cross stood on this spot, of which frequent mention is
-made in old documents, by the name of the High Cross, and the adjoining
-street was called the High Pavement.  Here proclamations were accustomed
-to be made, and criminals executed.  This cross is remarkable as the
-place on which David, the last of the British Princes of Wales, underwent
-a cruel and ignominious death, by order of Edward I. and where many
-noblemen, taken prisoners at the battle of Shrewsbury, were executed.
-
-On part of the site of the present Cross stood, previously, an ancient
-timber structure, probably part of the collegiate buildings of the
-adjacent church of St. Mary.
-
-Nearly opposite the Butter Cross, on the left-hand side of the street, is
-an old mansion, now new-fronted, modernised, partially rebuilt, and
-divided, once, it is believed, the residence of the opulent and ancient,
-but now extinct, family of the Prides, who gave their name to the street
-“Pride Hill.”  Some idea of its former splendour may have been collected
-from the ornamented plaster ceilings, which remained in several of the
-rooms, but which, by recent alterations, are probably now removed.
-
-Proceeding onwards, we shortly reach, on the left,
-
-
-
-THE RAVEN INN,
-
-
-where the ingenious George Farquhar wrote his sprightly but licentious
-comedy of “The Recruiting Officer,” during his residence in our town in
-1704, in that capacity.  The scene of the play is laid in Shrewsbury, and
-though the plot may not have had any foundation in reality, it has been
-ascertained, on indubitable evidence, that the author took for the
-originals of his characters, many distinguished persons, living or well
-known at that time, in the town and neighbourhood.  The window of the
-room, which tradition points out as that in which the drama was composed,
-still exists, and may be seen from the yard of the Inn.
-
-At the end of Castle Street, on the right side, the remains of
-
-
-
-ST. NICHOLAS’S CHAPEL
-
-
-present themselves to the spectator; the architecture of which, with the
-exception of a pointed window at the west end of later date, is entirely
-of the early Norman era: and it is highly probable that the Chapel was
-erected by Roger de Montgomery, the first Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, for
-the use of such of his retainers as resided in the outer works of the
-Castle.  The only portions of this edifice at present remaining, are the
-nave, a massive semicircular arch, formerly opening into the (now
-entirely destroyed) chancel, and two similar side arches.  The building
-is the property of the Lysters of Rowton, and has been converted into two
-stables and a coach-house.
-
-Immediately adjoining, on the right, is the venerable and
-highly-ornamented timber
-
-
-
-GATEWAY OF THE COUNCIL HOUSE,
-
-
-                 [Picture: Gateway of the Council House]
-
-which presents an interesting and curious specimen of the domestic
-architecture of the year 1620; that date, and the initials W O E,
-indicating it to have been built by one of the Owens of Condover, the
-then possessors of this property, being still visible on the
-south-eastern front.
-
-Entering through this gateway, we approach
-
-
-
-THE COUNCIL HOUSE,
-
-
-which is so called from having been the occasional residence of the
-Council of the Marches of Wales, during their annual visit to our town.
-{20}  It is situated on a lofty bank, which abruptly rises above the
-river Severn, and commands a most interesting and enlivening prospect of
-the surrounding country.  The buildings occupy three sides of a small
-court, and are now divided into three excellent houses.  Of late years
-they have been so considerably altered and modernised that little of the
-original structure is at present discernible.  That portion which
-includes the Hall and the Great Chamber over it, comprises nearly the
-whole of the building which retains any resemblance of its original
-features.  These once magnificent apartments, during the last
-alterations, were subdivided and despoiled of the stained glass,
-elaborately carved chimney pieces, {21} and richly ornamented ceilings,
-which contributed so largely to their former splendour.  The carved
-wooden porch, once affording entrance to the hall, has, with other
-relics, been carefully preserved.
-
-The house was originally erected about 1501, by Peter Newton, Esq. one of
-the Council of the Marches, and having passed through numerous hands, is
-now the property of the Lysters of Rowton.
-
-This venerable mansion afforded, in 1642, an asylum to the unhappy
-Charles the First, upon the commencement of his troubles.  His Majesty
-resided here for six weeks, during which time the gentry of Shropshire
-flocked around him, and testified their deep attachment and unshaken
-loyalty, by contributing most liberally in this hour of need to their
-sovereign’s exigencies.  James II. also on his visit to the town, kept
-his court here on the 24th of August, 1687.
-
-The next object which demands our attention is
-
-
-
-THE GATEWAY OF THE CASTLE,
-
-
-the arch of which is the only existing part of the original Norman
-fortress of Roger de Montgomery.  It is eighteen feet in height,
-semicircular, with plain round facings, and its walls appear to have
-sustained a tower, from whence hung the portcullis.
-
-                     [Picture: Gateway of the Castle]
-
-Through this gateway we are conducted into the inner court of whence we
-obtain a comprehensive view of the existing remains, which consist of the
-keep, the walls of the inner court, and a lofty mound on the south side,
-probably part of the early fortress constructed here by the Britons.
-From the various dilapidations and changes which the fortress has
-undergone during the course of many centuries, no adequate idea can now
-be formed of its original size and strength.  The Castle stands boldly
-elevated on a steep bank of earth, on the narrow isthmus formed by the
-Severn, and is approached from the town by a gentle ascent.
-
-                         [Picture: Laura’s Tower]
-
-The Keep, the walls of which are of great strength and thickness, was
-erected by Edward I. and is a square building, connected with two round
-towers of equal diameter, embattled and pierced, and originally consisted
-of one great apartment on each of the upper floors.  The interior, as
-well as the exterior, has been greatly altered.  A handsome stone
-staircase, of modern construction, leads from the vestibule (in which is
-a statue of the founder, Roger de Montgomery), to the principal
-apartments.  The drawing room, used as a guard-chamber in the time of
-Charles 1st, is spacious and handsome.  A stone stair-case within the
-wall, lighted by narrow chinks, leads to an apartment in the western
-tower, in which was a recess, with a strong groined ceiling, and small
-acutely pointed windows.
-
-[Picture: Watch tower] The summit of the mound above mentioned, is
-crowned with ruinous walls, and an ancient watch tower, which, during the
-last repairs was converted into a delightful summer room, commanding a
-fine panoramic view, and now called LAURA’S TOWER.
-
-On the east side of the court is a postern, built probably during the
-civil wars; and adjacent to it are the massive foundations of an ancient
-tower.
-
-In the area of the court, now entirely cleared of buildings, the Knights
-of the Shire have, from time immemorial, been girt with their swords by
-the Sheriff.
-
-Of that invariable appendage of castles, the Chapel of St. Michael, all
-traces have long been swept away.  Its site is even now a matter of
-conjecture.  Originally it was endowed with considerable landed estates,
-was a “Royal Free Chapel,” and was subsequently granted, with its
-appendant, the Church of St. Juliana, in this town, by Henry IV. to his
-College erected at Battlefield, in commemoration of his victory there.
-
-Roger de Montgomery, the first Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, is regarded as
-the founder of the Castle, though it is more probable that he only
-enlarged a smaller fortress which is known to have existed here anterior
-to his times.  To afford an eligible site for his new buildings, he is
-stated to have destroyed fifty-one houses; a fifth part of the whole town
-at that period.  On the forfeiture of Earl Robert de Belesme, in the time
-of Henry I., the castle became a royal fortress, and was entrusted to the
-custody of the Sheriff, and the vast possessions annexed to it were
-parcelled out among various knights, to be held by the service of castle
-ward.  During the turbulent reign of Henry III. the castle fell into a
-state of great dilapidation, but his son, Edward I., immediately on his
-accession, almost entirely rebuilt the structure; which, upon the
-submission of the Welsh, being no longer needed as a military fortress,
-was again abandoned to ruin and decay.
-
-In the reign of Elizabeth a grant was made of its site and buildings to
-Richard Onslow, Esq. who subsequently transferred his interest to the
-Corporation.  During the civil wars it was repaired and garrisoned for
-the royal party; but being besieged by the parliamentary forces, it
-surrendered in 1645, and escaped demolition by being entrusted to Colonel
-Mitton, a native of the county.  On the Restoration it reverted to the
-Corporation, who, in 1663, surrendering their title to Charles II., that
-monarch presented it to Francis Viscount Newport, afterwards Earl of
-Bradford, from whom it has passed to the present proprietor, the Duke of
-Cleveland.
-
-Nearly opposite the Castle is
-
-
-
-THE ROYAL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF KING EDWARD VI.
-
-
-founded by that monarch by letters patent, dated 10th February, 1552, and
-endowed with portions of the estates of the late dissolved Colleges of
-St. Mary and St. Chad, in this town.  The original endowment, on the
-request of the learned, estimable, and ever to be venerated Thomas
-Ashton, the first Schoolmaster, was considerably enlarged by Queen
-Elizabeth, in the 13th year of her reign, by a donation of other portions
-of the properties of those ecclesiastical institutions.  Mr. Ashton
-himself left by will a handsome legacy; and Dr. John Taylor, the learned
-editor of Demosthenes, bequeathed the greater part of his valuable
-library.
-
-                   [Picture: Royal Free Grammar School]
-
-The amount of the present annual revenue is £3086. 15s. 1d. which is
-appropriated in the payment of the Salaries of the Masters and Bailiff,
-the maintenance of scholarships and exhibitions in the Universities, the
-stipends of the Vicar of Chirbury, and the Curates of St. Mary, Clive,
-and Astley, the necessary repairs, &c. of the school-buildings and
-estate, the Library, Rewards, Prizes, &c., providing residences for the
-Incumbents of the School livings, and a Play-ground.  The surplus is
-applied to the formation of a Reserved Fund, not exceeding £5000, to be
-applied from time to time, under the direction of the Court of Chancery,
-for repairs, &c. of the School buildings and Estate.
-
-The head-master receives a salary of £425, including £100 for
-Mathematical instruction, and a further sum of £40 as catechist and
-reader; the second master £200, and the third master £100, with the use
-of dwelling-houses, free from rent, taxes, and repairs; the French and
-German master £50, and the writing master £50.
-
-The exhibitions and scholarships from this school to both Universities,
-are numerous and valuable, and are mostly confined to the sons of
-burgesses, (who have attended the school for two years), born in the town
-or suburbs, or in the Abbey Foregate; or in default of such, to persons
-born in the parish of Chirbury; or in default of such, to those born in
-the county of Salop.
-
-
-ADVANTAGES OPEN TO ALL BOYS EDUCATED AT SHREWSBURY SCHOOL.
-
-
-Four scholarships of £63 per annum each, on the foundation of John
-Millington, D.D. at Magdalen College, Cambridge, tenable during residence
-till M.A.  Electors, the Master and Fellows of the College.
-
-One Fellowship of £126 per annum, on the same foundation, in the same
-College.  Electors, the same.
-
-One Exhibition of £23 per annum, on the foundation of John Taylor, D.D.
-open to any College.  Electors, the Head and Second Masters, and the
-Mayor of Shrewsbury.
-
-One Exhibition of £10 per annum, on the foundation of Mrs. Nonnely, for a
-boy proceeding to the University of Oxford.
-
-One Exhibition of £30 per annum, on the foundation of Mr. Podmore, for a
-boy nominated by the Head Master, and proceeding to Trinity College,
-Cambridge.
-
-Prizes for Composition in the Greek, Latin, and English Languages, are
-awarded annually, with a Gold Medal to the best Scholar leaving School
-for the University.  There are also Exhibitions for which Shrewsbury
-School has a preference, at Balliol College, Oxford, and at St. John’s
-College, Cambridge.
-
-
-ADVANTAGES LIMITED IN POINT OF QUALIFICATION.
-
-
-Five Exhibitions of £50 per annum each, tenable for four years.
-Electors, the Trustees of the School.
-
-Two Exhibitions founded by Mr. James Millington, for sons of burgesses
-born in Frankwell, and proceeding from the School in Millington’s
-Hospital to Shrewsbury School, and thence to Magdalen College, Cambridge.
-Electors, the Trustees of Millington’s Hospital.  Value £40 per annum
-each.
-
-Two Exhibitions, founded by Oswald Smith, of £25 per annum each, for sons
-of burgesses.  Electors, the Head and Second Masters, and the Incumbent
-of St. Mary’s, Shrewsbury.
-
-Four Exhibitions to Christ Church, Oxford, founded by Mr. Careswell, for
-natives of Shropshire.  Examiners, the Dean of Christ Church, or his
-Deputy.  Electors, two or more Justices of the Peace for the County.
-Present value £60 per annum each.
-
-The whole management of the school and revenue, was, by Act of
-Parliament, 38 George III. vested in the Bishop of Lichfield as Visitor,
-and Thirteen Governors and Trustees.  The election of the head and second
-masters rests solely in the Master and Fellows of St. John’s College,
-Cambridge.  The under-master is appointed by the head-master.
-
-All the sons of burgesses of Shrewsbury, who are not under eight nor more
-than twenty years of age, may be admitted on the foundation, on
-application to the head-master, provided they are able to write and read
-English.  Any boys not sons of burgesses may be admitted on payment of
-certain fees,—viz. two guineas admission, and fifteen guineas yearly.
-
-The instruction in the schools is “in the Holy Scriptures, the Church
-Catechism, the Liturgy, Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England,
-the Greek, Latin, English and French languages, Reading, Writing, and
-Grammar, in Ancient and Modern History, sacred as well as profane, and
-Geography, in Arithmetic and Mathematics, and also in such other modern
-Languages, Arts and Sciences, as the Governors, with the consent of the
-Visitor, shall think proper.”
-
-The head-master is Rev. B. H. Kennedy, D.D.; the second master is Rev. W.
-Burbury, M.A.; the third master, H. Greenwood, Esq. M.A.; the assistant
-classical master, Edward Calvert, Esq. M.A.; Mathematics and Arithmetic,
-Rev. A. T. Paget, M.A.; Modern Languages, T. A. Bentley, Esq.; Latin
-Accidence and Writing, Mr. T. N. Henshaw.
-
-Among the many persons of eminence who have received their education at
-this school we may enumerate Sir Philip Sidney; his friend, Sir Fulke
-Greville, Lord Brook; the son of Edwyn Sandys, Archbishop of York; the
-cruel Judge Jeffries; Lord Chief Justices Jones and Price; Dr. Bowers,
-Bishop of Chichester; Dr. John Thomas, Bishop of Salisbury; Dr. John
-Taylor, editor of Lysias and Demosthenes; Dr. Edward Waring, Lucasian
-Professor of Mathematics; James Harrington, the author of “Oceana;”
-Wycherley, the Dramatist; Ambrose Phillips, the Poet; and the Venerable
-Archdeacon Owen, and the Rev. J. B. Blakeway, the learned and estimable
-Historians of Shrewsbury.
-
-Through the indefatigable exertions and learning of the late venerated
-head-master, (The Right Reverend Samuel Butler, D.D.  F.R.S. &c. late
-Lord Bishop of Lichfield,) the institution attained to an unrivalled
-celebrity and repute, most deservedly ranking among the first public
-schools in England.  And as an earnest of continued prosperity, we cannot
-do better than refer to the words of the venerable Bishop, who, on
-resigning his arduous duties to his learned and talented successor,
-stated “that he considered Dr. Kennedy, as the most brilliant scholar he
-had ever sent forth, as the brightest star in that galaxy of
-distinguished pupils whose names adorn the ‘Boards’ of Shrewsbury
-School.—That from Dr. Kennedy’s experience of his system, both as a pupil
-and assistant master at Shrewsbury School, from his constant practice as
-a lecturer and private tutor at College, and as an assistant master for
-six years or more at Harrow, as well as from his own unrivalled talents
-and high literary distinctions, from his fine taste and sound learning,
-there was not a shadow of doubt but that he would fully maintain the
-reputation which Shrewsbury School had already acquired, and would add,
-at least as many distinguished names to its Boards, during his
-superintendence of this important foundation, as had been inscribed there
-by himself in any equal period.”  These bright anticipations of the
-venerated Bishop have been already, and are daily more and more fully
-realized.
-
-More than 100 gentlemen educated at Shrewsbury School have during the
-present century been elected Fellows of various Colleges in both
-Universities, and nearly 250 Scholars and Exhibitioners; of whom more
-than forty have subsequently been Tutors or Lecturers in their several
-Colleges.
-
-Permission having been kindly granted, we are enabled to give the
-following copy of the BOARDS alluded to:—
-
-1806      THOMAS SMART HUGHES, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Browne
-          Medal_, _Latin Ode_.
-1807      THOMAS SMART HUGHES, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Browne
-          Medal_, _Greek Ode_.
-          JOHN TURNER, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Second
-          Bachelor’s Prize_.
-1809      THOMAS SMART HUGHES, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _First
-          Bachelor’s Prize_.
-1810      THOMAS SMART HUGHES, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _First
-          Bachelor’s Prize_.
-          WILLIAM HENRY PARRY, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Third
-          Bachelor’s Prize_.
-1811      ROBERT WILSON EVANS, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Second
-          Medallist_.
-1812      MARMADUKE LAWSON, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Browne
-          Medal_, _Latin Ode_.
-          ROBERT WILSON EVANS, Trinity College, Cambridge, _First
-          Bachelor’s Prize_.
-1813      WILLIAM HENRY PARRY, St. John’s College, Cambridge,
-          _Norrisian Prize_.
-          ROBERT WILSON EVANS, Trinity College, Cambridge, _First
-          Bachelor’s Prize_.
-1814      MARMADUKE LAWSON, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Pitt
-          University Scholar_, (the first elected on that
-          foundation.)
-1816      MARMADUKE LAWSON, Magdalen College, Cambridge, _Medallist_.
-          RICHARD P. THURSFIELD, St. John’s College, Cambridge,
-          _Second Bell’s Scholar_.
-1817      REV. T. SMART HUGHES, Fellow of Edmund College, Cambridge,
-          and Proctor of the University, _The Seatonian Prize_.
-1819      SPENCER WILDE, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Recorded
-          Equal to Bell’s Scholar_.
-1821      EDWARD BAINES, Christ College, Cambridge, _Second Bell’s
-          Scholar_.
-1822      T. WILLIAMS, Oriel College, Oxford, _First Class_, _Lit.
-          Hum._
-1823      JOHN PRICE, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Recorded Equal
-          to Bell’s Scholar_.
-          BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _The
-          Porson Prize_.
-          BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY, St. John’s College, Cambridge,
-          _Adjudged the Browne Medal_, _Latin Ode_.
-1824      BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Pitt
-          University Scholar_.
-          BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY, St. John’s College, Cambridge,
-          _Browne Medal_, _Greek Ode_.
-          BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY, St. John’s College, Cambridge,
-          _Browne Medal_, _Latin Ode_.
-          BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _The
-          Porson Prize_.
-1825      THOMAS WILLIAMSON PEILE, Trinity College, Cambridge,
-          _Davies University Scholar_.
-          JOHN HODGSON, Trinity College, Cambridge, _The Parson
-          Prize_.
-          BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY, St. John’s College, Cambridge,
-          _Browne’s Medal_, _Epigram_.
-1826      JOHN HODGSON, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Second
-          Medallist_.
-          HORATIO HILDYARD, Peterhouse, Cambridge, _First Bell’s
-          Scholar_.
-          THOMAS BUTLER, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Recorded
-          Equal to Bell’s Scholar_.
-          BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _The
-          Porson Prize_.
-1827      BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY, St. John’s College, Cambridge,
-          _Senior Medallist_.
-          GEORGE H. JOHNSON, Queen’s College, Oxford, _Ireland
-          University Scholar_.
-          THOMAS WILLIAMSON PEILE, Trinity College, Cambridge,
-          _Second Undergraduate’s Latin Essay_.
-1828      CHARLES KENNEDY, Trinity College, Cambridge, _First Bell’s
-          Scholar_.
-          THOMAS WILLIAMSON PEILE, Trinity College, Cambridge,
-          _Second Medallist_.
-          EDWARD MASSIE, Wadham College, Oxford, _Ireland University
-          Scholar_.
-          BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY, St. John’s College, Cambridge,
-          _First Bachelor’s Prize_.
-          GEORGE H. JOHNSON, Queen’s College, Oxford, _Double First
-          Class_.
-1829      CHARLES BORRETT, Magdalen College, Oxford, _Ireland
-          University Scholar_.
-          JOHN THOMAS, Wadham College, Oxford, _Craven University
-          Scholar_.
-          CHARLES KENNEDY, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Browne
-          Medal_, _Greek Ode_.
-          CHARLES KENNEDY, Trinity College, Cambridge, _The Porson
-          Prize_.
-          HERBERT JOHNSON, Wadham College, Oxford, _First Class_,
-          _Lit. Hum._
-1830      CHARLES KENNEDY, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Pitt
-          University Scholar_.
-          PETER S. PAYNE, Balliol College, Oxford, _Ireland
-          University Scholar_.
-          JAMES HILDYARD, Christ College, Cambridge, _Browne Medal_,
-          _Greek Ode_.
-          CHARLES KENNEDY, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Browne
-          Medal_, _Greek Ode_.
-          ROBERT SCOTT, Christ Church, Oxford, _Craven University
-          Scholar_.
-          CHARLES KENNEDY, Trinity College, Cambridge, _The Porson
-          Prize_.
-1831      JAMES HILDYARD, Christ College, Cambridge, _Battie
-          University Scholar_.
-          THOMAS BRANCKER, Wadham College, Oxford, _elected Ireland
-          University Scholar_, while yet in the Sixth Form of
-          Shrewsbury School.
-          GEORGE KENNEDY, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _First
-          Bell’s Scholar_.
-          GEORGE H. JOHNSON, Queen’s College, Oxford, _Mathematical
-          University Scholar_, (the first elected on that
-          foundation.)
-          JAMES HILDYARD, Christ College, Cambridge, _Browne Medal_,
-          _Greek Ode_.
-          JAMES HILDYARD, Christ College, Cambridge, _Browne Medal_,
-          _Latin Ode_.
-          JAMES HILDYARD, Christ College, Cambridge, _Browne Medal_,
-          _Epigrams_.
-          GEORGE KENNEDY, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _The Porson
-          Prize_.
-          PETER S. PAYNE, Balliol College, Oxford, _First Class_,
-          _Lit. Hum._
-1832      GEORGE KENNEDY, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Davies
-          University Scholar_.
-          HORATIO HILDYARD, Peterhouse, Cambridge, _Second Bachelor’s
-          Prize_.
-          JOHN THOMAS, Trinity College, Oxford, _Latin Verse Prize_.
-          JAMES HILDYARD, Christ College, Cambridge, _Browne Medal_,
-          _Greek Ode_.
-          JAMES HILDYARD, Christ College, Cambridge, _Browne Medal_,
-          _Latin Ode_.
-          JAMES HILDYARD, Christ College, Cambridge, _Member’s
-          Prize_, _Latin Essay_.
-1833      ROBERT SCOTT, Christ Church, Oxford, _Ireland University
-          Scholar_.
-          JAMES HILDYARD, Christ College, Cambridge, _Second
-          Medallist_.
-          GEORGE H. MARSH, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Bell’s
-          Scholar_.
-          JOHN GIBBONS LONGUEVILLE, Wadham College, Oxford, _First
-          Class_, _Lit. Hum._
-          ROBERT SCOTT, Student of Christ Church, Oxford, _First
-          Class_, _Lit. Hum._
-          THOMAS F. HENNEY, Pembroke College, Oxford, _First Class_,
-          _Lit. Hum._
-          JAMES HILDYARD, Christ College, Cambridge, _First
-          Bachelor’s Prize_.
-          WILLIAM FLETCHER, Trinity College, Oxford, _First Class_,
-          _Lit. Hum._
-1834      ALEXANDER G. HILDYARD, Pembroke College, Cambridge, _Second
-          Bell’s Scholar_.
-          ROBERT SCOTT, Student of Christ Church, Oxford, _Bachelor’s
-          Latin Essay_.
-1835      WILLIAM GILSON HUMPHRY, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Pitt
-          University Scholar_.
-          GEORGE AUGUSTUS MAY, Magdalen College, Cambridge, _Bell’s
-          Scholar_.
-          EDWARD J. EDWARDS, Balliol College, Oxford, _Kennicott
-          Hebrew Scholar_.
-1836      WILLIAM DICKENSON, Trinity College, Oxford, _Latin Verse
-          Prize_.
-          W. G. HUMPHRY, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Latin Essay_.
-          W. G. HUMPHRY, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Second
-          Medallist_.
-1837      HENRY HOLDEN, Balliol College, Oxford, _First Class_, _Lit.
-          Hum._
-1838      JAMES FRASER, Scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford, _Recorded
-          Second to Ireland University Scholar_, with the words
-          “_proxime accesssit_.”
-          REV. R. SCOTT, M.A.  Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford,
-          _Denyer’s Theological Essay_.
-          ROBERT MIDDLETON DUKES, Scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford,
-          _First Class_, _Lit. Hum._
-          THOMAS EVANS, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _The Porson
-          Prize_.
-          WILLIAM DICKENSON, Trinity College, Oxford, _Latin Essay_.
-1839      JAMES FRASER, Lincoln College, Oxford, _Ireland University
-          Scholar_.
-          EDWARD M. COPE, Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, _The
-          Porson Prize_.
-          JAMES FRASER, Lincoln College, Oxford, _First Class_, _Lit.
-          Hum._
-1840      EDWARD BATHER, Merton College, Oxford, _First Class_, _Lit.
-          Hum._
-          JOHN BATHER, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Reexamined
-          with Craven’s University Scholar_.
-1841      HUGH A. JOHNSTON MUNRO, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Lord
-          Craven’s University Scholar_.
-          GEORGE DRUCE, St. Peter’s College, Cambridge, _The Porson
-          Prize_.
-          GEORGE NUGEE, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Latin Essay_.
-1842      EDWIN H. GIFFORD, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Pitt
-          University Scholar_.
-          HUGH A. J. MUNRO, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Senior
-          Chancellor’s Medallist_.
-          GEORGE DRUCE, St. Peter’s College, Cambridge, _The Porson
-          Prize_.
-          WILLIAM GEORGE CLARK, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Browne
-          Medal_, _Epigrams_.
-          THOMAS RAMSBOTHAM, Christ College, Cambridge, _Latin
-          Essay_.
-          W. T. BASIL JONES, Trinity College, Oxford, _Ireland
-          University Scholar_.
-1843      E. H. GIFFORD, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Senior
-          Chancellor’s Medallist_.
-          GEORGE DRUCE, St. Peter’s College, Cambridge, _Junior
-          Chancellor’s Medallist_.
-          REV. M. BRIGHT, Magdalen College, Cambridge, _Tyrwhitt’s
-          Hebrew Scholar_.
-          W. G. CLARK, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Browne Medal_,
-          _Greek Ode_.
-          W. G. CLARE, Trinity College, Cambridge, _The Porson
-          Prize_.
-          G. NUGEE, B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, _Latin Essay_.
-1844      W. G. CLARK, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Second
-          Chancellor’s Medallist_.
-          GEORGE OSBORNE MORGAN, Balliol College, Oxford, _Craven
-          University Scholar_, while yet in the Sixth Form of
-          Shrewsbury School.
-          J. G. FUSSELL, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Browne Medal_,
-          _Epigrams_.
-          J. G. FUSSELL, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Latin Essay_.
-1845      JAMES RIDDELL, Balliol College, Oxford, _First Class_,
-          _Lit. Hum._
-          H. DE WINTON, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Browne Medal_,
-          _Greek Ode_.
-          GEORGE NUGEE, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Sir Peregrine
-          Maitland’s Prize for Christian Essay_.
-1846      GEORGE OSBORNE MORGAN, Balliol College, Oxford, _Sir R.
-          Newdigate’s Prize for English Poem_.
-1847      GEORGE OSBORNE MORGAN, Worcester College, Oxford, _First
-          Class_, _Lit. Hum._
-1848      H. C. TAYLER, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Browne Medal_,
-          _Epigrams_.
-1849      WILLIAM OWEN, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Recorded
-          Second to Craven University Scholar_.
-          WILLIAM OWEN, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _The Marquis
-          Camden’s Gold Medal for Latin Poem_.
-          FRANCIS KEWLEY, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _The Porson
-          Prize_.
-1850      T. CLAYTON, Trinity College, Oxford, _Hertford University
-          Scholar_.
-          WILLIAM OWEN, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _The Porson
-          Prize_.
-          P. PERRING, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Browne’s Medal_,
-          _Greek Ode_.
-          G. O. MORGAN, Worcester College, Oxford, _English Essay_.
-          G. B. MORLEY, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _The Porson
-          Prize_.
-          G. O. MORGAN, University College, Oxford, _Eldon Law
-          Scholarship_.
-          H. C. A. TAYLER, Trinity College, Cambridge, _Latin Essay_.
-1852      S. H. BURBURY, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _The Porson
-          Prize_.
-          D. TRINDER, Exeter College, Oxford, _Mrs. Denyer’s
-          Theological Essay_.
-          J. L. BALFOUR, Queen’s College, Oxford, _Ellerton’s
-          Theological Essay_.
-          HENRY PARKER, Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, _Latin
-          Essay_.
-          W. INGE, Worcester College, Oxford, _First Glass
-          Moderations_.
-1853      EDWARD L. BROWN, Trinity College, Cambridge, _First Bell’s
-          Scholar_.
-          S. H. BURBURY, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Craven
-          University Scholar_.
-          S. H. BURBURY, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _The Porson
-          Prize_.
-          W. INGE, Worcester College, Oxford, _First Class_, _Lit.
-          Hum._
-          A. B. ROCKE, Christ Church, Oxford, _First Class_,
-          _Moderations_.
-1855      E. L. BROWN, Trinity College, Cambridge, _The Porson
-          Prize_.
-
-Cambridge First Class Classics.
-
-1824      Edward Baines, Christ College                            4th
-1825      John Price, St. John’s College                           3rd
-          John Hodgson, Trinity College                            5th
-          Frederick E. Gretton, St. John’s                         7th
-          College
-1827      BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY, St. John’s                    SENIOR.
-          College
-          George A. Butterton, St. John’s College                  3rd
-1828      T. W. Peile, Trinity College                             2nd
-1829      Horatio S. Hildyard, Peterhouse                          5th
-          Robert Smith, St. John’s College                         6th
-          Thomas Butler, St. John’s College                        7th
-1831      CHARLES KENNEDY, Trinity College                     SENIOR.
-          Charles J. Johnstone, Caius College                      4th
-1832      Richard Shilleto, Trinity College                        2nd
-          Edward Broadhurst, Magdalen College                      7th
-1833      James Hildyard, Christ College                           2nd
-1834      GEORGE F. KENNEDY, St. John’s College                SENIOR.
-          Edward Warter, Magdalen College                          4th
-1835      George F. Harris, Trinity College                        3rd
-          John Cooper, Trinity College                             7th
-1836      Geo. Hy. Marsh, St. John’s College                       2nd
-          William H. Bateson, St. John’s College                   3rd
-          Richard Edward Turner, Trinity College                   6th
-1837      W. GILSON HUMPHRY, Trinity College                   SENIOR.
-1838      George A. C. May, Magdalen College                       3rd
-          Henry Thompson, St. John’s College                       7th
-          William Parkinson, St. John’s College                    8th
-1839      Augustus W. Hopper, Trinity College                      6th
-1840      FRANCIS FRANCE, St. John’s College             SENIOR ÆQUAL.
-1841      EDWARD M. COPE, Trinity College                      SENIOR.
-          John Bather, St. John’s College                          2nd
-          Henry Thring, Magdalen College                           3rd
-1842      Hugh A. J. Munro, Trinity College                        2nd
-          Francis Morse, St. John’s College                        7th
-1843      GEORGE DRUCE, St. Peter’s College             SENIORS ÆQUAL.
-
-          EDWIN H. GIFFORD, St. John’s Coll.
-1844      William G. Clark, Trinity College                        2nd
-1846      H. De Winton, Trinity College                            3rd
-1848      J. E. B. Mayor, St. John’s College                       3rd
-1849      H. C. A. Tayler, Trinity College                         4th
-1851      J. W. Taylor, St. Peter’s College                       12th
-1852      ROBERT BURN, Trinity College                   SENIOR ÆQUAL.
-          Philip Perring, Trinity College                          4th
-          W. Chandless, Trinity College                            5th
-          Arthur White, Magdalen College                          16th
-1854      S. H. Burbury, St. John’s College                        2nd
-          G. M. Campbell, St. John’s College                       7th
-          H. Day, St. John’s College                               9th
-
-Cambridge Wranglers.
-
-1808      W. H. Parry, St. John’s College                    16th
-1809      John Evans, Clare Hall                              6th
-          W. R. Gilby, Trinity College                        7th
-1811      R. W. Evans, Trinity College                        7th
-1824      W. Crawley, Magdalen College                       27th
-1826      John Hodgson, Trinity College                      16th
-1827      George A. Butterton, St. John’s College             8th
-1828      T. W. Peile, Trinity College                       18th
-1830      CHARLES WHITLEY, St. John’s College             SENIOR.
-          Edward Yardley, Magdalen College                   40th
-1834      Henry Trentham, St. John’s College                 13th
-1835      Francis Procter, Catharine Hall                    30th
-          John Cooper, Trinity College                       33rd
-1836      W. Twiss Turner, Trinity College                   15th
-          Thomas E. H. Headlam, Trinity College              17th
-1837      Alexander J. Ellis, Trinity College                 5th
-          William Gilson Humphry, Trinity College            27th
-1838      H. J. Hodgson, Trinity College                     24th
-          G. A. C. May, Magdalen College                     36th
-1840      Henry Cadogan Rothery, St. John’s College          19th
-1843      Edwin H. Gifford, St. John’s College               15th
-1851      J. S. Clarke, St. John’s College                   11th
-1854      B. W. Horne, St. John’s College                     4th
-          H. Day, St. John’s College                          5th
-          S. H. Burbury, St. John’s College                  15th
-
-The structure is large, lofty, and of freestone, and surrounds two sides
-of a small quadrangle.  The portion immediately fronting the street was
-erected in 1630, and contains on the first and second floors dwelling
-houses for the assistant masters.  The upper story is entirely occupied
-by
-
-
-THE PRINCIPAL SCHOOL-ROOM,
-
-
-                     [Picture: Principal School-Room]
-
-and was originally divided into three apartments by wooden carved
-partitions, now removed.  The centre of this front is pierced by a
-gateway, adorned on each side with a Corinthian column, supporting
-statues of a scholar and graduate, bare-headed, and in the costume of the
-times.  Over the arch is a sentence in Greek from Isocrates, importing
-that a love of literature is essential to the formation of a scholar.
-Above are the arms of Charles I.  The windows, with the exception of a
-large pointed one in the style of the 14th century, at the south-end of
-the principal school-room, are all of the square form of the Elizabethan
-age.  The walls are crowned with a singular and clumsy battlement of
-curled leaves and pinnacles.
-
-Situated at right angles to this is the remaining wing of the edifice,
-originally erected in 1595, comprising the chapel and library, with the
-tower containing the staircases in the angle.
-
-The Chapel, in which prayers are read by the headmaster every morning,
-occupies the ground floor, and is divided from the ante-chapel, by an oak
-screen, carved in the grotesque manner prevalent in the days of
-Elizabeth.  The pulpit and BIBLE-STAND are in a similar style.  The
-ceiling is adorned with carved foliated bosses, interspersed with the
-arms of the founders, and of the first and late head-masters.
-
-                   [Picture: Bible Stand in the Chapel]
-
-Above the chapel and of the same size, is
-
-
-THE LIBRARY,
-
-
-                          [Picture: The Library]
-
-containing a very valuable and extensive collection of MSS. and books.
-This part was lately rebuilt and repaired at a considerable expense.  Two
-large pointed windows, filled with mullioned tracery, afford light to
-this venerable apartment; in the northern one of which are the arms of
-Edward VI.; Queen Elizabeth; St. John’s College, Cambridge; the See of
-Lichfield and Coventry impaling Cornwallis; and those of the town: and in
-the southern one, those of the four principal benefactors, with
-appropriate inscriptions in Latin.  Richly foliated bosses, the arms of
-the founders, visitors, and thirteen first trustees, decorate the
-ceiling.  Around the walls are portraits of Henry VIII. half-length; his
-son Edward VI. when a boy of ten or twelve; an Admiral, full length, in
-the dress of the time of Charles II.; five of the former head-masters,
-and the late head-master, Bishop Butler, by Kirkby.
-
-By the late scheme made by the Court of Chancery, (1853) a sum not
-exceeding £70 yearly, is to be applied to the purchase and repairs of
-Books, Mathematical, Philosophical and other instruments and articles for
-instruction.
-
-We would venture to suggest the propriety of persons educated at
-Shrewsbury School, or natives of the town and county, presenting to the
-Library copies of any works which they may publish.  Such a practice
-would at once form an interesting memento of their connection with the
-venerable institution, and add to the valuable and useful stores already
-accumulated on its shelves, which in former years have been so greatly
-enriched by similar benefactions.
-
-The Library also contains three sepulchral inscribed stones, and various
-other Roman antiquities from Wroxeter, and a small collection of fossils
-and natural curiosities.
-
-A court, enclosed by a stone wall, intervenes between the street and the
-schools.  At the back of the school-buildings are two spacious houses for
-the head and second masters, most delightfully situated, and commanding
-extensive views of several portions of the town, the river and Welsh
-bridge, and the rich woods of Berwick and Almond Park.  On this side are
-extensive play-grounds for the use of the school.
-
-Passing down Castle Gates, we have on our right
-
-
-
-THE INDEPENDENT MEETING-HOUSE,
-
-
-and see immediately before us
-
-
-
-A BRIDGE
-
-
-of cast-iron of 64 feet span, which carries over the street five lines of
-rails of the Chester Railway.
-
-On the right
-
-
-
-THE STATION
-
-
-of the United Railway Companies opens to view.
-
-This striking and handsome building is in a late perpendicular English
-style, and presents a frontage of upwards of 150 feet in length, and two
-stories in height, with a large square tower nearly 70 feet high, in
-which is one of the principal entrances, through a large four-centered
-arched doorway, above which is an oriel window projecting from a richly
-ornamented base, and a circular opening, within which is an excellent
-eight-day clock, with the latest improvements, manufactured by Messrs.
-Joyce and Son, of Whitchurch, in this county.  A richly carved
-battlement, with octagonal turrets at the corners, of considerable
-elevation, terminates the summit.
-
-                        [Picture: Railway station]
-
-On either side of the tower extends a large wing, divided into four equal
-spaces by projecting turrets, corresponding with those of the tower,
-surmounted with ornamental caps.  These spaces are subdivided again
-horizontally above the heads of the upper and lower windows by enriched
-string-courses.  Above the cornice a rich embrasured parapet runs the
-whole length of the edifice.  The ridge of the roof is finished with an
-ornamental cast-iron crest.  The windows are divided by stone transoms
-and mullions, with projecting drip-stones, terminating in corbel heads.
-
-The ground floor is appropriated to booking offices, ladies’ and
-gentlemen’s waiting rooms, and a large refreshment room.  Beneath the
-ground-floor are a large kitchen, cellars, &c.  A board-room and offices
-for the various officers and clerks, occupy the upper floor.
-
-In the left wing, as the visitor approaches, is a door opening into the
-booking and parcel offices: At the end of the right wing an entrance to
-the arrival and departure
-
-
-PLATFORMS,
-
-
-respectively 600 feet and 450 feet in length, and 16 feet wide.  A
-wrought-iron roof of 70 feet span covers the platforms and lines of rails
-for a space of 450 feet.
-
-The water required for the use of the Station, Engines, and Carriages, is
-conveyed in iron pipes along the rim of the railway from high ground in
-the neighbourhood of Hencott, (60 feet above the level of the rails at
-the Station,) to a large iron tank near the Station, whence a constant
-supply can be immediately obtained in the event of fire breaking out.
-
-The Goods, Engine Station, and Coal Depôts of the Shrewsbury and Chester
-Railway are situated between Coton Hill and the General Passenger
-Station, with convenient access from the Castle Foregate Street, where an
-abundant supply of Welsh Coal and Lime is always on hand.
-
-Branch lines diverge from behind the railway platforms, which pass under
-Howard Street to the Canal Wharf, where is the Depôt of the Shropshire
-and Staffordshire Coals and Cokes.
-
-The Station House and Offices were designed by Mr. Thomas Penson, jun. of
-Oswestry.  The Engineering works by Messrs. Robertson and Baylis.  The
-former cost £6,000, the latter about £45,000, and the Goods, Engine,
-Station, and other necessary works, above £20,000.
-
-The total cost of the above works, together with the Viaduct over the
-river Severn, and the brick Bridge over Cross Street, including land and
-buildings, exceeds £100,000.
-
-The whole of the works have been executed by Mr. Brassey, the Contractor,
-under the direction of Mr. James Baylis, the resident Engineer, at the
-joint expense of the four Railway Companies whose lines unite in
-Shrewsbury.
-
-The Railway to Chester was first opened October 12th, 1848.  The line to
-Birmingham, November 12th, 1849.  The line to Hereford was opened to
-Ludlow, April, 1852; and throughout, October 31st, 1853.
-
-Turning on the left, immediately opposite the entrance to the Railway
-Station, we pass on the same side, the Road leading across the Raven
-Meadow to Mardol.  This meadow is now converted into a spacious and
-convenient
-
-
-
-SMITHFIELD, OR CATTLE MARKET,
-
-
-a great boon to the town, inasmuch as the Fairs were previously held in
-the open streets, to the great annoyance, in point of cleanliness and
-convenience, of inhabitants and passengers.
-
-The works with the site cost about £13,000, and are capable of affording
-accommodation for 700 horses, (with extensive trial grounds for the
-same), 1,400 cattle, 5,000 sheep, and 1,000 pigs, with suitable
-receptacles for sheep and cattle coming to town previously to the fairs
-which occur on the alternate Tuesdays in every month.
-
-Here are also held the Agricultural Shows, which are considered to equal
-those of most places where similar exhibitions have been established; and
-a Great Horse Fair is held annually in March.
-
-A little further on the right, we pass the
-
-
-
-RAILWAY BRIDGE
-
-
-over Cross Street, a piece of beautiful brick-masonry, and approach the
-river Severn, on the margin of which are
-
-
-
-THE SHREWSBURY WATER-WORKS,
-
-
-established in 1830, in 347 shares of £50 each, for the purpose of
-affording the inhabitants a constant supply of river water, at a
-reasonable rate.
-
-The Town is also gratuitously supplied with excellent spring water, from
-a fine spring called Broadwell, in a field near Crow Meole, distant about
-two miles, conducted by pipes to conduits placed in convenient situations
-in the principal streets.
-
-On the right-hand side are
-
-
-
-THE ROYAL BATHS,
-
-
-and immediately beyond, on the same side, stands
-
-
-
-BENBOW PLACE,
-
-
-the birth-place of the renowned John Benbow, Vice-Admiral of the Blue;
-the details of whose gallant bravery are so familiarly known to all as to
-render their recapitulation here unnecessary.
-
-Proceeding a short distance along Coton Hill, we soon reach another of
-the
-
-
-
-RAILWAY BRIDGES,
-
-
-from which, on the one side, we obtain a good view of the Chester Railway
-as far as Hencott Bridge, and on the other side, a comprehensive view of
-the various Railway Buildings, backed by a beautiful prospect of the
-Town, St. Michael’s Church, the Castle and its wooded Mount, Free
-Schools, Spires of St. Mary, and St. Alkmond. {53}
-
-Retracing our steps, we gain, as we proceed, not unpleasing views of
-other portions of the town and its public buildings, and then passing
-along Cross Street, under the Railway Bridge, traverse the lengthened and
-unsightly suburb of the Castle Foregate, to
-
-
-
-ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH,
-
-
-a neat brick structure, in the Grecian style, erected at an expense
-scarcely exceeding £2000 (raised by subscription,) and consecrated on
-24th August, 1830, as a chapel of ease to St. Mary’s church.
-
-                     [Picture: St. Michael’s Church]
-
-The plan is oblong, and consists of a nave, side aisles, an elliptical
-recess for the altar, and a western tower.  The interior is entered on
-the north and south, and is lighted by three circular-headed windows on
-either side.  Over the side-aides are galleries, the sittings in which
-are free; and at the west end is a spacious one for the use of poor
-children, in which stands a small organ, the gift of the late Rev. W. G.
-Rowland, M.A., Minister of St. Mary’s.  The same gentleman also most
-munificently adorned the windows of the chancel with fine stained glass,
-executed by Mr. David Evans, of this town, representing the Nativity,
-after Corregio; the Annunciation, after Guido; and the Presentation in
-the Temple, after Rubens.  To the same unbounded liberality, the
-parishioners are indebted for the substantial service of communion plate,
-the peal of six bells which hang in the tower, and the erection of the
-adjacent schoolrooms for the poor children of this portion of the parish.
-The edifice contains 800 sittings, 620 of which are free, and has
-recently undergone alterations by which additional “sittings” are
-obtained for the already large and increasing population of the district.
-The judicious and economical arrangements of the burial ground merit the
-attentive consideration of every visitor.
-
-It would ill beseem us to pass, without honourable mention, the talents
-of our ingenious townsman, Mr. David Evans, who, by unwearied exertions,
-and consummate skill, has raised the art of glass-staining to a degree of
-perfection unequalled in modern times, and nearly approaching, if not
-entirely equalling, the rich and mellow tints of the “royal glass” of
-ancient days.  The numerous and singularly beautiful specimens of his
-elaborate labours, visible in the inimitable restorations of the splendid
-glass of Winchester and Lichfield Cathedrals, the churches of St. Mary,
-St. Michael, St. Chad, St. George, the Abbey, and domestic chapels of the
-nobility and gentry, in almost every part of the kingdom, speak, however,
-his merits more forcibly to the correct eye and refined taste, than whole
-volumes of our feeble encomiums. {56}
-
-Returning along the Castle Foregate, the more remarkable objects are the
-Shrewsbury and Ellesmere Canal, the Manufactory of linen-thread, the Coal
-Wharfs, the Gas-Works, and the Goods and Coal Depôt of the Railway, the
-New Meeting House of the Wesleyan Reformers, and Buildings of the
-Freehold Land Society.
-
-Passing up Howard Street, on the left-hand side of which is the New
-Butter and Cheese Market, we approach
-
-
-
-THE COUNTY GAOL,
-
-
-erected in 1793, on the principles of the benevolent Howard, after a
-design by Haycock, of Shrewsbury, at an expense of £30,000.  The building
-is of brick, and is entered by a massive free-stone gate, on either side
-of which is a lodge.  Over the gateway is a fine bust of Howard, by
-Bacon.  Immediately behind is the governor’s house; an octagonal chapel
-occupies the centre; and the remainder of the structure is divided into
-four principal courts, with several smaller ones, around which are
-cloisters, with sleeping rooms above for the prisoners, and cells for the
-condemned and refractory.  The male and female prisoners are kept apart,
-and distributed into classes.  On the eastern side is the Infirmary,
-detached from the other buildings.  A strong and lofty brick wall
-encompasses the whole.
-
-The entire structure is strong, spacious, airy, well supplied with water,
-and every other necessary; and in point of situation for salubrity and
-beauty, vies with any of the adjoining eminences.
-
-An admirable institution, supported by voluntary benevolence, entitled
-“The Prison Charities,” has subsisted within the walls for nearly fifty
-years, and has been productive of the most beneficial results.  Its
-objects are to enable debtors and criminal prisoners, of deserving
-conduct, to provide by their industry for their better maintenance during
-confinement, and to furnish them with a seasonable supply of money and
-tools, for immediate use on their restoration to society.
-
-Nearly opposite the Gaol is a
-
-
-
-BRIDGE
-
-
-consisting of two timber arches, 85 feet clear span each, on the bow and
-string principle, which carries the public walk called
-
-
-
-“THE DANA”
-
-
-over the Railway Station, along the base of the Castle to the Street
-opposite the Free Schools.  From the Dana walk a good view of the Station
-House and Railway is obtained, bounded by a long extent of the adjacent
-country in the back-ground.
-
-In this direction however we must not proceed, but passing along the
-terrace on the south-east side of the Gaol, continue our walk on “the
-gentle Severn’s sedgy bank,” at the base of a steep and rugged declivity,
-most picturesquely planted and crowned with the Castle’s “worm-eaten hold
-of ragged stone,” and the antique gables of the Council House, and
-presenting pleasing views of the venerable Abbey, the adjacent suburb of
-the Abbey Foregate, and the massive and really grand
-
-
-
-RAILWAY VIADUCT
-
-
-over the river Severn, consisting of 7 elliptical arches, 45 feet span,
-rising 18 feet above the springings.  The Viaduct is quite level
-throughout its whole length, in width is 39 feet, and the level of the
-rails about 36 feet above the ordinary level of the river.
-
-Passing under an arch of the Viaduct we see immediately before us the
-elegant English Bridge, and arrive at
-
-
-
-THE WATERLANE GATEWAY,
-
-
-memorable as the avenue through which the Parliamentary forces were
-treacherously admitted into the town, at the siege of Shrewsbury, 22nd
-February, 1644–5.
-
-Advancing up this narrow lane, we leave, on the left, the site of
-
-
-
-THE DOMINICAN, OR BLACK, FRIARS,
-
-
-long since cleared of its buildings, and now converted into a wharf,
-warehouse, and excellent gardens.  These friars established themselves
-here as early as 1222, and assumed as their founder Matilda,
-grand-daughter and co-heiress of Walter de Lasci, lord of Ludlow, and
-wife of Geoffrey de Joinville, of Vaucoulour.
-
-Edward IV., who, throughout the whole of his reign regarded Shrewsbury
-with much affection, selected this religious house as his occasional
-residence, and the place in which his Queen was delivered of her second
-and third sons, Richard Shrewsbury, (1473–4,) Duke of York, afterwards
-murdered in the Tower, and George Plantagenet, who died young.  Many
-persons of distinguished rank, who fell in the battle of Shrewsbury,
-1403, received interment here.
-
-On levelling the ground in 1823, the foundations of three spacious
-apartments, fragments of mullions and pillars, emblazoned tiles, several
-skeletons enclosed in rude stone coffins, and great quantities of bones,
-were disclosed to view.  The site is now the property of the Corbets of
-Sundorne.
-
-The sloping ground rising above the site of this friary, and extending to
-the south and south-eastern wall of the town, where the Infirmary and
-other houses now stand, was, as we learn from a charter of Henry III.,
-dated 1227, confirming the possessions of the Abbey of Shrewsbury, given
-by “divers citizens of Salopesbury” to the monks of that house “for the
-planting of a vineyard:”—a situation, according to the best writers on
-horticulture, eminently adapted to the cultivation of the vine.
-
-Arrived at the top of the Water-lane, we enter, on the left, a
-cathedral-like close, in the centre of which the venerable edifice of
-
-
-
-ST. MARY’S CHURCH
-
-
-                       [Picture: St. Mary’s Church]
-
-uprears its “heavenward spire.”  This church, once collegiate, is said to
-owe its foundation to Edgar the Peaceable, (959 to 975,) who, at the
-suggestion of Archbishop Dunstan, placed in it a dean, seven prebends,
-and a parish priest, though there is every probability that the
-foundation was antecedent to his reign.  In the Saxon times, it possessed
-a landed estate of about 1300 acres, which it continued to hold at the
-time of Domesday, but of which it was soon after deprived, by what means
-we have no power of ascertaining.  At the dissolution of collegiate
-churches, 1 Edw.  VI., the revenues, which consisted chiefly of tithes,
-amounted to £42; the greater portion of which was granted in 1550, by
-Edward VI., towards the endowment of the Free Schools.
-
-From a very early period this church enjoyed the privilege of a Royal
-Free Chapel, exempt from the jurisdiction of the Bishop.  This peculiar
-jurisdiction remained till the recent Act of Parliament (1846) restored
-it to the Bishop of the Diocese, and was held by lease, at an annual rent
-of £1 6s. 8d. of the Corporation, to whom Queen Elizabeth granted it by
-charter, dated 23rd May, 1571.  The Minister was usually, though not
-necessarily, the lessee, and his style was “Ordinary and Official,
-Principal of the Peculiar and Exempt Jurisdiction of the Free Royal
-Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”  In his Court wills were proved,
-letters of administration were granted, and all ecclesiastical matters,
-arising within the parish and its subordinate chapelries, adjudicated.
-The Official also granted marriage licenses, and licenses to the curacies
-of St. Mary and its chapelries.
-
-The appointment to the living was vested by Act of Parliament, passed in
-1801, in the Corporation, who in their choice are directed to give the
-preference to the son of a burgess who has been educated at the Free
-School, or to one born in the parish of Chirbury, in this county.  The
-Minister is, _ex-officio_, Public Preacher of the town.
-
-The parish of Saint Mary includes about a fourth part of the whole town,
-nearly the entire suburb of the Castle Foregate, and extends several
-miles into the country.
-
-Within these sacred walls the Pope’s Legatees held their court in 1232,
-for the adjustment of the differences subsisting between Henry III. and
-Llewellin, Prince of Wales.  In 1642, the unhappy Charles I., during his
-residence at the Council-House, attended divine service here, received
-the Sacrament, and made solemn protestations of his fidelity to the
-principles of the reformed religion.
-
-This fine structure is cruciform, and consists of a nave, side-aisles,
-transept, chancel, two chauntry chapels, and a tower at the western end,
-crowned with a lofty and elegant spire.  In the architecture three very
-distinct styles are conspicuous: the Anglo-Norman of the 12th century, in
-the basement of the nave, most of the doors, and other portions; the
-lancet style of the 13th century, in the chancel and transept; and the
-more obtuse arch of the 15th century, in the clere-story, side-aisles,
-chapels, &c. with a few trifling additions of later date.
-
-The dimensions of the church are
-
-                                                    Feet      In.
-Length from east to west, including steeple          160        0
-Length of transept                                    90        0
-Breadth of nave and side-aisles                       50        0
-Height of steeple                                    220        2
-Height of steeple from the level of the river        300        0
-
-Esteeming this ancient fabric to be the principal ornament of our town,
-we deem it necessary to add the following detailed description, which we
-trust will prove serviceable to the visitor in his attentive examination
-of the building.
-
-The tower is broad and low, the basement of red stone, and the upper
-portion of grey, and of the Anglo-Norman and early pointed styles of
-architecture.  The entrance is on the west side, through a plain pointed
-arch of the very earliest kind, springing from square jambs with regular
-impost mouldings, and having an internal arch, nearly triangular,
-inserted within the head.  On the opposite eastern side, a very early
-pointed arch without mouldings, resting on short round Norman pillars
-with indented capitals, communicates with the nave.  Two tiers of small
-round-headed windows pierce the lower stories, on all sides except the
-east.  The upper story is lighted on each side by two united and handsome
-pointed windows, bisected by single mullions, forming quatrefoil heads,
-and divided by transoms in the middle.  A facia, charged with roses, and
-terminating at the angles in projecting grotesque heads, ornaments the
-upper and lower portions of this story, which is finished with a plain
-embattled parapet, and crocketed pinnacles at the corners.  From the
-summit of the tower rises an octagonal spire, “fine by degrees, and
-beautifully less,” pierced on alternate sides, with three tiers of
-tabernacled openings, and crowned with an open flower, cross and vane.
-In the tower is a peal of ten bells, the eight largest of which are
-extremely melodious.  This beautiful tower and spire have been thoroughly
-repaired and restored at considerable cost, raised by subscription, under
-the superintendence of Mr. S. Pountney Smith, of this town, whose skill,
-judgment, and taste, in ecclesiastical architecture, are worthy of the
-highest praise.
-
-The nave and side-aisles, externally in the pointed style of the 15th
-century, and of grey stone, are entered on the north and south-west by
-beautiful semicircular arches, adorned with chevron, lozenged, and
-foliated mouldings.  Before the south-west entrance is an ancient porch,
-principally of Anglo-Norman architecture; the outer arch of which is
-circular, enriched with chevron mouldings, and issues from clustered
-columns with foliated capitals.  The interior rib is obtusely pointed and
-unadorned.  On each side is a small pointed window, exhibiting specimens
-of the earliest rudiments of the mullioned Gothic style, in which have
-been lately placed some highly interesting “roundels” of old painted
-glass, of German execution, on which are depicted various incidents,
-chiefly from the Apocrypha.  The groined ceiling rests on two strong and
-plain ribs, crossing in the centre.  Over this is a small chamber, with a
-plain pointed window.
-
-A stone porch, entered by a pointed arch, has recently been erected
-before the corresponding door, on the north side.
-
-The nave is separated from the side-aisles by four semicircular arches,
-overspread with deep-cut early Gothic mouldings, springing from elegant
-clustered columns with foliated capitals of varied and beautiful designs.
-This union of the round arch and clustered pillar, which belong to such
-different æras, is singular and very unusual in our ancient architecture.
-Above is a clerestory, which is continued along the walls of the chancel,
-lighted by short double windows, bluntly pointed, and bisected by single
-mullions.
-
-By the pious munificence of the late Minister, the Rev. W. G. Rowland,
-the west end has been enriched by an elegant Organ-screen, {67} in the
-style of Henry 7th’s time, designed and executed by Mr. John Carline, of
-this town.  Three obtusely pointed arches, overspread with deep-cut
-mouldings and richly foliaged spandrils, and separated by intervening
-buttresses elaborately adorned with open flowers in relief set in
-reticulated divisions, open to the nave and form the lower portion of the
-front.  Above which, from a string-course, charged with finely sculptured
-heads, flowers, &c. rises the upper part or parapet, consisting of a
-series of similar, though smaller arches, divided by slender buttresses,
-and filled with the like ornamented reticulations.  Around the soffits of
-the larger arches are the following inscriptions, in ancient
-church-text:—
-
-    Venite Domino exultemus;
-    Rupi salutatis jubilemus;
-    Jehovam hymnis concinamus;
-    Et grates illi persolvamus—Hallelujah.
-
-    Jehovam virgines laudate,
-    Senes et pueri celebrate;
-    Psalmis ecclesia sanctorum
-    Extollat Dominum Dominorum.
-
-    Laudate carminis clamore,
-    Laudate buccinæ clangore,
-    Laudate organo sonoro,
-    Laudate cymbalis et choro.
-
-This spacious gallery contains a remarkably fine-toned organ, made by
-John Harris and John Byfield, 1729.
-
-The beautiful ceiling of the nave is of pannelled oak, richly studded
-with elegant and exquisitely carved pendants and foliated bosses, and
-merits the most minute attention, not only on account of its elaborate
-workmanship, but as being one of the richest and most highly preserved
-specimens of its kind now in existence.
-
-The side-aisles are each lighted on the sides by three pointed traceried
-windows, with smaller and earlier ones at the western terminations, and
-communicate at their eastern extremities with the transept, by
-semicircular arches, rising from thick round pillars with indented
-capitals.
-
-In the windows of the western ends are figures of St. Andrew and St.
-John.  The central window of the north aisle contains some beautiful
-stained glass from Holland, depicting the following subjects—Holy Family;
-Kneeling figure; Balaam and the Angel; the Donor and patron Saint; Adam
-and Eve; Mater Dolorosa; Angel appearing to the Shepherds; Disciples
-washing each other’s feet:—Justice; Kneeling figure; a Bishop in grief or
-disgrace; the Donor’s Wife and patron Saint.  The windows on either side
-are filled with various ecclesiastical subjects.  The central window of
-the south-aisle contains part of the history of St. Bernard; that on the
-west, the adoration of the Magi; and the east one, St. Helena, Kneeling
-figure, and Charlemagne.
-
-A lofty and graceful pointed arch, including in its span the entire
-breadth of the nave, rises from richly clustered piers with foliated
-capitals, and divides the nave from the ancient choir.  Against the north
-pier is a beautiful Stone Pulpit, designed and executed by Mr. S.
-Pountney Smith, of this town, and erected by the parishioners as a
-Memorial of their late revered Minister, Rev. W. G. Rowland.  Its plan is
-an unequal octagon, the sides of which are carved into deep-pointed
-arches, springing from round pillars with rich foliated capitals, resting
-on a basement of gradually receding mouldings, terminated by a richly
-carved boss representing the Saviour preaching.  The trefoil and the
-dog-tooth are the prevailing ornaments throughout.  The central panel
-towards the south bears a bas-relief of the Crucifixion; the arch on the
-east, a statue of St. Peter, and that on the west, St. Paul; the eastern
-panel represents the Angels appearing to the Shepherds; the western one,
-the Ascension; and the northern arch, the statue of St. John the
-Evangelist.
-
-Eastward of this, on each side, is a similar arch of like dimensions,
-springing from the same pier.  From these, the wings of the transept,
-corresponding in size and style, branch off to the north and south.  In
-the eastern wall of each wing are two semicircular arches, those nearest
-the choir being larger than the others, and communicating with the
-chauntry chapels.  At each extremity of the transept is a fine triple
-lancet window, highly enriched with slender shafts, foliated capitals,
-and delicate mouldings, and filled with beautiful stained glass.  That at
-the north is of a rich and elaborate mosaic design, with oval
-compartments, enclosing figures of the Apostles and an escutcheon of the
-arms of George III., executed by Mr. David Evans.  That at the south
-contains the memorial stained glass to the late Rev. W. G. Rowland,
-comprising figures of the Virgin and Child, St. Thomas, and St.
-Bartholomew, under rich florid canopies, with groups of angels above,
-bearing scrolls with inscriptions.  The side walls are pierced with
-narrow lights, in couplets, in a similar but plainer style; one of which,
-on the west side of the north transept, contains the Virgin and Child,
-under a canopy; whilst the corresponding window in the south transept
-contains the arms of France and England quarterly, and the armorial
-bearings of the late Bishop Butler, and the alliances of his family.  The
-narrow doorways {71} are semicircular, rising from round pillars with
-foliated capitals, and enriched with a moulding, consisting of a round
-branch, swelling at intervals into lozenged panels, charged with roses.
-Under the triple lancet window of the south transept is a large and bold
-Gothic monument, in three compartments, to the family of Lloyd, and to
-the widow of the late Bishop Butler: and around the walls of the north
-transept are placed the splendid Gothic monuments to
-
-
-
-THE REV. J. B. BLAKEWAY,
-
-
-                [Picture: Monument to Rev. J. B. Blakeway]
-
-and the families of Dukes, Parry, and Hughes.
-
-The following is the inscription on the former:—
-
-                        TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVEREND
-                     JOHN BRICKDALE BLAKEWAY, M.A. F.S.A.
-                   THIRTY-ONE YEARS ORDINARY AND OFFICIAL,
-                AND THIRTY-TWO YEARS MINISTER OF THIS PARISH,
-                           THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED
-              BY THE VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION OF HIS PARISHIONERS
-                   AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT FOR HIS TALENTS,
-                           ESTEEM FOR HIS VIRTUES,
-               AND GRATITUDE FOR HIS LONG AND FAITHFUL SERVICES
-                         AS THEIR FRIEND AND PASTOR.
-                  HE DIED THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH, MDCCCXXVI,
-                              AGED SIXTY YEARS.
-
-These exquisite specimens of monumental skill, (together with many others
-in various parts of the edifice,) unrivalled in chaste elegance of
-design, and richness of execution, are the masterly productions of Mr.
-John Carline.
-
-[Picture: Triple lancet window] The chancel is elevated above the rest of
-the church, and is filled with carved oak stalls recently erected for the
-scholars of the Free Grammar School.  It has on each side a narrow
-pointed arch, with deep mouldings rising from clustered pillars, opening
-to the chauntry chapels.  On the north side near the richly decorated
-altar, is a beautiful and uncommon TRIPLE LANCET WINDOW; the central
-arch, remarkably acute, rising far above the lateral ones, and resting
-internally on two slender insulated columns, with capitals richly
-decorated with a combination of heads and foliage.  These ornaments are
-continued as a frieze to the wall, and from the imposts project busts of
-monsters.  This window contains some remarkably fine and highly finished
-stained glass, representing the history of the life of St. Bernard, said
-to be by Albert Durer, or at all events of his age.  Another portion of
-this glass is in the central window of the south aisle of the nave.  The
-great eastern window occupies the whole extremity of the chancel.  Its
-arch is broad and inelegant, divided by clumsy mullions and tracery, and
-exhibits a specimen of the debased style of church architecture of the
-Elizabethan sera.  In this window is the curious and beautiful ancient
-stained glass which filled the east window of Old St. Chad’s Church,
-prior to its demolition, and which was presented to this church in 1791.
-The subject is that favourite one of the old glass-stainers—the Genealogy
-of Christ from Jesse.  Jesse is represented reclining in sleep; from his
-loins springs a vine, which overspreading the whole window, encloses in
-its branches the several kings his descendants.  In the lower
-compartments are figures of three knights banneret, and three ladies,
-kneeling under foliated tabernacles; the former habited in hawberks and
-yellow surcoats, charged with a lion rampant gules.  Underneath is an
-inscription, requesting our prayers for “Monsr. John de Charleton and
-Dame Hawis, sa companion,” from which, and from the armorial bearings, we
-learn that this exquisite piece of ancient art was set up by the great
-Sir John de Charleton, lord of Powis, and must have been executed between
-4 Edward II., (1310,) when he was married to Hawise Gadarn, the heiress
-of the ancient Princes of Powis, and 1353, the year of his death.  It has
-been conjectured that this glass was originally presented to the Grey
-Friars, in this town, to which religious house Sir John and his wife were
-great benefactors, and that it was removed to St. Chad’s at the
-dissolution—a singular instance of so fragile a material surviving the
-destruction of two vast and substantial edifices.  The whole of this
-window has lately been thoroughly and most judiciously restored.  The
-clerestory windows are filled with figures of Apostles and Angels.
-
-On the north side of the chancel is the vestry, recently erected in the
-Norman style, the windows of which are filled with “roundels” of old
-German and Flemish glass, exquisitely finished; and immediately adjoining
-is the chauntry chapel of St. Catharine; in the east wall of which is a
-window of very uncommon form, consisting of a pointed arch, within which
-is a trefoil, containing, in stained glass, Christ seated on a throne
-amid the clouds and the dead rising to judgment.  Immediately beneath is
-a round-headed window, in which is a kneeling figure in stained glass of
-the Virgin Mary, with angels hovering over her head, bearing in their
-hands a crown.  On the north side is a large window, of three lights,
-with perpendicular tracery, containing fine old German glass representing
-the Crucifixion; Saint and kneeling figure; Judas betraying Christ; and
-St. Lambert and kneeling figure.  This chapel is now used as a
-Baptistery, and the beautiful ANCIENT STONE FONT stands in the centre, on
-a rich pavement of modern encaustic tiles.  Against the north wall, an
-alabaster slab, engraved with figures of a warrior and lady, commemorates
-Nicholas Stafford, Esq. and Katherine, his wife, the reputed founders of
-this chapel, who died 1463, which formerly lay under the arched recess in
-the north wall.
-
-             [Picture: Ancient Stone Font, St. Mary’s Church]
-
-Over the door leading into the vestry is the monument, in white marble,
-erected by subscription, to the memory of the brave ADMIRAL BENBOW, a
-native of the parish.  [Picture: Monument to Admiral Benbow] It
-represents an obtuse pyramid of black marble, against which leans an oval
-medallion full faced bust of the Admiral, surrounded with anchor, flags,
-and cannon; and below a delicately sculptured representation in
-bas-relief of a naval fight: underneath is the following inscription:—
-
-                ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO COMMEMORATE
-                               THE SERVICES OF
-                 JOHN BENBOW, ESQ. VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE,
-                         A SKILFUL AND DARING SEAMAN
-             WHOSE HEROIC EXPLOITS LONG RENDERED HIM THE BOAST OF
-                              THE BRITISH NAVY,
-             AND STILL POINT HIM OUT AS THE NELSON OF HIS TIMES.
-            HE WAS BORN AT COTON HILL IN THIS PARISH, AND DIED AT
-                             KINGSTON IN JAMAICA,
-                      NOVEMBER 4TH, 1702, AGED 51 YEARS,
-                  OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN HIS MEMORABLE ACTION
-                 WITH A FRENCH SQUADRON OFF CARTHAGENA IN THE
-                                 WEST INDIES,
-             FOUGHT ON THE 19TH AND FIVE FOLLOWING DAYS OF AUGUST
-                                IN THAT YEAR.
-
-Attached to the south side of the chancel is a large and lofty chapel, in
-ancient times variously called “The Leybourne Chapel” and “The Trinity
-Aisle.”  There is every probability that it was founded about the year
-1300, by one of the Leybournes of Berwick, as a place of sepulture for
-the family, and was subsequently enlarged into its present form by the
-Drapers’ Company of the town, soon after their incorporation in 1461.  In
-the south-east wall are three stone sedilia, with canopied arches; and on
-the north side of the altar, a small locker, once used for keeping the
-Eucharist.  A fine pointed arch, in the pure style of the 14th century,
-communicates with the chancel through the north-east wall.  Under this is
-an altar, tomb, (probably of SIMON DE LEYBOURNE, lord of Berwick, who
-died between 1300 and 1315,) [Picture: Altar-tomb, Simon de Leybourne]
-the sides of which are adorned with canopied niches, formerly containing
-figures; and on the table reclines the figure of a knight, cross-legged,
-and in chain armour.  In this tomb the headless corpse of Thomas Percy,
-Earl of Worcester, “ill-spirited Worcester,” who was taken prisoner at
-the battle of Shrewsbury, 1403, and beheaded, is believed to have been
-interred.  The windows on the south side contain figures in stained
-glass:—commencing eastward the subjects are—St. Christopher, Count Horne,
-St. Catherine:—Bishop, Count Horne, St. John, St. Catherine, St.
-Barbara:—St. John the Baptist, Angel, Count Horne, Joseph of Arimathea,
-and the dead Saviour, St. Anne, Angel, Countess Horne:—Bishop, Countess
-Horne, St. James, with armorial bearings of the family of Horne.  Several
-of these figures are old, the rest are modern, executed by Mr. D. Evans,
-after designs by P. Corbet, Esq., of this town.  Underneath which is a
-rich Gothic monument to Master WIGRAM.
-
-                   [Picture: Monument to Master Wigram]
-
-                          MAN KNOWETH NOT HIS TIME.
-             AT THE WEST SIDE OF THIS CHURCHYARD ARE INTERRED THE
-                              MORTAL REMAINS OF
-                              HEATHCOTE WIGRAM,
-             SECOND SON OF MONEY WIGRAM, ESQ. AND MARY HIS WIFE,
-                    OF WOODHOUSE, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX,
-              HE WAS A PUPIL IN THE ROYAL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF
-            THIS TOWN AND WAS DROWNED WHILE BATHING IN THE SEVERN
-                  SEPTEMBER I, MDCCCXXXVIII, AGED XIV YEARS.
-            THE CONDUCT OF THIS AMIABLE YOUTH HAD GREATLY ENDEARED
-                        HIM TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS
-            HIS NATURAL TALENTS IMPROVED BY SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION
-                HAD ALREADY GIVEN PROMISE OF FUTURE EXCELLENCE
-              WHEN HIS HEAVENLY FATHER CALLED HIM AWAY FROM THIS
-                            EARTHLY STATE OF TRIAL
-             FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE UPON THEM THAT FEAR HIM
-           AND HOPE IN HIS MERCY TO DELIVER THEIR SOUL FROM DEATH.
-                 THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY HIS MASTERS AND
-                                SCHOOL-FELLOWS
-              TO THE MEMORY OF HIM WHOM THEY LOVED AND LAMENTED
-            AND FOR THE CONTINUAL ADMONITION OF THE YOUNG IN THIS
-                           CONGREGATION THAT THEY—
-            REMEMBER NOW THEIR CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF THEIR YOUTH.
-
-Against the east wall are large gothic monuments to John Jeudwine Esq.
-and Thomas Sutton, Esq. and between them is the statue erected by his
-pupils, at a cost of eight hundred guineas, to the memory of the late
-BISHOP BUTLER.  The figure is full-length, clothed in the Episcopal
-robes, sitting in an easy and graceful attitude; the right hand hanging
-over the chair, and the left supporting the head, which is leaning in
-thought.  It is of pure white Carrara marble, and was sculptured by F. H.
-Baily, Esq. R.A.  The pedestal which supports the statue is of
-dove-coloured marble from the Clee Hill, and bears the inscription
-below:—
-
-                        SAMVELI BUTLER, S.T.P.  R.S.S.
-                            EPISCOPO LICHFIELDENSI
-                      PRAESVLI PIO DILIGENTI DESIDERATO
-                   PRAECEPTORI IN PRIMIS DOCTO AC SOLLERTI
-                     CVIVS FAVSTIS ADMINISTRATA CONSILIIS
-                           SCHOLA REGIA SALOPIENSIS
-                LITERARVM STVDIIS LAVDEM OMNEM SVPERGRESSA EST
-                  DISCIPVLI MVNICIPES AMICI ET FAVTORES EIVS
-                             VIRO EGREGIE MERITO
-                      HONORIS EXEMPLIQVE CAVSA POSVERVNT
-                               A.S.  MDCCCXLIV.
-
-                    [Picture: Statue to Bishop Butler]
-
-Dispersed in various parts of the edifice will be found many monuments of
-modern date, some of which bear elegant inscriptions.
-
-The northernmost of the windows immediately above, is filled with stained
-glass representing our Blessed Saviour receiving young children, and
-figures of Charlemagne and Edgar below, and in the window adjoining, is
-the Adoration of the Magi, and figures of Alfred and David below, the
-latter the gift of Daniel Rowland, Esq. brother of the late Incumbent.
-
-On the exterior western wall of the tower are some quaint verses,
-recording the death of Robert Cadman, who, on 2nd February, 1739, rashly
-attempted to slide down on his breast along a rope, extended from the
-summit of the spire to the opposite side of the river.  The rope being
-drawn too tight snapped asunder as he was passing over the Dominican
-Friars, and he fell lifeless on the ice-bound earth.
-
-On the south-west side of the church-yard lies Lieutenant Thomas
-Anderson, one of the last persons executed for adherence to the Stuart
-family.  He was tried at Worcester for desertion, and shot here on 11th
-December, 1759.
-
-On the west side, “grav’d in the hollow ground,” close to the tomb of the
-Rev. J. B. Blakeway, also repose the ashes of that amiable man, and
-indefatigable antiquary, Mr. David Parkes, who died 8th May, 1833, of
-whom there is a mural tablet in the Trinity Chapel.  And also on the
-north-east side, those of the late zealous incumbent, the Rev. J. O.
-Hopkins, M.A. over which is a stone bearing the following inscription:—
-
-                          JOHN OLIVER HOPKINS, M.A.
-               INCUMBENT OF THIS CHURCH, DIED AUGUST 1ST, 1853,
-                              IN HIS 43RD YEAR.
-
-            “BE YE ALSO READY FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE THINK NOT,
-                   THE SON OF MAN COMETH.”—MATT. XXIV. 44.
-
-Westward of the church-yard are
-
-
-
-ST. MARY’S ALMSHOUSES,
-
-
-the safe asylum of feeble age and decent poverty.  This foundation arose
-from the benevolence of the Worshipful Company of Drapers of this town,
-at a very early period; and was remodelled during the wardenship, of that
-company, of Degory Watur, a worthy burgess and draper of Shrewsbury, in
-the days of Henry IV., who, is believed (though whether on sufficient
-grounds is uncertain,) to have charitably devoted a portion of his
-substance to the erection and endowment of an almshouse, for thirteen
-poor persons of both sexes.  This beneficent man is said to have “dwellyd
-in the almeshowse hall amongst the poor,” and a truly affecting sight
-must it have been to behold the pious old man, white with “the silver
-livery of advised age,” deprived of sight, and bowed with the weight of
-ninety-six years, daily accompanying the participators of his bounty to
-St. Mary’s church, where he “wold kneele amongst them in a fayre longe
-pewe made for them and hym selfe,” and offer up the grateful incense of
-thanksgiving to that Eternal Being, with whom there is no respect of
-persons.  The good Degory
-
-    “Even in the downfall of his mellowed years,
-    When Nature brought him to the door of death,”
-
-forgot not the objects of his charity, but in his will, dated on the day
-of his decease, 28th July, 1477, devised certain lands to the Wardens of
-the Drapers’ Company to “sufficientlie susteyne poore people in St. Mary
-Allmeshowse.”  Other charitable individuals made subsequent additions to
-the endowment.
-
-The almshouses originally stood within the churchyard, and were confined,
-unwholesome, and highly incommodious to the thoroughfare.  In 1825 they
-were entirely removed, and the present comfortable habitations erected on
-the opposite side of the street, by the Drapers’ Company, at an expense
-of nearly £3000.  The houses are sixteen in number, and the inmates, who
-must be parishioners of St. Mary’s, are appointed by the Drapers’
-Company, and supported by them, at an annual expense of upwards of £100.
-
-In an ancient timber house in the south-west corner of the church-yard,
-is
-
-
-
-THE DRAPERS’ HALL.
-
-
-This curious and spacious apartment retains many features of the good old
-fashioned days.  Elevated on a dais, “richlie dyghte withe blazon’d
-tyle,” stands the massive oaken table at which the Company hold their
-meetings, and below at right angles, is another table, which in former
-times was wont to groan beneath the solid cheer, with which the worthy
-drapers feasted their tenants and dependents.  A rudely carved muniment
-chest occupies the lower end, and portraits of the excellent Degory Watur
-and his spouse, and of King Edward IV.  “The Royal Founder of their
-Companie,” decorate the dark and gloomy wainscot.
-
-The Drapers were incorporated by Charters of Edward IV. and James I. and
-their Company is recognized by several subsequent Acts of Parliament.
-Seven years’ apprenticeship to a member of the company is the necessary
-qualification for admission, though foreigners may be admitted on payment
-of a fine, at the discretion of the company.  Their income, which chiefly
-arises from lands originally purchased by the voluntary contributions of
-the members, is considerable, and is expended in the support of the
-inmates of St. Mary’s Almshouse, in liberal subscriptions to the
-charitable institutions of the town, and in relief to the widows and
-families of deceased members.
-
-The traffic in Welsh woollen-cloths, the staple trade of the place during
-three centuries, is now very inconsiderable, the market formerly held
-here every Thursday having been long since removed to Welshpool and
-Newtown in Montgomeryshire.
-
-The next object which demands our attention is
-
-
-
-THE SALOP INFIRMARY. {86}
-
-
-    “Here all have kindness, most relief—for some
-    Is cure complete,—it is the SUFFERS’ HOME.”
-
-                        [Picture: Salop Infirmary]
-
-This excellent institution was established in 1747, for the humane
-purpose of affording skilful medical assistance to the suffering poor,
-and is most munificently supported by the voluntary subscriptions and
-benefactions of the county.  According to the last report the total
-number of persons who have received the benefit of this useful charity
-since its commencement, are,—In-patients 65204; whereof 32298 have been
-cured, and 25156 relieved; Out-patients 138039, of whom 98376 have been
-cured, and 24700 relieved.  The yearly number of patients is 1277
-in-patients, and 4835 out-patients.  Several of the physicians and
-surgeons of the town most humanely afford their valuable advice and skill
-gratuitously; and in order that medical aid may always be ready in cases
-of emergency, a surgeon, retained at a salary, is constantly resident in
-the house.  The pecuniary and ordinary concerns of the institution are
-superintended by a board of directors, consisting of eight trustees, the
-deputy treasurer, and secretary.  The domestic economy is regulated by a
-matron.  Two of the subscribers, weekly attend as house-visitors.  The
-Chaplain the Rev. J. Lewis reads prayers daily and visits the sick in the
-wards.  A treasurer is also annually appointed, who, on the anniversary
-day in the Hunt week, is accompanied to church by the subscribers and
-patrons of the charity, where, after a sermon, a collection is made in
-aid of the funds; the plates on this occasion, being held by two ladies
-and two gentlemen of rank or opulence.
-
-The house surgeon is allowed to take three pupils at a premium of 20
-Guineas to himself, and 200 Guineas to the Infirmary, which entitles the
-pupil to board and residence for five years.  Attendance at this hospital
-is recognized by the Royal College of Surgeons, and the Apothecaries’
-Company, London.
-
-There is a Library of about 3000 volumes, to which the best new medical
-works are yearly added by purchase.
-
-The present building was erected in 1830, on the site of the Old
-Infirmary, after a design by Mr. Haycock, of this town, at an expense of
-£18,735 18s. 10d. of which £12,994 1s. 3d. was raised by subscription,
-and the remainder disbursed from the funded property of the charity.
-
-It is constructed of freestone, in the Grecian style, is 170 feet in
-length by 80 feet in height, and has a handsome portico in the centre,
-supported by Doric pillars.  The disposition of the interior is adequate
-to the accommodation of from 150 to 160 in-patients, and comprises four
-stories.  The various offices, in number twenty-two, are arranged in the
-basement; the ground floor is appropriated to the board-room, dispensary,
-rooms for the admission of patients, the house-surgeon and matron’s
-apartments, and two wards for surgical cases; the first floor has seven
-wards for male patients, with day-room, scullery, and baths; the upper
-story contains a spacious operation room, with wards for female patients
-on each side; and in the attics are four other wards, with nurses’ rooms,
-&c.  A staircase, at either end, communicates with spacious galleries
-extending the length of each story.  A proper ventilation is kept up
-through the whole structure, and an uniform temperature preserved by a
-patent hot-water apparatus, which likewise affords a constant supply of
-warm water.  The walls of the board-room are decorated with the portraits
-of Sir Rowland Hill, Bart., General Lord Hill, and Lord Clive, the
-armorial bearings of the successive treasurers, and the tables of
-benefactions.
-
-The spacious terrace on the eastern side, commands an extensive view of
-unequalled richness and beauty.  The eye, after dwelling on the nearer
-objects of the rugged declivities of the Castle Mount,—the Railway
-Viaduct over the Severn,—the majestic ruins of the Abbey,—the stately
-grandeur of the White Hall,—the elegant Column,—and the venerable church
-of St. Giles—wanders uninterruptedly over an extensive tract of fertile
-and finely wooded country, bounded by the long ridge of Haughmond Hill,
-the Wrekin, the Acton Burnell, Frodesley, and Stretton Hills.
-
-Opposite St. Mary’s turnstile, at the corner of Church Street, stands
-
-
-
-JONES’S MANSION,
-
-
-the front of which is now obscured by modern erections, though portions
-of its lofty gables are still visible from the street.  This house was
-built by Thomas Jones, Esq., called the _Rich Jones_, (the uncle of Sir
-Thomas Jones, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,) who, after serving
-the office of Bailiff six times, was appointed by Charles I., in 1638,
-the first Mayor of Shrewsbury.  In 1624 he also served the office of
-Sheriff of the county.  Subsequently the mansion became the residence of
-the Chief Justice Jones.  In 1642, during Charles I. stay in Shrewsbury,
-the Duke of York was lodged here, and Prince Rupert also made it his
-residence after the battle of Worcester.
-
-In the adjacent street, Dogpole, is
-
-
-
-THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE,
-
-
-instituted with the object of affording to the young men of the town the
-means of acquiring general and scientific knowledge, by the formation of
-a library, delivery of Lectures, and establishment of Classes for French,
-Germany Drawing, &c., and an opportunity of spending their leisure hours
-profitably in a Reading Room supplied with the London and local
-Newspapers, and several of the leading Reviews, Magazines, and
-periodicals devoted to mechanical and artistical subjects.  There is,
-also, a Debating Society connected with the Institution.  The
-subscription is 15s. per annum, with free admission to the Lectures,
-Library, and Reading Room, the latter of which is open from 12 at noon to
-10 o’clock at night, every day, (Sundays excepted.)
-
-Behind the wainscot of the dining-room of a house situate a little below
-the Institute in Dogpole, now the property and residence of Dr. Henry
-Johnson, Senior Physician to the Salop Infirmary, and known in ancient
-documents by the name of
-
-
-
-“THE OLDE HOUSE,”
-
-
-was recently discovered an ancient painting, on canvas, fixed upon a
-board forming the mantelpiece over the fire-place of the room.  In the
-centre is a shield of arms, France and England quarterly, surmounted by a
-royal crown, and on either side a pomegranate and Tudor rose (white and
-red conjoined), twice repeated.  The ground of the whole dark-maroon,
-ornamented or damasked with white wavy feathery embellishments.  Above,
-on the plaster of the wall, is a rude painting of heavy scroll-work
-ornaments; and it is thought that the rest of the walls, if the wainscot
-were removed, would be found covered with similar paintings.
-
-In the absence of all positive evidence, conjectures can only be hazarded
-as to the cause of these arms, &c. having been placed here.
-
-One thing, however, is certain that they are connected, in some way with
-Queen Mary, daughter of Henry VIII. and Queen Katherine of Arragon,
-inasmuch as the pomegranate was first introduced as a royal badge of
-England, upon Katherine’s marriage with prince Arthur, son of Henry VII.
-Now if we consider this painting contemporary with an inscription on the
-wainscot of the adjoining drawing-room, “PETRVS ROBERTS M M SECO 1553,”
-and interpret it thus, “PETRVS ROBERTS MARIÆ MATERNITATEM SECO, 1553.  I
-Peter Roberts decide (the question of) the maternity or legitimacy of
-Mary, 1553.”  Then we may regard it as a loyal demonstration on Mary’s
-accession to the English throne by some one of those many friends and
-adherents who so warmly sympathised in her early adversity, in the
-unjustifiable degradation of her royal mother and her own consequent
-exclusion from the succession to the throne.
-
-If, however, the painting is considered to be anterior in time to the
-inscription on the wainscot, and such really appears to be the case from
-the style of the wainscot, then it may be connected with the possibility
-of the Court of the Marches of Wales, over which Mary presided in 1525,
-with the title of “Princess of Wales,” having been held here, since the
-Council House, where the Court usually sat afterwards, was not built till
-1530; or it may be the memorial of an unrecorded visit of Queen Mary to
-our town; or the residence of one of her household, or of some member of
-the Council, amongst both of whom were many Cambrian names, and the
-following,—Ap Rice, Baldwyn, Basset, Bromley, Burnell, Burton, Cotton,
-Dod, Egerton, Pigot, Rocke, Sydnour, Salter, more or less connected with
-Shrewsbury; or it may have been the mansion of one of the many Welsh
-families of distinction, with whom Mary formed an intimacy during her
-residence in the Marches; or, as the crest of the Rocke family still
-remains on the leaden water-piping, and who in later times are remembered
-to have resided therein, it may have been the mansion of Anthony Rocke,
-who was a servant of Queen Katherine, and a legatee in her will to the
-amount of £20; and of whom the Princess Mary thus writes in one of her
-letters:—“For although he be not my servant, yet because he was my
-mother’s, and is an honest man, as I think, I do love him well, and would
-do him good.”
-
-Which of these guesses may be the true solution, we are unable at present
-to decide.
-
-We now pass down Church Street to
-
-
-
-ST. ALKMUND’S CHURCH,
-
-
-                     [Picture: St. Alkmund’s Church]
-
-founded in the early part of the 10th century, by Ethelfleda, daughter of
-the great Alfred, and lady of Mercia, who endowed it with eleven manors.
-Edgar the Peaceable added other lands and possessions, and placed here a
-dean and ten prebends.  At the time of Domesday the church held in
-Shrewsbury twenty-one burgesses, twelve houses for the canons, two of the
-hundred hides, for which the city paid Dane-geld, besides nine of the
-above manors, (the other two having been unjustly wrested from it, and
-fallen into lay hands,) in all, about 4020 acres, of which 620 were in
-demesne, and a rent of £8 8s. 8d. received for the remainder, which, with
-other rents of the amount of 13s. 8d. produced a revenue rather exceeding
-£500 of modern currency.  Part of these estates, held of the church by
-Godebold, a Norman priest, and subsequently by his son, Robert, persons
-in great esteem with our Norman earls, were involved by some means in the
-confiscation of the property of the last Earl, Robert de Belesme, and
-fell into the hands of Richard de Belmeis, Bishop of London, to whom
-Henry I. had entrusted the government of Shropshire.  On the death of
-this prelate in 1127, the king granted them to the Bishop’s nephew,
-Richard de Belmeis, also Bishop of London, and canon of this church.  In
-his possession they did not long continue, for in 1147 he effected the
-dissolution of the college of St. Alkmund, and with the consent of King
-Stephen and Pope Eugenius III., transferred his own and all the other
-prebendal estates, to augment his brother Philip de Belmeis’s recent
-foundation of Lilleshall Abbey, in this county, by which means the
-benefice sank from a collegiate establishment into a poor vicarage.
-
-After the dissolution of Lilleshall Abbey, the vicarage continued in the
-crown until 1628, when Charles I. sold it to Rowland Heylin, Alderman of
-London, a zealous member of a society for founding lectureships in
-populous towns, and augmenting small livings.  On the suppression of this
-society in 1663, on the supposition of its being favourable to
-puritanical principles, St. Alkmund’s, with the other advowsons,
-purchased by the society, became vested in the crown, in whose patronage
-it still remains.
-
-The old church was a spacious structure, exhibiting specimens of
-ecclesiastical architecture, from the Anglo-Norman period to the middle
-of the sixteenth century.  The original form was a cross with nave, side
-aisles, transept, chancel, and western tower, but from the subsequent
-erections of chauntry chapels, the external elevation was very irregular.
-On the sudden fall of St. Chad’s Church, in this town, an unfounded
-apprehension of the instability of this curious building was excited and
-cherished in the breasts of the parishioners.  Deliberations were
-speedily set on foot, and with ill-judged haste it was resolved to
-demolish the venerable structure, and erect a new church of more
-contracted dimensions on a part of the site.  The strength and firmness
-of the masonry of the ancient but undecayed walls presented almost
-insurmountable obstacles to the efforts of the workmen employed to rend
-them asunder, and convinced the parishioners, when too late, of their
-premature folly. {97}
-
-The present church was opened for divine service on 8th November, 1795,
-and cost in the erection £4000.  It is of freestone, in the style usually
-denominated Modern-Gothic.  The interior, though destitute of the solemn
-majesty of gothic edifices, is handsomely fitted up, and well arranged
-for the accommodation of a numerous congregation.  In the gallery at the
-west end, is a small but well-toned organ, by Gray of London, erected by
-subscription in 1823.  The east window contains some modern stained
-glass, emblematical of Evangelical Faith, painted by the elder Eglinton.
-
-Of the old church the only portion which escaped destruction was the
-western steeple, erected probably as late as the Dissolution.  It
-consists of a slender, but well-proportioned square tower of three
-chambers, flanked by light double angular buttresses, gracefully
-diminishing in their ascent, and finished on the summit by broaches or
-semi-pyramidal abutments.  From this rises a spire of the finest
-proportions, brought to an exquisitely taper point, and crowned by an
-open flower.  This has recently been repaired and restored by Mr. S. P.
-Smith.  Under the tower, an elegant pointed arch, recessed within a
-square opening, leads to the interior; on each side are the remains of
-holy water niches.  Above is a handsome pointed window, with delicate
-mullions, containing in ancient stained glass, preserved from the old
-church, the arms of France and England quarterly, and those of Richard
-Sampson, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.  The bell-story contains a
-light peal of eight bells, cast by Bryan of Hertford, in 1812, and is
-lighted by four semicircular windows.
-
-Of the ancient tombs and monumental brasses which abounded in the old
-edifice, none are preserved in the present structure, which contains no
-memorial worthy of note, with the exception of a tablet to Chief Justice
-Jones, and one to the late Rev. R. Scott, B.D.
-
-The parish comprises only a small part of the town, but contains many
-insulated portions of the neighbourhood.
-
-Strong foundations of red stone are extensively visible in the houses and
-walls on the north-west side of the church yard, which may possibly be
-the remains of the Saxon college.
-
-Immediately adjoining, at the top of the Double Butcher Bow, is a lofty
-timber house, conjectured to have been
-
-
-
-THE GUILD HOUSE OF THE FRATERNITY OF THE HOLY CROSS,
-
-
-which anciently existed in the church of St. Alkmund.
-
-                 [Picture: Guild House of the Holy Cross]
-
-This curious tenement, now occupied as several dwellings, forms two sides
-of a square, and with the exception of its square windows, entirely of
-Gothic architecture of the fifteenth century.
-
-The projecting stories are supported by elegant springers, enriched like
-the principal timbers, with carvings of small pointed arches, with
-trefoil and other ornaments.  A cloister of obtusely pointed wooden
-arches, overspread with rich carvings and delicate mouldings, runs along
-the ground-story of the front.
-
-Contiguous to St. Alkmund’s is
-
-
-
-ST. JULIAN’S CHURCH.
-
-
-                      [Picture: St. Julian’s Church]
-
-of whose early foundation in the Saxon times, we possess no particulars.
-According to Domesday, it held before the Conquest half a hide of land in
-the city.  It was a rectory and royal free chapel with a peculiar
-jurisdiction, and appears to have been annexed, at a very early period,
-to the chapel of St. Michael, in the castle.  In 1410 the rectory was
-granted, amongst other things, by Henry IV., to augment his new
-foundation of Battlefield College, and thenceforth this living became a
-mere stipendiary curacy.  On the dissolution of that college, St.
-Julian’s was granted by the crown, in 3rd Edward VI. to John Capper and
-Richard Trevor, and after numerous subsequent transfers, passed into the
-family of Prince, from whom it has descended to the present patron, the
-Earl of Tankerville.
-
-The parish comprehends the Wyle, the Wyle Cop, and under the Wyle, and
-considerable disjointed portions extending wide into the country.
-
-The present church, erected in 1749, on the site of an ancient irregular
-structure which had become ruinous, is an oblong Grecian building of
-brick and stone.  The interior is handsome and conveniently fitted up.
-Four Doric pillars on each side of the nave support the ceiling, which is
-curved and decorated with considerable effect with carved foliated
-bosses, preserved from the beams of the old church.  Over the side
-aisles, and at the west end, are commodious galleries, in the latter of
-which is an organ by Fleetwood and Bucer, erected by subscription in
-1834.  In the central light of the large Venetian window in the chancel,
-is a figure of St. James in ancient stained glass; and in the side lights
-are the royal arms, and those of Lichfield and Coventry impaling
-Cornwallis.  The galleries on the north and south are lighted by large
-circular-headed windows, containing the arms of Queen Elizabeth, the
-town, and the families of Bowdler, Prynce, and Bennett.
-
-The only existing portion of the old church is the slender square tower
-at the west end.  The basement is of red stone, and has on its eastern
-side a remarkably acute and lofty arch opening to the nave.  From this
-rises a superstructure of grey stone in the style of the 16th century;
-the upper chamber of which is lighted on every side by a broad short
-pointed mullioned window.  Above is a frieze of quatrefoil pannels, with
-grotesque water-spouts projecting from the angles.  An embattled parapet,
-enriched with eight crocketed pinnacles, crowns the summit.  In the tower
-are six bells.
-
-On the exterior of the south wall of the tower is a sculptured stone from
-the old church, representing St. Juliana within a foliated tabernacle.
-
-The south side of the church was, in 1846, stuccoed over, stone pillars
-inserted between the windows, and surmounted with a cornice and stone
-parapet.
-
-The church-yard next the street was also enclosed by a pierced parapet
-stone wall, and the entire structure substantially repaired at the
-expense partly of the parish and of the late Rev. R. Scott.
-
-The edifice contains only one monument of any antiquity; a coarse marble
-slab, inscribed in Longo-bardic capitals, to a member of the family of
-Trumwin, of Cannock, in Staffordshire.
-
-The modern memorials most worthy of remark, as recording men “useful in
-their generation,” are those to Mr. John Allatt, the beneficent founder
-of Allatt’s School; Mr. Robert Lawrence, the public-spirited coach
-proprietor, to whose exertions we owe the great Holyhead Road, and the
-establishment of the first mail coach to this town;—and to the
-elegant-minded Hugh Owen, Archdeacon of Salop, one of the learned authors
-of the “History of Shrewsbury.”
-
-We now reach
-
-
-
-THE TOP OF THE WYLE,
-
-
-the upper part of the street now called “The Wyle Cop,” which is believed
-to have been the part first inhabited by the Britons, and was in the
-immediate vicinity of their Prince’s palace, which occupied the site of
-Old St. Chad’s church.  After the Saxon invasion the town gradually
-increased towards the north, as is evident from the situation of the
-churches of St. Alkmund and St. Mary, the former founded in the
-beginning, and the latter at the end of the 10th century.
-
-On the right-hand side of the Wyle Cop, three doors below the Lion Hotel,
-is an
-
-
-
-OLD TIMBER HOUSE,
-
-
-in which Henry VII. is reported to have lodged during his short stay in
-the town, immediately previous to the battle of Bosworth.  For the good
-services which Henry experienced from the burgesses on this occasion, he
-remitted, on his accession to the throne, ten marks annually for fifty
-years, of the fee farm at which they held their town, and exempted them
-from all taxes and contributions.  The intercourse which had begun thus
-favourably was kept up in after years by Henry, who, with his queen and
-son, frequently visited this town, upon which occasions they were feasted
-by the Bailiffs in a most royal and hospitable manner.
-
-Opposite to St. Julian’s church is
-
-
-
-SHEARMANS’, OR CLOTHWORKERS’ HALL,
-
-
-an ancient red stone building, of whose original erection no particulars
-are now extant.  The high gabled west end fronts the High Street, and
-displays a pointed window of the 14th century, long since deprived of its
-mullions.  On the east and south sides are remains of similar windows.
-The interior, formerly in one apartment, is now converted into a
-dwelling-house and warehouses.
-
-The business of the Shearman consisted in dressing the Welsh webs, by
-raising the wool on one side.  In the reign of Elizabeth great numbers
-were employed in this process; but subsequent discoveries proving it to
-be injurious to the texture of the cloth, it was gradually laid aside.
-Few, if any, Shearmen now remain in our town.  The precise date of their
-incorporation is unknown, though doubtless it was at a very early period.
-
-From entries in their ancient books dated 7th, 8th, and 9th, Edward IV.
-we learn that the Company constituted the Guild or Fraternity of the
-Blessed Virgin Mary, whose chauntry was in the north aisle of St.
-Julian’s Church.  From the same documents we find that it was the custom
-on their festival day, to erect in front of their Hall, a May-pole or
-green tree, thence called “the Shermen’s Tree;” the bringing in and
-fixing of which was accompanied with much festivity and expensive
-jollity.  The ceremonies observed on these occasions, doubtless bore
-considerable resemblance to those practised at the erection of the
-May-pole on May-day, as described by old writers, when
-
-    “Forth goth all the court both most and lest,
-    To fetch the floures fresh, and braunch and blome.”
-
-During the reign of Puritanism these pastimes caused great disgust to the
-professors of those principles, and strenuous efforts were used to
-suppress “the Shermen’s Tree.”  Disturbances consequently ensued, in
-which the Bailiffs of the town appear to have espoused the cause of the
-Puritans, and even directed their Public Preacher to deliver sermons
-against the merriment of our honest forefathers.
-
-Adjoining the south side of the Shearmen’s Hall is a large and curious
-old timber house, called
-
-
-
-THE OLD POST-OFFICE,
-
-
-which forms with it a court, entered from the street by a gateway.  These
-premises were erected in 1568 by George Proude, draper, bailiff in 1569,
-and member of a family formerly of considerable note in our town.
-
-We now approach the only remaining portion of
-
-
-
-OLD ST. CHAD’S CHURCH,
-
-
-consisting of the Lady Chapel on the south side of the choir.  The two
-semicircular arches, still visible in the masonry of the outer walls,
-communicated with the choir and south transept.  The north-west angle is
-flanked by the great south-eastern pier of the central tower, and at the
-opposite corner are the remains of a staircase buttress.  The southern
-and eastern sides are each lighted by two pointed windows, three of which
-are divided by elegant trefoil tracery.  The south-western window is
-plainer, and of an earlier date than the rest.  On the outside of the
-north wall are three stone stalls, with groined roofs, originally on the
-southern side of the altar, and used by the officiating clergy during the
-celebration of the mass.  The roof is of a plain oak panelling.
-
-                     [Picture: Old St. Chad’s Church]
-
-This chauntry chapel was first erected in 1496, but having subsequently
-fallen into decay was nearly re-edified in 1571, at the expense of
-Humphrey Onslow, Esq. of Onslow, in this parish, for the reception of the
-altar tomb, (now in the Abbey Church,) of his nephew the Speaker Onslow,
-who died at Onslow during a visit to his uncle.  After the Reformation it
-acquired the name of the Bishop’s Chancel, from being used as a
-consistory court at the visitations.  Its present use is as a receptacle
-for the monumental memorials rescued from the wreck of the old church.
-
-This church, when perfect, was a plain heavy, solid pile, totally devoid
-of ornamental sculpture on the outer walls, and from its situation on a
-commanding eminence, presented from a distance, a fine, solemn,
-cathedral-like appearance.  It was cruciform, and comprised a nave, side
-aisles, transept, choir, a broad low central tower, and chauntry chapels
-north and south of the choir.  The architecture was chiefly of the
-Anglo-Norman and lancet styles of the 13th century, with some subsequent
-additions of the 15th and 16th centuries. {109}
-
-Early in the summer of 1788 considerable fissures were observed in the
-north-western pier of the tower, which continuing to increase, Mr.
-Telford was employed to examine and report the cause.  On inspection, it
-was discovered that the foundations had been undermined by graves
-heedlessly made too near the walls, and that the pier, in consequence,
-had given way; that the tower and the whole of the north side of the nave
-were in a most dangerous state, and the chief timbers of the roof
-decayed.  He recommended that the tower should be immediately taken down,
-the pier rebuilt, and the other parts of the fabric properly and
-substantially secured.  This reasonable advice through ill-judged economy
-was fatally rejected, and a stonemason employed to cut away the infirm
-parts of the pier, and to underbuild it, without lessening any of the
-incumbent weight of the tower and bells.  The workmen accordingly
-commenced, and proceeded in their operations for two days; but on the
-third morning, July 9th, 1788, just as the chimes struck four, the
-ruinous pier gave way, the tower was instantly rent asunder, and falling
-on the roofs of the nave and transept with a tremendous crash, involved
-those parts in one indescribable scene of desolation and horror.  Many
-portions of the building still remained standing but so great was the
-panic occasioned by the catastrophe that they were all immediately taken
-down, with the exception of the present chapel.
-
-The collegiate establishment of St. Chad consisted of a dean, ten secular
-canons, and two vicars choral, and was founded soon after the subjugation
-of Pengwern, in the 8th century, by Offa, king of Mercia, who, as
-tradition states, converted the palace of the kings of Powis into his
-first church.  In Edward the Confessor’s time, this church held twelve
-hides of land, which it retained at the compilation of Domesday.  Between
-the years 1086 and 1326, other considerable possessions were acquired by
-the college, so that at the dissolution their revenues amounted to the
-clear yearly sum of £49 13s.  In 34th Henry VIII. on the apprehension of
-a dissolution, the last dean, Sir George Lee, granted a lease of the
-deanery, (with the exception of certain tithes previously disposed of) to
-Humphrey Onslow, Esq. for sixty-one years, at a rent of £10, and a
-payment of £4 6s. 8d. to a curate to celebrate divine service in the
-church.  On the dissolution of colleges, 2nd Edward VI., the crown leased
-the collegiate property to George Beston, Esq. for a term of twenty-one
-years; and two years afterwards, without any notice being taken of that
-gentleman’s interest, it was appropriated to the Free Schools, in which
-it is now vested.
-
-The living, though properly a curacy, has long been styled a vicarage,
-and is in the patronage of the crown.  The incumbent is always the
-mayor’s chaplain.
-
-This parish is by far the largest in the place, comprising very nearly
-half the town, and a great extent of the surrounding country.
-
-The day-spring of the Reformation early visited our town.  In 1407,
-Master William Thorpe, a priest, came to Shrewsbury, and mounted the
-pulpit in St. Chad’s church, from whence he boldly condemned the
-favourite tenets of popery.  Thorpe was in consequence thrown into
-prison, subsequently conveyed to Lambeth, and after a confinement of
-several months convened before the Archbishop of Canterbury at Saltwood,
-on a complaint exhibited against him by “the bailives and worshipful
-cominalte” of this town.  In his examination he candidly admitted the
-charges laid against him, but adhered to his opinions with manly and
-unshrinking steadiness.  Of the result of the trial and his subsequent
-history we possess no account.
-
-In the year 1394, this church, which had at that time a wooden steeple
-covered with lead, was consumed by accidental fire, which extended its
-ravages to a great portion of the town, then chiefly consisting of timber
-houses with thatched roofs.  The damage sustained was so considerable,
-that Richard II. remitted the payment of the fee farm of the town for
-three years towards the repairs.
-
-In 1490, Henry VII., accompanied by his queen and son, Prince Arthur,
-kept the feast of St. George, (April 23,) in this church.  In 1581, Sir
-Henry Sidney, President of the Council of the Marches, as a Knight of the
-Garter, kept the feast of St. George, (April 23,) in this town, with
-great splendour.  He marched in solemn procession from the Council House
-to St. Chad’s Church, the choir of which was fitted up in imitation of
-St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, and the stalls decorated with the arms of
-the Knights of the Garter.  Sir Henry sat in his proper stall, near that
-reserved for the Queen; in passing which he bowed with the same respect
-as if her Majesty had actually been present.  On the conclusion of divine
-service Sir Henry devoted the afternoon to feasting the burgesses.
-
-
-
-THE COLLEGE OF ST. CHAD
-
-
-adjoined the south-western extremity of the church.  Its buildings, now
-converted into three handsome houses, are so entirely modernized, that
-scarce a vestige is visible, except a portion of the wall adjacent to the
-church-yard.  The outer walls of its precinct may be traced to a
-considerable distance in the neighbouring gardens.
-
-North of the church-yard, in a close passage called “the Sextry,” are
-some old timber buildings, once communicating with the church by a
-covered passage over the street.  These were, as is supposed, the
-dwellings of the Vicars Choral.  In this old tenement the attendants of
-Henry VII. were lodged during his visit to the town in 1496, when the
-Bailiffs entertained him in almost sumptuous and royal manner.  These
-premises were subsequently used as
-
-
-
-THE MERCERS’ HALL,
-
-
-though the Company have long since ceased to hold their meetings here.
-The Company of Mercers, on their union with the Ironmongers and
-Goldsmiths, received on May 11, 1480, a confirmation of their
-composition, from Edward V. then Prince of Wales, and resident in
-Shrewsbury.  This fraternity were patrons of the Altar of St. Michael in
-St. Chad’s Church.
-
-On the south side of the church-yard are
-
-
-
-ST. CHAD’S ALMSHOUSES,
-
-
-wretched hovels, projecting considerably into the adjoining street of
-Belmont.  They were founded in 1409, by Bennet Tipton, a public brewer,
-then residing at the College, who, so far as can be ascertained, did not
-make any provision for the support of the almspeople.  An annual
-rent-charge of £8, charged upon the Lythwood estate by the family of
-Ireland, and a payment of 2s. 2d. from the Mercers’ Company, constitutes
-the whole endowment, which is distributed in allowances of 14s. 7½d. per
-annum to each of the inmates.  These tottering habitations, from the want
-of a fund for judicious repairs, are capable of affording little comfort
-or accommodation to the infirm tenants, who are nominated by the
-proprietors of the Lythwood estate.
-
-Opposite to the almshouses are
-
-
-
-THE JUDGES’ LODGINGS,
-
-
-a handsome house, purchased by the county in 1821, and appropriated to
-the accommodation of the judges and their retinue during their attendance
-at the Assizes.
-
-Passing down College Hill, we have on our right the south elevation of
-the Public Rooms.  In this spot previously stood the remains of
-
-
-
-VAUGHAN’S PLACE,
-
-
-an ancient stone mansion, erected in the early part of the 14th century,
-by Sir Hamo Vaughan, knight, of West Tilbury, in Essex, or by his father,
-Sir Thomas Vaughan, knight, of Stepney, members of an old Welsh family,
-probably of the illustrious lineage of Owen Gwyned.  By marriage with
-Eleanor, daughter and heiress of Sir Hamo, Reginald de Mutton, member of
-a family conspicuous among our early Bailiffs, acquired this property,
-which thenceforth became, for many generations, the town mansion of the
-Myttons, and by whose descendant, the late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston,
-it has been sold.  The spacious hall and adjacent apartments now contain
-
-
-
-THE MUSEUM
-
-
-of the Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian
-Society.
-
-This Society was established on the 26th June, 1835, and has for its
-object the formation of a Museum and Scientific Library of Natural
-History, Antiquities, &c. and the collection from every quarter, of
-accurate information respecting the Natural and General History of the
-important District of Shropshire and North Wales—its topography,
-statistics, climate, and meteorological phenomena—its geological
-structure, mineral, and organic fossils—its mines and collieries—its
-various animal and vegetable productions.
-
-In order to place the Institution on the most liberal basis, and to
-render it of the greatest possible public advantage, the property of the
-Society is vested in the Lords Lieutenant, (for the time being,) of the
-county of Salop, and of the several counties of North Wales, as Trustees
-for the permanent use and benefit of the district at large; by which
-arrangement the perpetuity of the Institution is secured, and the
-possible dispersion of the Museum, at any future period, effectually
-guarded against.
-
-The affairs of the Society are under the management of a Council,
-consisting of a President, and other Officers, elected annually, and
-twelve Members, of whom six retire by rotation.
-
-All persons proposed to the Council by two Subscribers, and contributing
-One Guinea annually, are Members of the Society, and have the privilege
-of admission for themselves and families to the Museum and library, and
-of introducing Visitors.
-
-To diffuse a taste for Science, periodical meetings of the Society are
-held, at which scientific communications are read, and popular lectures
-on the various branches of Natural History delivered.
-
-In addition to the more local objects of the Society, the Museum is open
-to the reception of any specimens from distant localities, with which the
-friends of science in various quarters may be induced to enrich it, and
-which may serve to complete the series, and enhance the scientific value
-of those indigenous to the district.  For this purpose the Council have
-authority to effect exchanges of the natural products of Shropshire and
-North Wales, for specimens furnished by the Cabinets of Societies, or
-Individual Collectors in other parts of the world.
-
-A General Meeting of the Society is held in August, in each year, at
-which the officers are elected, the Annual Report of the progress of the
-Society is read, and an appropriate Address delivered by the President.
-
-The Museum and library are open every day, (Sunday excepted); during the
-summer months, from ten o’clock in the morning until six o’clock in the
-evening; but in the winter are closed at four o’clock in the evening.
-
-In the same building is
-
-
-
-THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN,
-
-
-for the purpose of “establishing classes for acquiring elementary
-instruction in Art, in connexion with existing Public Schools and
-Institutions, with a view of diffusing a knowledge of Art among all
-classes of the public, whether artisans, manufacturers, or consumers, and
-for preparing students for entering the Schools of Art heretofore known
-as Schools of Design.”
-
-On some part of this property it is supposed the chapel, dedicated to St.
-Blase, formerly stood.
-
-Turning to the left we proceed down Swan Hill, near the bottom of which,
-on the right-hand side is
-
-
-
-THE INDEPENDENT MEETING-HOUSE,
-
-
-a brick building, of an oblong form, erected in 1767.
-
-Immediately adjoining is
-
-
-
-ALLATT’S CHARITY SCHOOL,
-
-
-erected in 1800, pursuant to the will of Mr. John Allatt, thirty-eight
-years chamberlain of the Corporation, who died 2nd November, 1796, and
-bequeathed his property for the education and clothing of the children of
-the more respectable classes of poor persons resident in the town, and
-for providing coats and gowns for a considerable number of indigent men
-and women.  The structure is of freestone, plain but elegant, and
-comprises commodious houses for the schoolmaster and mistress, connected
-by arcades with spacious school-rooms.
-
-The interest of the money unexpended in the building of the schools is
-applied to the maintenance of a master and mistress, who instruct twenty
-boys, and the same number of girls, in reading, writing, arithmetic, and
-the girls in sewing.  They are clothed once a year, and at a proper age
-apprenticed.  Twenty coats and eighty stuff gowns are also annually
-distributed to the poor.
-
-Proceeding on the left along Murivance, we soon arrive at
-
-
-
-EBENEZER MEETING-HOUSE,
-
-
-erected in 1834, by a congregation of seceders from the Wesleyan
-Methodists.
-
-Contiguous to this is the only remaining
-
-
-
-TOWER ON THE TOWN WALLS,
-
-
-It is square, embattled, of two stories, lighted by narrow loops, the
-entrance to the upper being from the top of the wall, through a small
-plain pointed arch of the age of Henry IV.  A similar arch forms the
-doorway of the lower story.
-
-                    [Picture: Tower on the Town Walls]
-
-The more accessible parts of the Town Walls, particularly on the south
-and south-western sides, were formerly strengthened by similar towers,
-all of which are now demolished.
-
-At a short distance further on, a considerable portion of
-
-
-
-THE TOWN WALLS,
-
-
-now reduced in height and stripped of its battlements, forms an useful
-and agreeable public walk.  This and the Walls on the north side of the
-town, called Roushill Walls, extending from the Castle Gates to the Welsh
-Bridge, are all the existing remains of our ancient fortifications,
-which, when entire, could not have been much less than a mile and half in
-compass.
-
-At the end of the walls, on the left, is
-
-
-
-THE ROMAN CATHOLIC MEETING-HOUSE,
-
-
-a neat building, erected in 1776, and enlarged in 1825.  The interior is
-fitted up with much taste and elegance.  The altar rests on a
-sarcophagus, on the front of which is a painting of the Last Supper,
-after Leonardi da Vinci.  Above is a figure of Christ on the Cross, with
-the inscription “Thus God loved the world.”  The roof is coved and rests
-on a broad cornice, consisting of angelic figures in relief united by
-wreaths and garlands of flowers.  In the gallery is a small organ, and on
-each side the entrance an elegant white marble shell for the holy water.
-
-
-
-BOWDLER’S CHARITY SCHOOL
-
-
-next demands our attention; a plain brick building, founded in 1724,
-pursuant to the will of Mr. Thomas Bowdler, alderman and draper, for the
-instruction, clothing, and apprenticing poor children of St. Julian’s
-parish.  The dress of the children is blue, whence the school is
-sometimes called “The Blue School.”
-
-Passing at the bottom of the Wyle a curiously carved timber house,
-formerly the mansion of the highly respectable family of Sherar, we cross
-“swift Severn’s flood” by
-
-
-
-THE ENGLISH, OR STONE BRIDGE.
-
-
-This elegant structure was completed in 1774, after a design of Mr.
-Gwynn, a native of the town, at an expense of £15,710, of which £11,494
-was raised by voluntary subscriptions.  It is of freestone, 400 feet in
-length, and comprises seven semicircular arches, the central one being
-sixty feet in width, and forty in height, and is crowned with a fine
-balustrade.  The fronts are embellished with light and graceful
-ornaments.  The ascent, owing to the height of the central arch, is
-disagreeably steep, and the breadth of the thoroughfare, (only
-twenty-five feet,) highly inconvenient to the innumerable carriages and
-passengers which are continually passing over it.
-
-                        [Picture: English Bridge]
-
-The Old English Bridge, built probably by the Abbots and Burgesses
-conjointly, was taken down on the completion of the present one.  It was
-constructed on seventeen arches, and extended over the main stream, and
-also an arm of the river now filled up, which crossing the road, flowed
-past the monks’ infirmary into the Meole Brook.  The principal course of
-the river was extended by six large arches.  Within two arches of the
-eastern extremity, was a gate and strong embattled tower, with chamber
-and portcullis, and beyond a drawbridge.  The thoroughfare was of the
-extremely narrow width of twelve feet, and was greatly encumbered with
-houses built on the northern parapet.
-
-We now enter the little hamlet of
-
-
-
-MERIVALE,
-
-
-where, on the left, are still seen several specimens of the timber
-architecture of our forefathers, and on the right stands
-
-
-
-THE PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION CHARITY SCHOOL,
-
-
-called also the “Brown School,” from the brown dress of the children,
-erected in 1778.  Children from all quarters of the town are admissible
-on the recommendation of subscribers, and an useful religious education
-is afforded to them on the Madras system.
-
-The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway here crosses the street by an
-
-
-
-IRON BRIDGE,
-
-
-with pierced balustrades, springing from stone abutments.
-
-Our attention is next attracted by the venerable remains of
-
-
-
-THE ABBEY OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL.
-
-
-which owes its foundation to Roger de Montgomery, the first Norman Earl
-of Shrewsbury, and arose on the site of a small wooden church dedicated
-to St. Peter, built in the reign of Edward the Confessor, by Siward, a
-Saxon gentleman, then resident in Shropshire.  The earl peopled his abbey
-with monks of the Benedictine rule, whom he invited over from a religious
-house founded on the estates of Mabel, his first Countess, at Seez, in
-Normandy.  During his last illness the warlike founder entered himself a
-monk of his own foundation, and received the tonsure on the 14th July,
-1094.  He had previously obtained from the Abbey of Clugni, in Burgundy,
-the kirtle of St. Hugh, which holy vestment he occasionally wore,
-doubtless in anxious hope of its communicating some portion of the
-sanctity of its former possessor.  Three days after his assumption of the
-monastic garb he breathed his last, and was honourably interred in the
-Lady Chapel, between the two altars.  His son Hugh, the second earl, who
-was slain by Magnus, King of Norway, near Castell Aber Lleiniog, in
-Anglesea, in the year 1098, also received interment in the cloisters.
-
-On the confiscation of the Earldom of Shrewsbury, in the reign of Henry
-I., our Shrewsbury Abbots, became tenants in capite, and were thenceforth
-under the necessity, (as it was deemed in those days,) of attending the
-King in his Parliaments, as Barons or Peers of Parliament, which honour
-was continued to them by Edward III., who limited the number of mitred or
-Parliamentary Abbots to twenty-eight, and enjoyed by them down to the
-Dissolution.
-
-In 1137, during the Abbacy of Herbert the third Abbot, the monastery was
-enriched through the exertions of the prior, Robert Pennant, by the
-acquisition of the bones of the martyred Virgin St. Wenefrede, which were
-translated from their burial place at Gwytherin, in Denbighshire, and
-placed with becoming solemnity in a costly shrine, prepared for their
-reception in the Abbey church.  To this shrine, countless numbers of
-pilgrims and diseased persons continually resorted to pay their
-devotions, and to experience cures, which, according to assertion, must
-have been little less than miraculous; and the wealthy vied with each
-other in the costliness of their offerings.  In addition to these
-treasured bones, the Monks appear to have possessed, in the reign of
-Henry II., a most extensive and varied assortment of other reliques,
-doubtless of equal value and efficacy.  In 1486, the Abbot Thomas Mynde,
-incorporated the devotees, both male and female, of St. Wenefrede, into a
-religious Guild or fraternity founded by him in her honour.  A great bell
-was also dedicated to her memory.
-
-During the various visits with which the English Sovereigns from time to
-time honoured our town, it is highly probable that they took up their
-residence in the Abbey, and there can be little doubt that the Parliament
-of Edward I., 1283, {126} and that of Richard II., 1398, called the Great
-Parliament, were held within the spacious apartments of the monastery.
-
-The original endowment was very slender, but within a century and half
-after the foundation the abbatial property comprised seventy-one manors
-or large tracts of land, twenty-four churches, and the tithes of
-thirty-seven parishes or vills, besides very extensive and valuable
-privileges and immunities of various kinds.  In 26 Henry VIII. their
-possessions were found to be of the yearly value of £572. 15s. 5¾d. equal
-to upwards of £4700 in the present day.  The monastery was dissolved on
-24th January, 1539–40, and pensions assigned to the Abbot, Thomas
-Boteler, and the seventeen monks.
-
-On the dissolution the burgesses presented a petition to the crown that
-the Abbey might be converted into a college or free school, which request
-Henry refused to accede to, alleging as a reason his intention of
-erecting Shrewsbury into one of his proposed thirteen new bishoprics.
-The diocese was to have comprehended the counties of Salop and Stafford,
-and the endowment to have consisted of the monastic revenues.  We learn
-from undoubted authority that John Boucher, Abbot of Leicester, was
-actually nominated Bishop of Shrewsbury; {127} and hence doubtless arose
-the appellation of “Proud Salopians,” founded on the tradition that our
-townsmen rejected the offer of having their borough converted into a
-city, preferring to inhabit the First of Towns.
-
-On the 22nd July 1546, Henry VIII. granted the site of the dissolved
-Abbey to Edward Watson and Henry Herdson, who, the next day, conveyed the
-same to William Langley of Salop, tailor, in whose family it continued
-for five generations until 1701, when Jonathan Langley, Esq. devised it
-to his friend Edward Baldwyn, Esq., who by will dated in 1726, devised it
-to his sister Bridget, the wife of Thomas Powys, Esq. for life, with
-remainder successively in tail male to her sons Henry, Edward, and John
-Powys.  In 1810 the premises were sold by the Trustees of the will of
-Thomas, Jelf Powys, Esq. eldest son of the above named Edward Powys, to
-Mr. Simon Hiles, in whose devisees they are now vested.
-
-The living is a vicarage, and prior to the dissolution was in the
-presentation of the monastery, but after that event it remained in the
-crown, until 1797, when it was transferred to the Right Honourable Lord
-Berwick, in exchange for certain advowsons in Suffolk.
-
-From time immemorial certain lands in the Parish were given to and vested
-in the Churchwardens and their successors “for the maintenance and
-repairing of the Churches of the Holy Cross and St. Giles, and of either
-of them.”  Consequently there has never been any need of a Church-rate.
-The lands, &c. are chiefly let out upon long building leases, and the
-present annual income is about £150, which upon the falling in of the
-several leases will of course be greatly increased.  The Vicar and
-Churchwardens are a Corporation, with the power of making leases, &c. of
-the landed possessions of the said Churches, and have a common seal which
-is appended to such documents.  The seal is kept in a chest secured by
-three locks, and the keys are severally in the possession of the Vicar
-and the two Churchwardens.  It is of brass, of the _vesica piscis_ form,
-and has in the centre a baton or mace, and on either side a clothed arm
-projecting towards the centre, that on the dexter side holding a pastoral
-crook, that on the sinister side, a naked sword: the ground-work studded
-with stars, and around the margin this inscription, * S COMMVNE DE
-FFORYATE MONACHOR’.  This seal was, according to an entry in the Parish
-Book, “viewed and confirmed” by the Heralds, 16 Sept. 1623, for which
-10s. was paid.
-
-The site of the Abbey comprises ten acres.  An embattled wall surrounded
-probably the whole.  Of the once stately monastic buildings the remains
-are inconsiderable, and consist of the Church, the Infirmary, the
-Dormitory, the Reader’s Pulpit of the Refectory, the Guesten Chamber, and
-the Cloister of the Abbot’s Lodging.
-
-The space of ground on the east of the present church, containing 7300
-square yards, known lately by the name of “The Abbey Garden,” whereon
-formerly stood the Choir and Lady Chapel of the monastery, was in 1840
-consecrated as a public Cemetery.
-
-The present parochial church of THE HOLY CROSS embraces within its walls
-the nave, side aisles, north porch, and western tower of the Abbey
-church.  It is principally constructed of red stone, and though bearing
-deep marks of mutilation, is still venerable and spacious, and exhibits
-many curious and interesting features of ancient architecture.  The
-principal entrance is at the west end under the tower, through a pointed
-doorway, richly laced with mouldings, skilfully inserted within a deeply
-recessed semicircular arch, the exterior rib of which springs on each
-side from a Norman pillar with indented capital.  Immediately above rises
-a magnificent and elegantly proportioned window, its sides and arch
-enriched with delicate mouldings; in the deep hollow soffits of which is
-a series of pannels, having foliated arch heads.  The outer mouldings of
-the arch rise high above it, forming a spring canopy, enriched with
-crockets, and ending in a flower; from which again springs very elegantly
-a niche or tabernacle, with a high straight-sided canopy, flanked with a
-small pinnacle at each impost, containing a figure of Edward III. in
-complete armour.  The body of the window to the spring of the arch
-contains two stories, divided horizontally by embattled transoms, and
-perpendicularly by six upright mullions into seven compartments.  The two
-central mullions, as they approach the spring of the arch, bisect the
-head into smaller arches on each side, and these are further subdivided
-into others, which are uncommonly acute, the interstices of all filled
-with several tiers of small open pannelled tracery, mingled with
-trefoiled and quatrefoiled foliage, in beautiful and varied profusion.
-To the angles of the tower are attached square shallow piers, ending in
-pointed canopies, and midway of each is a niche, containing statues of
-St. Peter and St. Paul.  Two small double windows light each side of the
-upper story of the tower, the summit of which is terminated by an
-unsightly battlement of brick.
-
-           [Picture: Abbey Church, or Church of the Holy Cross]
-
-The eastern portion of the nave is separated on either side from the
-side-aisles by three semicircular arches, resting on short massive round
-pillars, with shallow bases and filletted capitals, in the plainest and
-earliest Anglo-Norman style.  Above, the remains of the triforium of the
-ancient church may be distinctly traced.  The western portion has, on
-each side, two pointed arches in the pure Gothic of the 14th century,
-delicately lined with mouldings, and rising from well-proportioned
-clustered pillars, with capitals composed of a series of small horizontal
-mouldings.  A clere-story, pierced with handsome Gothic windows, crowns
-this part of the edifice; and similar windows are continued along the
-north and south sides of the tower.
-
-A lofty and graceful pointed arch, springing from high clustered imposts,
-opens from the nave to the tower, and affords a view of the fine west
-window; the upper portion of which is filled with the armorial bearings
-of Richard II.; his uncles, the Dukes of Gloucester, Lancaster, and York;
-and the alliances of the noble families of Fitzalan and Stafford, Earls
-of Arundel and Stafford, and the lower part with those of the late
-Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Howley, William Lord Berwick, patron, the
-Rev. R. Lingen Burton, vicar, Dr. Butler, Bishop of Lichfield, Archdeacon
-Bather, and Rev. Richard Scott, (the donor).  The whole area of the tower
-is occupied by a capacious gallery, erected in 1817, for the
-accommodation of the children of the National School, in which stands a
-fine-toned organ, made by Gray of London, and purchased by subscription.
-
-The eastern extremity of the nave is terminated by a wall, built between
-the two great western piers which once supported the central tower, in
-which is inserted a fine triple Norman window, {133} elaborately adorned
-with mouldings, containing figures of David, Solomon, St. John, St.
-James, St. Peter, and St. Paul, executed by Mr. David Evans with his
-usual taste.  Underneath this window is a stone altar screen, composed of
-an arcade of five Norman arches, with rich and varied mouldings,
-surmounted by a pierced balustrade.  The central arch contains a painting
-of the Angels appearing to the Women at the Sepulchre, by Mr. John
-Bridges, of London.  The holy table is fenced by a STONE RAILING, uniform
-in style.  The whole of the stone work of the eastern portion, together
-with the windows on the south aide of the church, were designed and
-executed by Messrs. Carline and Dodson of this town, through the pious
-liberality of the late Rev. R. Scott, B.D.
-
-                   [Picture: Abbey Church, eastern end]
-
-The western ends of the side aisles are separated from the church, and
-used as a vestry and schoolroom.  At their eastern extremities are the
-arches which communicated with the transept, now blocked up and pierced
-with square-headed windows, in which are some ancient shields of arms, in
-stained glass, preserved from the monastic buildings.  The north-east
-window of the north aisle contains a large figure of St. Peter, the arms
-of the See of Lichfield, of Lord Berwick the donor, and of thirteen
-incumbents since the Reformation.  The opposite window of the south aisle
-is of a rich mosaic design, enclosing shields of the marriages of the
-family of Rocke.
-
-                  [Picture: Stone Railing, Abbey Church]
-
-The remnant of the screen of a chauntry chapel, in the north aisle,
-decorated with a series of small foliated niches, each divided by a
-buttress and finial, and containing traces of sculptured imagery, appears
-to indicate the situation of the chauntry of the guild of St. Wenefrede.
-
-The ancient and curious font originally belonged to the church of High
-Ercall, in this county.  In the pavement, near the vestry-door, are many
-interesting specimens of emblazoned tiles; and a font, the basin of
-which, representing an open flower, wound with drapery festooned from the
-mouths of grotesque heads, was found among the ruins of the Abbey, and is
-fixed on a pedestal formed of the upper part of the ancient cross, called
-the “Weeping Cross,” and sculptured with the Visitation, the Virgin and
-Child, the Crucifixion, and a figure in the attitude of devotion.
-
-Communicating with the north aisle by a fine semicircular arch,
-overspread with massy round mouldings, rising from clustered piers, is
-the spacious vaulted north porch.  The exterior portal is formed by a
-deeply recessed square opening, the mouldings of which fall over the
-angles far down the sides, ending in mutilated busts.  Within this is a
-graceful pointed arch, rising from a round column on each side.  Above
-are two chamber stories, each lighted by a small window.  On the right
-and left, a tabernacled niche, extends the whole height of the upper
-stories.  An ill-designed stone parapet crowns the gable.
-
-And now
-
-                “let’s talk of graves, of tombs and epitaphs;”
-
-of which many ancient ones, either found among the ruins, or removed
-hither on the demolition of other sacred edifices in the town and county,
-are preserved in the ample side-aisles; the more remarkable of which, we
-shall briefly enumerate in the order of their supposed dates:—
-
-[Picture: Monument to Roger de Montgomery, Abbey Church] Under an arch in
-the south aisle, a mutilated figure of a warrior in the costume of the
-reign of King John, found among the ruins, and said to represent the
-founder, Earl ROGER DE MONTGOMERY.
-
-In the north aisle, a cumbent figure, brought from St. Chad’s, of a
-person in the robes and coif of a judge.
-
-In the south aisle, a monument brought from St. Giles’ church, of the
-shape en _dos d’ane_, and probably of the early part of the thirteenth
-century.  The sculpture consists of a rich foliated cross, in high
-relief: under which is a figure in priestly vestments with uplifted
-hands, also in relief, and the insignia of the priestly office, the
-chalice, bell, book, and candle, in outline.  Round the edge of the stone
-are the letters, T : M : O : R : E : U : A.
-
-Opposite to the last, a cumbent effigy of a cross-legged knight, in
-linked armour and surcoat, removed from the priory church of Wombridge,
-in this county, and conjectured, from the tradition of that
-neighbourhood, to commemorate Sir Walter de Dunstanville, the third lord
-of Ideshale, a great benefactor of that priory, who died 25th Henry III.,
-1240.
-
-In the north porch, two very singular figures, which originally lay on a
-large double altar-tomb in the style of the fifteenth century, in old St.
-Alkmund’s church.  One represents a knight in plate-armour of the
-fifteenth century, partly covered with the monastic dress, and the other
-a person in the dress of a hermit of the Romish church.
-
-Near the founder’s tomb in the south aisle, an alabaster altar-tomb,
-bearing recumbent figures of a man, “plated in habiliments of war,” and
-his wife, originally erected in Wellington church, in this county, to
-William Charlton, Esq. of Apley Castle, who died the 1st July, 1544, and
-Anne his wife, who died the 7th June, 1524.
-
-       [Picture: Altar-tomb of Richard Onslow, Esq., Abbey Church]
-
-At the eastern extremity of the north aisle, a large altar-tomb with
-cumbent effigies, to the memory of RICHARD ONSLOW, Esq.  Speaker of the
-House of Commons in the 8th Elizabeth, who died 1571, and his lady
-Katherine Harding; formerly in the Bishop’s Chancel of Old St. Chad’s
-Church.
-
-In a corresponding situation in the south aisle, an altar-tomb of
-alabaster, in the Grecian style of the age of James I., bearing two
-cumbent figures; an alderman in his civic “robe and furr’d gown,” and a
-lady in the scarlet gown formerly worn by the lady-mayoresses of our
-town, commemorating WM. JONES, Esq. who died the 15th July, 1612, and
-Eleanor his wife, who died 26th February, 1623; the grand-father and
-grand-mother of Chief Justice Jones.  This was removed from St.
-Alkmund’s.
-
-           [Picture: Altar-tomb to Alderman Jones and his wife]
-
-Above Speaker Onslow’s monument, a mural monument, from St. Chad’s, in
-the Grecian taste of the seventeenth century, representing a gentleman in
-a ruff and long gown, and a lady with a long veil thrown back, kneeling
-under two escallopped arches: above, a lady in a richly laced habit and
-coif, and a little girl kneeling;—inscribed to the memory of Thomas
-Edwardes, Esq., who died 19th March, 1634, and of Mary, the wife of his
-son, Thomas Edwardes, Esq., died July 18th, 1641.
-
-Above Jones’s monument, a mural monument, from St. Alkmund’s, with the
-figure of an alderman as low as the waist, with falling band,
-representing John Lloyd, Esq., Alderman of Shrewsbury, who died 16th
-June, 1647.
-
-Near the vestry is a mural monument to the Rev. R. Scott, with the
-following inscription:—
-
-                          AS A MARK OF GRATITUDE TO
-                       THE REVEREND RICHARD SCOTT, B.D.
-                      WHOSE OWN WORKS ARE BETTER PRAISE
-                          THAN THE WORDS OF OTHERS,
-               THIS MEMORIAL IS PLACED HERE BY THE PARISHIONERS
-                       OF THE HOLY CROSS AND ST. GILES.
-             HE REBUILT THE EASTERN WINDOW OF THIS CHURCH, ADDING
-                      A PART OF THE STAINED GLASS TO IT.
-             HE GAVE THE ALTAR SCREEN AND STONE RAIL, THE SERVICE
-                 OF COMMUNION PLATE, WITH THE BOOKS, AND ALL
-                        OTHER FURNITURE OF THE ALTAR.
-             HE REPEWED BOTH THE AISLES, THE NORTHERN BEING GIVEN
-                           FOR THE USE OF THE POOR.
-             HE BUILT THE SIX WINDOWS IN THE SOUTH AISLE, AND THE
-                TWO SMALLER WINDOWS AT THE WESTERN END OF THE
-                     CHURCH, ADDING STAINED GLASS TO THE
-                            GREAT WESTERN WINDOW.
-             HE GAVE NEW FIGURES OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL TO BE
-                 PLACED WHERE THE OLD HAD BEEN AT THE WESTERN
-                             FRONT OF THE TOWER.
-                HE RESTORED THE ARCH OF THE WESTERN ENTRANCE.
-             HE ALSO GAVE MANY OTHER LESSER GIFTS TO THIS CHURCH.
-               HE RESTORED ST. GILES’S CHURCH, MAKING IT AGAIN
-                      AVAILABLE FOR THE SERVICE OF GOD.
-           HE GAVE TO THE SAME CHURCH, PARTLY IN HIS LIFE TIME AND
-              PARTLY BY BEQUEST, THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND POUNDS
-                 VESTED IN THE PUBLIC FUNDS, AS AN ENDOWMENT
-                       TOWARDS THE SUPPORT OF A CURATE.
-                     HE DIED ON THE 6TH OF OCTOBER, 1848.
-               BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD FROM
-          HENCEFORTH; YEA, SAITH THE SPIRIT, THAT THEY MAY REST FROM
-                THEIR LABOURS AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM.
-
-                                                       REVELATION XIV. 13.
-
-Numerous other mural monuments and inscriptions of more modern dates,
-many of which are chaste and elegant, record deceased members of the
-principal families of the parish.
-
-Southwestward of the church, on the margin of the Meole Brook, stands,
-
-
-
-THE MONK’S INFIRMARY,
-
-
-where “crepytude and age a laste asylume founde.”  The building is of red
-stone, in length about 130 feet, and originally consisted of two oblong
-wings, with high gable ends, pierced with round arched windows, connected
-by an embattled building resting on rude Norman arches, and lighted by
-three square headed windows between strong shelving buttresses.  One of
-these wings next the street was in 1836 taken down, and modern houses
-erected on its site.
-
-On the south side of the church are the remains of a long building, now
-converted into stables, formerly the DORMITORY, OR DORTER.
-
-Of the spacious Refectory no portion exists, with the exception of
-
-
-
-THE READER’S PULPIT,
-
-
-                 [Picture: Reader’s Pulpit, Abbey Church]
-
-the admiration of every antiquary and person of taste.  Its plan is
-octagonal; some broken steps lead to the interior through a narrow
-flat-arched door, on the eastern side.  The southern half rests on the
-ruined walls, and originally looked into one of the outer courts.  Its
-arches are open, unadorned with sculptured pannels, and bear marks of
-having been glazed.  The corresponding moiety, which projected
-considerably within the hall, rests on a bracket enriched with delicate
-mouldings, which springs from a corbel.  The western side is a blank
-wall.  Six narrow pointed arches with trefoil heads support the conical
-stone roof, which is internally vaulted on eight delicate ribs, springing
-out of the wall, and adorned at their intersection in the centre, by a
-very fine boss, representing an open flower, on which is displayed a
-delicate sculpture of the Crucifixion, with St. John and the Virgin Mary
-at the foot of the cross.  The three northern arches, which were within
-the hall, are filled up, to the height of two feet from the floor, with
-stone embattled pannels, sculptured into crocketed tabernacles, with
-intervening buttresses terminating in pinnacles.  On the central pannel
-is the Annunciation; the right-hand one bears figures of St. Peter and
-St. Paul; and that on the left, St. Wenefrede and the Abbot Beuno.  The
-architecture of this elegant structure is referred to the fifteenth
-century.  Much conjecture has arisen amongst the most eminent antiquaries
-respecting its probable use, but there can be little doubt, that it
-originally projected from the wall within the Refectory, and was used as
-a pulpit, from whence one of the junior brethren of the monastery, in
-compliance with the rule of the Benedictine order, daily, read, during
-meal times, some book of divinity to the Monks, seated at the tables
-below in the hall.
-
-Southward of the pulpit is a large range of red stone building, now
-incorporated with the Abbey House, ending on the west with a high gable
-terminated by a flower, supposed to have been the GUESTEN HALL.
-
-To the south-east of this is the ABBOT’S LODGING; of which the only
-remnant is a portion of the cloister, consisting of three pointed arches,
-on the piers of which, are indications of the corbels and springers of an
-elegant groined roof.  A similar fragment adjoins this at right angles.
-
-North of the Abbey Church is the beautiful
-
-
-
-HOSPITAL OF THE HOLY CROSS,
-
-
-erected and endowed in 1852, by Daniel Rowland, Esq., in memory of his
-brother, the late Rev. W. G. Rowland, M.A., a native of Shrewsbury, who
-resided during a long life, in a house on the spot, and who for 32 years
-officiated as Curate of the Abbey Church, until his subsequent
-appointment to the living of St. Mary, which he held until his death,
-November 28th, 1851.  The edifice comprises five houses, and was designed
-and executed by Mr. S. P. Smith.  The appointment is vested in the
-Ministers of the Abbey and St. Mary, and the Head Master of the Free
-School, as Trustees.  The Hospitallers must be widows, those residing in
-the Abbey and St. Mary’s parishes having a preference, and receive from
-the endowment an annual sum of £10. 8s. 0d.
-
-A raised walk, formerly overshadowed by a venerable avenue of umbrageous
-horse-chesnut trees, but now flanked with modern houses, and called
-“Whitehall Place,” and “Tankerville Place,” conducts us to THE WHITE
-HALL.
-
-This stately mansion acquired this appellation from the conspicuous
-appearance which its white-washed walls present from many points of the
-adjacent neighbourhood.  It is, constructed of freestone; in plan is
-square and lofty, the summits of the walls broken into numerous pointed
-gables, and the roof adorned with highly ornamented chimneys, and crowned
-with a central octagonal turret.  The gatehouse still remains, and opens
-through its arched portal to a small court in front of the house.  The
-interior is spacious, and adapted by subsequent alterations to the modern
-notions of comfort and convenience.  The walls of the extensive gardens
-are clothed with many curious and choice fruit trees; and at the back of
-the house is a fine Walnut-tree, magnificent in umbrageous expanse,
-apparently coeval with the mansion.  This fine and perfect specimen of
-the domestic architecture of the reign of Queen Elizabeth was built in
-1578, by Richard Prince, Esq. a native of Shrewsbury, who, by skill and
-integrity in the honourable and lucrative profession of the law, raised
-himself and his family to distinguished eminence.
-
-                          [Picture: White Hall]
-
-In the adjacent fields is
-
-
-
-THE RACE COURSE,
-
-
-formed in 1833.
-
-Constituting part of the race-ground is a field bearing the name of “The
-Soldiers’ Piece,” which “old folks, time’s doting chronicles,” point out
-as the spot on which the unfortunate Charles I., when at Shrewsbury in
-1642, drew up his army and addressed the assembled gentry of the county
-on the subject of his distresses.
-
-A short walk now brings us to THE COLUMN, erected by the voluntary
-subscriptions of the grateful inhabitants of the town and county of
-Salop, to commemorate the brilliant victories and achievements of that
-distinguished warrior, their countryman, Lieutenant General Lord Hill.
-This fine Doric pillar, considered to be the largest in the world, was
-completed on 18th June, 1816, the anniversary of the glorious Battle of
-Waterloo, at an expense of £5,973.  The design was furnished by Mr.
-Edward Haycock, and the masonry executed by Mr. John Straphen, both of
-Shrewsbury.  The height, including the statue, is 132 feet, and the
-weight 1120 tons.  The chastely fluted shaft ascends from a square
-pedestal, raised on two steps, and flanked by angular piers, bearing
-lions couchant, and is surmounted by a cylindrical, pedestal, supporting
-a statue of his Lordship.  Appropriate inscriptions are engraved on the
-panels of the basal pedestal.  A beautiful spiral staircase of stone, the
-munificent donation of the spirited builder, Mr. Straphen, winds round
-the interior of the shaft, and opens on the summit, at the base of the
-pedestal of the statue, from whence the delighted visitor will enjoy a
-panoramic view over the fertile plain of Shropshire, unrivalled in extent
-and splendour:—
-
-    “Ten thousand landscapes open to the view,
-    For ever pleasing, and for ever new.”
-
-                 [Picture: Column in honour of Lord Hill]
-
-Near the column, in a neat Doric stone cottage, dwells the attendant who
-shows it.
-
-At a few paces’ distance in a peaceful and retired spot stands the only
-ecclesiastical structure of the town, with
-
-
-
-ST. GILES’S CHURCH,
-
-
-                      [Picture: St. Giles’s Church]
-
-the exception of St. Mary’s church, which has descended to our times in
-an entire state.  Of its foundation we possess no record, though it has
-been conjectured that its erection did not long precede the year 1136,
-when Robert, Prior of Shrewsbury, rested here with the bones of St.
-Wenefrede, previous to their translation to her shrine in the Abbey; and
-some confirmation is afforded to this conjecture by the arches of the
-northern and southern doors, the oldest existing portions of the
-structure, being of the architecture of that æra.  It was doubtless used
-as the chapel of the hospital for lepers, which formerly stood at the
-west end, but of which all traces have long been swept away.  The edifice
-consists of a nave, chancel, and north aisle, with an open stone
-bell-turret, pierced for two bells.  The nave is entered by plain
-semicircular doorways on the north and south sides, and is divided from
-the side-aisle by three pointed arches on plain round pillars; attached
-to the north sides of which are massive square piers, having fillets
-above and on a level with the capitals, singularly adorned with sunk
-quatrefoils.  A handsome pointed arch of the fourteenth century
-communicates with the chancel, in the flat-arched eastern window of which
-are spirited figures of the Evangelists under rich canopies, with their
-characteristic emblems above, and representations of the Visitation, the
-Wise Men’s Offering, and the Presentation, all most exquisitely executed
-in stained glass by Mr. David Evans.  The small lancet window on the
-north side also contains a figure of the patron saint, St. Giles, in
-ancient stained glass.
-
-In the floor are several ancient stones bearing crosses, probably
-memorials of the masters of the hospital.  At the east end of the north
-aisle is a font originally in the Abbey Church, formed of a Norman
-capital.
-
-According to entries in the Parish Books of the date 1665, this church
-originally possessed a “steeple” at the western end, probably an open
-stone bell-turret, somewhat similar to the present one, springing from
-corbels, which were visible in the western wall previous to its being
-rebuilt in 1852, and a porch before the south door.  In the “steeple” was
-a “great bell” and two smaller ones, which were taken down in 1672, and
-used in the following year, with four lesser bells and the great
-“Wenefrede” Bell, in the recasting of the present ring of eight of the
-Abbey Church.
-
-In 1740, a considerable sum raised by subscription was expended in a
-thorough repair of St. Giles’s Church, when probably the “steeple” and
-the porch were removed, a bell-turret and single bell erected, and the
-whole brought into the state in which it continued down to the recent
-restoration.
-
-In 1827 this curious edifice was, through the laudable exertions and
-entirely at the expense of the Rev. W. G. Rowland, the liberal donor of
-the beautiful east window, thoroughly and judiciously repaired, and
-happily rescued from that ruin and decay to which its previous neglected
-condition was fast hastening.
-
-                [Picture: Interior of St. Giles’s Church]
-
-The primitive rude and massive oak benches in the nave were subsequently
-removed, and replaced with new ones.  A new pulpit, reading-pew, and
-altar-screen, of oak, beautifully carved and in unison with the
-architecture, were added, and the whole building fitted up for divine
-service by the pious munificence of the late Rev. Richard Scott, B.D.
-Divine Service, which had previously been celebrated only on two Sunday
-evenings in the year, has, since June 1836, been regularly offered up
-every Sunday.
-
-In the church-yard is a large stone with a cavity on the upper side,
-(doubtless the base and socket of the cross) termed “the PEST BASIN,”
-which tradition states to have been used during the time of the plague
-for holding water, in which, to avoid the spread of the disease, the
-towns-people deposited their money in their bargains for provisions with
-the country-folk.  A portion of the head of this cross was discovered
-under the west wall of the church during the repairs in 1852.  It is now
-placed in the north aisle, and displays sculptures of the Crucifixion,
-St. Giles, Virgin and Child, and St. Michael.
-
-            [Picture: “Pest-Basin,” in St. Giles’s Churchyard]
-
-Our town has been many times visited with those severe scourges of
-Heaven, the dreadful pestilential diseases of the sweating sickness and
-the plague.  The former desolated the town in the reign of Edward III. in
-1349, and again in that of Henry VII., in the years 1485 and 1551; and
-the latter raged here with frightful fury in the years 1537, 1575, 1630,
-1632, and 1634.  In the years 1832 and 1849, also, many of the
-inhabitants fell victims to the cholera.
-
-For the support of the Hospital of Lepers, Henry II. granted thirty
-shillings yearly out of the rent of the County of Salop, and a handful of
-two hands of every sack of corn, and a handful of one hand of every sack
-of flour, exposed for sale in Shrewsbury market.  Henry III. also in 1232
-gave them a horse-load of wood, daily, from his wood of Lythwood.
-
-The appointment of the Master was vested in the Abbot and Convent of
-Shrewsbury, who, a short time previous to the Dissolution, granted a long
-lease of it to Richard Lee, Esq. of Langley, who assigning his interest
-to the family of Prince, of the White Hall, it passed with their other
-estates into the Tankerville family.  The Earl of Tankerville still
-annually receives from the Sheriff the thirty shillings granted by Henry
-II. and nominates the four hospitallers, who now live in the adjoining
-comfortable cottages, and to each of whom his Lordship pays 1s. 6d. per
-week, 3s. at Midsummer for coal, and 12s. 6d. at Christmas for a garment.
-{153}
-
-Near St. Giles’s is a handsome edifice of brick, built by government in
-1806, at an expense of £10,000, after a design by Wyatt, and intended as
-
-
-
-A DEPÔT
-
-
-for containing the arms of the volunteer corps in this and the adjoining
-counties.
-
-The principal building is 135 feet by 39 feet, divided into an upper and
-lower story, and is surrounded by an oblong enclosure, within which are
-13 small neat houses.  Little use having for many years been made of this
-structure, it has, by purchase, become the property of the present Lord
-Berwick.  Recently it has been adapted as the Military Depôt of the
-Shropshire Militia. {154}
-
-We now return along the suburb of the Abbey Foregate,
-
-    “A long great streate, well builded large and faire,
-    In as good ayre, as may be wisht with wit.”
-
-to the English Bridge.
-
-Turning on the left we enter the suburb of Coleham, and soon arrive at
-
-
-
-THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY,
-
-
-                        [Picture: Trinity Church]
-
-consecrated August 25, 1837, for the accommodation of the numerous
-inhabitants of Coleham, by voluntary subscriptions, aided by grants from
-the Church Building Societies, at a cost of nearly £1900.  Adjoining is a
-large cemetery for the whole parish of St. Julian, and also commodious
-school rooms.  The church, which was made a district parish church in
-1841, contains 812 sittings, of which 504 are free.  In the gallery is a
-small organ, by Bishop; in the window over the altar are figures in
-stained glass of the Evangelists, and St. Peter and St. Paul; and in two
-of the windows in the body of the church are various scriptural
-medallions in stained glass, which, together with a handsome service of
-communion plate, were presented by the piety of the late Rev. Richard
-Scott, B.D.
-
-Near to Belle Vue is the Dissenters’ Cemetery. {157}
-
-Having passed the English Bridge we turn on the left, and following the
-course of “the sandy-bottom’d Severn,” soon arrive at the remains of
-
-
-
-THE FRANCISCAN, OR GREY, FRIARS,
-
-
-founded at an early period of the 13th century.  Hawise Gadarn, (born
-1291,) the heiress of the ancient Princes of Powis Gwenwynwyn, and wife
-of Sir John de Cherleton, was a great benefactress of this religious
-house, and contributed to the friars considerable aid in the erection of
-their church, which it is conjectured she adorned with the fine stained
-glass now in the east window of St. Mary’s church.  This patronage was
-continued to them by her son Sir John de Cherleton.  The corporation of
-the town also appear at all times to have regarded these friars with an
-eye of peculiar favour, and to have bestowed upon them various sums of
-money towards the repairs of their buildings.  In the reign of Henry
-VIII. the greater part of the house was rebuilt by Dr. Francis Duff hill,
-at that time Warden.  This and the other friaries of the town were on
-their dissolution granted by Henry VIII. in 1543, to Richard Andrewes,
-and Nicholas Temple.  Portions of the friary converted into houses still
-exist.  On the side next the river is a MULLIONED WINDOW, and on the
-other side a doorway, both of the obtusely pointed arch of the reign of
-Henry VIII.  The walls of the garden may be traced far into the adjoining
-meadow.
-
-                  [Picture: Window in Franciscan Friary]
-
-The Lady Hawise, according to Leland, “lyith buried under a flate marble
-by Chorleton’s tumbe,” in the church, and several members of her ancient
-family received interment here.  The path on the “gentle Severn’s sedgy
-bank” soon leads us to
-
-
-
-THE QUARRY,
-
-
-    “Whose walks are ever pleasant; every scene
-    Is rich in beauty, lively, or serene.”
-
-                          [Picture: The Quarry]
-
-This fine public promenade occupies a rich sloping meadow of about twenty
-acres, and derives its name from a disused stone quarry, nearly in the
-centre, which supplied a considerable part of the red sandstone visible
-in the older portions of the walls and churches of the town.  Its site
-has long been designated “the Dingle,” and is planted with a bold clump
-of most magnificent horse-chesnut and lime trees.  A noble avenue of
-lofty lime trees, gracefully unite their topmost boughs into a rich
-embowered arch, and with their lower branches feathering to the gentle
-windings of the beauteous river, forms the principal walk; to the middle
-and each end of which, three other shaded walks lead from various streets
-of the town.  The still retirement and pleasing gloom of this delightful
-grove, from which the noise of the busy town, and even a prospect of its
-buildings, are almost entirely excluded,—the refreshing coolness of its
-shade,—the rich verdure which ever clothes its meadows,—the fine sweep of
-its umbrageous arch,—and the majestic flow of the river, which here
-
-                “with gentle murmur glides,
-    And makes sweet music with th’ enamel’d stones;
-    Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge
-    He overtaketh in his pilgrimage.”
-
-all combine to render it the favourite and constant resort of the
-inhabitant, and a principal attraction to the stranger.  The ground was
-laid out and planted in 1791, during the mayoralty of Henry Jenks, Esq.,
-by Mr. Wright, a celebrated and intelligent nursery-man, resident in the
-adjacent village of Bicton.
-
-On the west side of the Quarry, in the Dingle, called the Dry Dingle, are
-the remains of a rude amphitheatre, with ascending seats cut in the bank,
-where the Friars of the adjacent Convent performed the ancient religious
-Mysteries, or Miracle-plays, so famous in the days of our ancestors.
-Here, also, during the reign of Elizabeth many plays were exhibited in
-which the scholars of the Free Schools sustained the principal
-characters.
-
-Close adjoining to the Quarry are
-
-
-
-THE AUSTIN FRIARS,
-
-
-of which the only remnant is the lower part of a square red stone
-building, probably the refectory, with two pointed doorways, and the
-bases of a range of handsome windows.  We find these friars here as early
-as the year 1235, when they obtained from Henry III. a grant of a spot of
-ground outside the walls, which had been used as a burial-place when the
-kingdom was under an interdict, in the reign of King John.  Upon this
-small space they erected their chapel and buildings, which they were
-enabled to enlarge and extend in the year 1295, by the piety of Geoffrey
-Randolf, a burgess of the town, who granted them a contiguous plot of
-ground for that purpose.  At subsequent periods various portions of the
-lands in the immediate neighbourhood of the convent were successively
-added to their precinct.  The corporation also were not wanting in
-frequent and liberal contributions to these, as well as to the other
-friars of the town.  Still they never appear to have been either rich or
-numerous, and at the Dissolution their buildings were in a most
-deplorable state of ruin, inhabited only by a dissolute Prior, and two
-Friars not of the foundation, who had greatly and disgracefully wasted
-the conventual property.  In 1403, several persons of note, who fell at
-Battlefield, are said to have found interment in the cemetery of this
-convent.
-
-                       [Picture: St. Chad’s Church]
-
-At the top of the Quarry stands the CHURCH OF ST. CHAD, a structure,
-which, notwithstanding its many and glaring defects, must still be
-pronounced handsome and commodious.  The body is circular, and consists
-of a rustic basement with square windows, on which reposes a
-superstructure, containing a series of large arched windows; between each
-of which are coupled Ionic pilasters, resting on the basement, and
-supporting a bold cornice, crowned with an open balustrade.  Attached to
-the body is a smaller circle, similarly decorated; at the extremity of
-which is the steeple, which consists of three stories: a square rustic
-basement, from which rises an octagonal belfry, enriched with Ionic
-pilasters, and above, a small cupola, supported on a heavy cylinder,
-surrounded by eight slender Corinthian pillars.  A heavy cross and vane
-crowns the summit.  On each side of the tower is a plain square wing,
-which contains a vestry-room.  Beneath a handsome portico of four Doric
-pillars supporting a pediment, is the chief entrance, which opens into a
-circular vestibule beneath the tower; beyond which is a kind of
-ante-church, comprising the staircases leading to the galleries and
-communicating with the body of the church.  The interior is not a
-complete circle, a segment having been taken off for two smaller
-staircases, and for the shallow oblong recess forming the chancel.  A
-bold arch, resting on four rich composite pillars, marks the division of
-the body and chancel.  Above the altar, (which contrary to ancient usage,
-is placed on the north side,) in a broad Venetian window is a
-representation, in stained glass, of the “Descent from the Cross,” after
-Rubens, the Salutation, and the Presentation in the Temple, executed by
-Mr. David Evans of this town, whose skill and taste have also been
-exercised in four other windows of this church, of which the subjects
-are, the Raising of Lazarus, Christ receiving little children, the
-Healing of the Sick, and the Tribute Money, all presented by the late
-Rev. R. Scott, B.D.  One of the other windows of the Church contains a
-memorial in stained glass to E. Muckleston, Esq.  A deep and capacious
-gallery, decorated in front with a handsome balustrade, surrounds the
-whole church, except the chancel, and reposes on a double range of short
-pillars, with Ionic capitals.  From these a corresponding tier of slender
-fluted shafts, resembling the Corinthian order, rises to the ceiling,
-which is adorned with a glory in the centre, and a rich cornice,
-consisting of angels with wings interlaced.  Over the chief entrance is a
-large and fine organ built by Gray of London, in 1794, and enlarged and
-improved by Gray and Davidson, in 1848.  It has 30 stops, and comprises
-1325 pipes.
-
-This edifice, though possessing too much of the theatrical air, is
-handsomely and conveniently furnished, and by the ingenuity of the
-circular arrangement, all the congregation can distinctly hear and most
-see the officiating clergyman during the whole of the services.  It will
-accommodate, in the pews below, 1000 persons, and in the gallery 750,
-besides 400 free sittings provided for the poor.
-
-[Picture: Font in St. Chad’s Church] THE FONT formerly belonged to the
-parish church of Malpas, Cheshire; and is that in which the late Bishop
-Heber was baptized.
-
-The principal monuments are:—an oblong Grecian tablet, with an elegant
-Latin inscription to the Rev. Francis Leighton, his lady, and two
-grandchildren; a handsome pannelled marble tablet, supporting a fine bust
-of the deceased, by Chantrey, inscribed to Mr. John Simpson, the eminent
-architect and builder; and a similar tablet and bust, by Chantrey, to
-William Hazledine, Esq., the builder of the Menai Bridge; and in the
-Vestibule a marble mural monument to the Officers and Privates of the
-53rd or Shropshire Regiment, who were killed on 10th February 1846, in
-the battles of Subraon, Aliwal, and the relief of Loodhiana on the
-Sutluj.
-
-This church also contains a monument to the Rev. R. Scott, with the
-following inscription:—
-
-                                    SACRED
-                               TO THE MEMORY OF
-                         THE REV. RICHARD SCOTT, B.D.
-                            WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
-                          ON THE 6TH OCTOBER, 1848,
-                         IN THE 68TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
-             THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS NEPHEW WILLIAM SCOTT,
-                    AS A TOKEN OF REGARD AND AFFECTION TO
-                              HIS LATE RELATIVE.
-
-In the vestry is a carved figure of ST. CHAD in his episcopal robes,
-preserved from the old church.
-
-[Picture: Figure of St. Chad in St. Chad’s Church] This church is used on
-most public occasions.  The plan was furnished by Mr. Geo. Stewart, and
-the cost of erection amounted to £17,752; the greater part of which sum
-still remains a heavy debt on the parish.  In the tower is a peal of
-twelve melodious bells, cast by Messrs. Meares of London, purchased by
-subscription, and inscribed with appropriate mottos.  The deep-toned
-tenor, of the weight of forty-one cwt. on which the clock strikes, may be
-heard at a distance of several miles.
-
-Turning on the left, we proceed down St. John’s Hill, and pass
-
-
-
-THE QUAKERS’ MEETING-HOUSE,
-
-
-a plain brick structure, built in 1746, and enlarged in 1807,—and
-
-
-
-ST. JOHN’S, OR THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS’ MEETING-HOUSE,
-
-
-a spacious and commodious brick building, erected in 1804, and
-subsequently enlarged and decorated in a handsome style.
-
-Besides these, there are meeting-houses for the Calvinistic Methodists,
-and Sandemanians, or Scotch Baptists, in Hill’s Lane;—for the Baptists
-and Independents, in Doglane and Castle Forgate; and for the Unitarians,
-in High Street.
-
-At the bottom of St. John’s Hill is
-
-
-
-THE THEATRE,
-
-
-the fine and lofty stuccoed front of which has a bold and imposing
-effect, and constitutes the principal ornament of the street.  The
-central part comprises a range of excellent shops; at each end of which
-is a comfortable dwelling-house, with entrance doors to the Theatre.  The
-interior is handsomely decorated, and adapted for the comfortable
-accommodation of a numerous audience.  The scenery, properties, and other
-ornaments, are entirely new, and in a superior style.
-
-The remains of an embattled stone mansion, called Charlton Hall, the
-residence of the ancient family of Charlton, Lords of Powis, previously
-occupied the site of the Theatre.
-
-Opposite to the Theatre, in Barker Street, is
-
-
-
-THE BELL STONE,
-
-
-a red stone structure, surrounding three sides of a small quadrangle,
-erected in 1582, by Edward Owen, alderman and draper of Shrewsbury, but
-lately modernized, and completely re-cast, and now occupied as the
-banking-house of a Branch of the National Provincial Bank of England.
-The mansion derives its name of the Bell or Bente Stone, from a large
-block of Chert or Hornstone, which originally lay in the street, at the
-north angle of the outer wall, and which is still preserved in the court,
-whither it was removed during the late alterations.  The derivation of
-the name and its connexion with the Stone have hitherto baffled the
-ingenuity and researches of antiquaries.
-
-Passing onwards through Shoplatch, we have on our right a mass of red
-stone buildings, communicating with the street by a passage,—which
-conjecture has assigned, either as the remains of the town house of the
-Abbots of Haughmond, (that monastery having possessed property in this
-immediate locality,) or as the residence of the ancient and extinct
-family of Shutt, the name of Shutt Place being supposed to be preserved
-in the name of the adjoining street, Shoplatch.
-
-We now proceed down Mardol, about the centre of which, on the left-hand
-side, is Hill’s Lane, in which stands
-
-
-
-ROWLEY’S MANSION, OR HILL’S MANSION,
-
-
-said to have been the first brick building erected in Shrewsbury.  From
-dates still visible on the leaden pipes, it appears to have been built in
-1618, by William Rowley, an eminent brewer.  This gentleman was a
-favourer of Puritanism, and an intimate friend of Richard Baxter the
-Nonconformist, and is stated to have been instrumental in strengthening
-the prejudices of the latter against the church.  He amassed a large
-property by fortunate speculations in Barbadoes, and is related to have
-planted Rowley’s Islands in the Caribbees.  His son, Roger Rowley, Esq.
-was of Gray’s Inn, and was the first person in this town who kept his
-carriage.  His eldest daughter and co-heiress Priscilla married John
-Hill, Esq. of Shrewsbury, who made this mansion his residence, and gave
-to it, and the street in which it stands, their present names.
-
-At the bottom of Mardol are extensive Quays and Warehouses, at which the
-numerous vessels which navigate the Severn load and unload their burdens.
-Here also is
-
-
-
-THE CIRCUS,
-
-
-a spacious building, used occasionally for equestrian performances, but
-more constantly as a depository for the immense quantities of butter and
-cheese which are brought to the town for sale at the monthly fairs.
-
-
-
-THE WELSH BRIDGE,
-
-
-                         [Picture: Welsh Bridge]
-
-called also in old times St. George’s Bridge, from the hospital of Saint
-George, which once stood adjacent to it, crosses the Severn at this
-point.  It is a convenient, substantial, and handsome structure,
-consisting of five elegant arches, the length being 266 feet, the breadth
-thirty, and the height thirty, and was erected in 1795, after a design by
-Messrs. Tilly and Carline of this town, at an expense of £8,000, raised
-by subscription.
-
-The old bridge which formerly stood here was removed on the erection of
-the present one, and though highly inconvenient and ruinous, was a most
-interesting monument of antiquity, and consisted of seven arches, with
-massive gate towers at each extremity, in the finest style of castellated
-building.  It is described in his usual quaint style by the accurate
-Leland, who visited Shrewsbury in 1539, “as the greatest, fayrest, and
-highest upon the stream, having 6 great arches of stone.”  “This bridge,”
-he further says, “standeth on the west syde of the towne, and hath at the
-one end of it a great gate to enter by into the towne; and at the other
-end towardes Wales a mighty stronge towre to prohibit enemies to enter on
-the bridge.”
-
-Having passed the Welsh Bridge we enter
-
-    “An auncient streate cal’d Franckwell many a day:
-    To Ozestri, the people passe through this,
-    And unto Wales, it is the reddie way.”
-
-The suburb of Frankwell, was in 1234, during the wars of Henry III. and
-Llewellin Prince of Wales, reduced to ashes by the Welsh army.
-
-Shrewsbury was the first place in England in which that dreadful
-epidemic, the Sweating Sickness, broke out in the year 1551; and there is
-a tradition that it made its first appearance in a passage in Frankwell,
-called the White Horse Shut.  This disease again appeared in this suburb
-in the early part of June 1650, and continued its ravages throughout the
-town until the middle of the January following.  It is said that the
-Butchers escaped the pestilence; and the fact of there being fewer
-entries of burials in the register of St. Alkmund’s, the parish in which
-they chiefly resided during that time, tends greatly to confirm the
-tradition.
-
-About the middle of Frankwell on the right hand side, stands
-
-
-
-ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH.
-
-
-                      [Picture: St. George’s Church]
-
-This neat structure was erected in 1829, on a site presented to the
-parish by Richard Drinkwater, Esq. and designed as a chapel of ease to
-St. Chad’s Church.  It is constructed of free-stone, in the lancet style
-of architecture, and comprises a nave, transept, chancel, and western
-tower.  The interior is fitted up with due regard to elegance and
-convenience, and will contain a congregation of 750 persons, for 460 of
-whom free kneelings are provided.  By the pious liberality of the late
-Rev. Richard Scott, B.D. of this town, the chancel has been graced with a
-carved altar screen and chairs of an architectural Gothic design, the
-gallery with a small organ by Fleetwood, and the triple lancet windows
-filled with most brilliant and spirited figures of Isaiah, St. Matthew,
-and St. Mark, in stained glass, in the execution of which, that ingenious
-artist Mr. D. Evans has, if possible, surpassed his previous elegant
-productions.  The windows of the transept likewise contain fine stained
-glass of a rich and elaborate mosaic pattern, by which a mellowed and
-devotional gloom is shed over this portion of the fabric, which
-contributes considerably to the imposing effect of the splendid east
-window.
-
-The edifice was designed by Mr. Edward Haycock, and erected by Messrs.
-Joseph Birch and Sons of this town, at a cost of nearly £4000, raised by
-the voluntary subscriptions of the parishioners.  The township of
-Frankwell has been assigned as a district parish to this church.
-
-The adjoining eminence is crowned by
-
-
-
-MILLINGTON’S HOSPITAL,
-
-
-founded in 1734, by Mr. James Millington of Shrewsbury, draper, and
-endowed with the greater part of his ample fortune.  This charitable
-institution consists of a school-master and mistress, who have each a
-house and salary, and instruct twenty poor boys and as many girls,
-natives of Frankwell.  These children are completely clothed twice in
-every year, and at the age of fourteen are clothed and apprenticed with a
-small premium, and at the expiration of their first year’s apprenticeship
-rewarded with a gratuity, upon their producing a certificate of good
-conduct.  Twelve poor men or women selected from the single housekeepers
-of Frankwell, or the nearest part of St. Chad’s parish, reside in the
-Hospital, to each of whom are allotted two comfortable rooms and a small
-garden, with an allowance of £6 per annum, a gown or coat on St. Thomas’s
-day, and a load of coals on All Saints’ day.  Gowns or Coats and forty
-shillings each are also dispensed every year to ten poor single
-housekeepers resident in Frankwell, the eldest of which pensioners in
-time, succeeds to a vacancy in the hospital.  The hospitallers and
-out-pensioners receive likewise two twopenny loaves weekly.  A chaplain
-daily attends and reads prayers.
-
-Two exhibitions of £40 a year each are founded for students of Magdalen
-College, Cambridge, to which, scholars originally on the hospital
-foundation have the preference, or in default of such, two born in
-Frankwell, educated at the Free Schools, and having been one year in the
-upper form in the head school are most eligible.
-
-The hospital is a plain brick building.  The central portion surmounted
-by a pediment and clock turret comprises the chapel and school-room, and
-the houses of the master and mistress, and in the wings on each side are
-the apartments of the hospitallers.  A lodge has recently been erected
-and the ground in front enclosed from the street by an iron railing.
-{176}
-
-We now continue our walk along the undulating eminence, which rises
-abruptly from the Severn opposite the Quarry, until we arrive at
-
-
-
-KINGSLAND,
-
-
-a large tract of ground, the common property of the Burgesses, studded
-with small enclosures and buildings called “Arbours,” to which the
-several incorporated trading companies of the town annually resort in
-procession on the second Monday after Trinity Sunday, accompanied by
-bands of music, flags, devices emblematical of their crafts, and preceded
-by “a king” on horseback, gaily dressed with “crownlets and gauds of rare
-device,” either representing the monarch who granted their charters, or
-some principal personage of their trades.  The Mayor and Corporation,
-attended by many of the respectable inhabitants of the place, visit the
-several Companies, and partake of refreshments prepared in their
-respective arbours:—
-
-    “Whilst the merry bells ring round,
-    And the jocund rebecks sound,
-    To many a youth and many a maid
-    Dancing in the chequered shade;
-    And young and old come forth to play
-    On this sunshine holiday,
-    Till the live-long day-light fail.”
-
-The pageant of “Shrewsbury Show” originated, no doubt, in the procession
-which took place on Corpus Christi day, one of the most splendid
-festivals of the Romish Church.  The several Companies, preceded by their
-Masters and Wardens, attended the Bailiffs and Corporation, who with the
-Abbot and dignified Ecclesiastics of the Abbey, Friaries, and Churches of
-the town, clad in their splendid robes, and bearing the Holy Sacrament
-under a rich canopy, lighted with innumerable wax tapers, proceeded in
-solemn order to a stone cross called the Weeping Cross, without the town.
-Here having bewailed their sins, and offered up petitions for a joyous
-harvest, they returned in the same order to St. Chad’s church, and
-attended the celebration of High Mass.  Three days of unbounded jollity
-and recreation followed this magnificent festival.  On the Reformation of
-religion this ceremonious procession was of course discontinued, and the
-present single day of relaxation and amusement substituted in its stead
-by the authorities of the place.
-
-While on the subject of our ancient customs, we must not omit the popular
-one of _Heaving_, formerly prevalent over most of the kingdom, but
-latterly confined to Shropshire.  Heaving is performed on Easter-Monday,
-by men who perambulate the streets, and call at the houses with chairs
-gaily adorned with ribbons and flowers, in which they sportively hold
-down any young woman they meet, and heaving her up three times, turn her
-round and set her down again.  The ceremony invariably concludes with a
-hearty kiss, to which is often added by the more opulent of the
-inhabitants a small present of money.  On Easter-Tuesday the young women
-perform the same ceremony to the men.  This custom is supposed to have
-originated in the usage of binding persons in chairs, anciently practised
-on Hock Tuesday, or Binding Tuesday, designed to represent the stratagems
-employed by the English women to aid their husbands in massacreing the
-Danes on St. Brice’s day, 1002.  At the Reformation, this, with many
-other old customs, of which the origin was imperfectly remembered, was
-_spiritualized_, and intended to represent the Resurrection of our Lord.
-For more particulars of the custom of Heaving we would refer the reader
-to Brand’s Popular Antiquities, i. 155, and Hone’s Every Day Book; in
-which latter excellent work there is a spirited engraving of the
-ceremony.
-
-On the north side of Kingsland is
-
-
-
-THE HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.
-
-
-which crowns the steep eminence above the river, from whence a prospect
-of the town and environs, more pleasing and comprehensive than can be
-obtained from any other station, bursts upon the view.
-
-This handsome brick building was erected in 1765, at an expense of
-£12,000, and used for a few years as a Foundling Hospital, until the
-funds becoming inadequate to the support of the charity, it was shut up
-in 1774.  It was afterwards employed during the American War, as a prison
-for Dutch prisoners, until 1784, when it was purchased by the several
-parishes of the town, and appropriated to the use of their infirm and
-helpless poor, who in their declining years here find a comfortable
-shelter from the pitiless compassion of the world, and are supplied with
-the decent and wholesome necessaries of life.
-
-Descending the eminence, we cross the river by the ferry, proceed up the
-Quarry, down St. John’s Hill, and passing the Talbot Buildings, re-enter
-the Market Square, from whence we commenced our perambulation.
-
-                           And now, traveller,
-                            our tale is told,
-                  and in sending you onward on your way,
-                 we would heartily bid you “good speed,”
-              with a sincere hope that when in after years,
-                       amid the storms and sunshine
-                which checquer the great journey of life,
-            thy restless memory in the stillness of reflection
-                 shall recur to the few incidents which,
-                        like oases in the desert,
-                    have ministered to thy happiness,
-                  recollection may long and fondly dwell
-                         on those pleasing hours
-                              you spent amid
-                           the antient walls of
-                               Shrewsbury.
-
-
-
-
-EMINENT NATIVES OF SHREWSBURY;
-
-
-    WITH REFERENCES TO WORKS IN WHICH THEIR BIOGRAPHIES ARE DETAILED.
-
-                   “There is a history in all men’s lives.”
-
-                                                               SHAKSPEARE.
-
-         Name.             Distinction.         Born.          Died.      References.
-Adams, Wm.               divine,           1706              1789       Owen and
-                                                                        Blakeway’s
-                                                                        History of
-                                                                        Shrewsbury, ii.
-                                                                        218.  Gent.
-                                                                        Mag. March,
-                                                                        1789.
-Armstead, T.             author,           1662                         Wood’s Athenæ
-                                                                        Oxon. iii. 661.
-Arnway, John,            divine and        1601              1653       Wood’s Athenæ
-                         author,                                        Oxon. iii. 307.
-                                                                        Walker’s
-                                                                        Sufferings of
-                                                                        the Clergy.
-Benbow, John,            admiral,          1650              1702       Owen and
-                                                                        Blakeway’s
-                                                                        History of
-                                                                        Shrewsbury, ii.
-                                                                        390.
-                                                                        Biographia
-                                                                        Britannica.
-Blakeway, J.             divine and        1765              1826       Gent. Mag.
-Brickdale,               topographical                                  xcvi. pt. 1. p.
-                         historian,                                     277.
-Bowers, John,            Bishop of                           1724
-                         Chichester,
-Bowen, James,            genealogist,                        1774
-Bowen, John,             genealogist,                        1832       Gent. Mag. cii.
-                                                                        pt. 2. p. 185.
-Burney, Chas.            historian of      1726              1814       Gent. Mag.
-                         music, 1726                                    1814.
-
-                                                                        Owen and
-                                                                        Blakeway’s
-                                                                        Hist. of
-                                                                        Shrewsbury, ii.
-                                                                        388.  Life by
-                                                                        his daughter,
-                                                                        Madame
-                                                                        d’Arblay.
-Churchyard, Thomas,      poet,             1520              1604       Wood’s Athenæ.
-                                                                        Oxon.  Life
-                                                                        prefixed to
-                                                                        Chalmers’ edit.
-                                                                        of Churchyard’s
-                                                                        Chips.
-Costard, Geo.            divine,           1709              1782       Biographia
-                         biblical                                       Britannica.
-                         critic, &                                      Owen and
-                         mathematician,                                 Blakeway’s
-                                                                        Hist. of
-                                                                        Shrewsbury, ii.
-                                                                        388.
-Cresset, Edw.            Bishop of         1697              1755
-                         Llandaff
-Davies, Sneyd,           divine and        1709              1769       Owen and
-                         poet,                                          Blakeway’s
-                                                                        Hist. of
-                                                                        Shrewsbury. ii.
-                                                                        387.  Nichols’s
-                                                                        Illustrations,
-                                                                        i. 485.
-Farmer, Hugh,            presbyterian      1714                         Life by Hugh
-                         divine and                                     Dodson, Biogr.
-                         author,                                        Brit. v. 664.
-Greisley, Hen.           divine and                          1678       Wood’s Athenæ.
-                         poet,                                          Oxon, iii.
-                                                                        1167.
-Gwynn,                   architect,
-Haynes, Jos.             artist and                          1830       Gent. Mag. c.
-                         engraver,                                      pt. 1. p. 379.
-Jones, Sir, Thomas,      Lord Chief        1614              1692
-                         Justice of the
-                         Common Pleas.
-Onslow, Rich.            Speaker of the    1528              1571       Owen and
-                         House of                                       Blakeway’s
-                         Commons,                                       Hist. of
-                                                                        Shrewsbury, ii.
-                                                                        167.
-Orton, Job,              Non-conformist    1717              1783       Life by S.
-                         divine                                         Palmer,
-                                                                        prefixed to his
-                                                                        Letters.  Owen
-                                                                        and Blakeway’s
-                                                                        Hist. of
-                                                                        Shrewsbury, ii.
-                                                                        478.
-Owen, Hugh,              divine and        1760              1827       Gent. Mag.
-                         topographical                                  xcviii. pt. 1.
-                         historian,                                     p. 478.
-Parkes, James,           artist,           1794              1828       Gent. Mag.
-                                                                        xcviii. pt. 1.
-                                                                        p. 376.
-Pemberton, Thomas,       lawyer and        1763              1833       Gent. Mag.
-                         author,                                        ciii. pt. 1. p.
-                                                                        377.
-Phillips, Ambrose,       poet,             1674              1749       Owen and
-                                                                        Blakeway’s
-                                                                        Hist. of
-                                                                        Shrewsbury, ii.
-                                                                        284.
-Plantagenet, Rd. Duke    2nd son of        1473              1483
-of York,                 Edwd. IV.
-Plantagenet, George,     youngest son of
-                         Edw. IV.
-Price, Samp. D.D.        divine, and       1585              1630       Owen and
-                         chaplain to                                    Blakeway’s
-                         James I. and                                   Hist. of
-                         Charles I.                                     Shrewsbury, ii.
-                                                                        212.
-Price, Daniel, D.D.      divine,                             1631       Wood’s Athenæ.
-                                                                        Oxon.
-Scott, John,             Non-conformist
-                         divine,
-Scott, Jona. Dr.         oriental          1753              1829       Gent. Mag.
-                         professor and                                  xcix. pt. 1. p.
-                         author,                                        470.
-Shrewsbury, Ralph,       Bishop of Bath    elect’d 1329      1363
-                         and Wells,
-Shrewsbury, Robert,      Biographer of     flo. 1140
-                         St. Wenefrede,
-Shrewsbury, Robert,      Bishop of         consecrated       1215       Owen and
-                         Bangor,           1197                         Blakeway’s
-                                                                        Hist. of
-                                                                        Shrewsbury, ii.
-                                                                        98.
-Talbot, Thos.            antiquary,                          1538
-Talbot, Robt.            antiquary,                          1558
-Taylor, John,            editor of         1704              1776       Some Account of
-                         Demosthenes,                                   the antient and
-                                                                        present State
-                                                                        of Shrewsbury,
-                                                                        p. 371.
-Thomas, Jno.             Bishop of         translated 1761   1766       Some Account of
-                         Salisbury,                                     the antient and
-                                                                        present State
-                                                                        of Shrewsbury,
-                                                                        p. 374.
-Tomlins, Thomas,         musician and      1778              1847
-                         composer,
-Turner, John,            lawyer and                          1680       Wood’s Athenæ.
-                         author,                                        Oxon. iii.
-                                                                        1269.
-Waring, John Scott,      friend and        1749              1819
-                         defender of
-                         Warren
-                         Hastings, and
-                         author,
-Wooley, Edw.             Bishop of         consecrated                  Wood’s Fasti,
-                         Clonfert,         1665                         54.
-
-BIRDS
-
-
-                 SEEN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SHREWSBURY.
-
-    “And now is Mirthe therein, to here
-    The birdes how they singen clere,
-    The manis and the nightingale,
-    And other jollie birdes smale.”
-
-                                          _Chaucer’s Romaunt of the Rose_.
-
-              THE NAMES AND ARRANGEMENT ARE THOSE OF BEWICK.
-
-Falco Buteo,            Buzzard,                Haughmond Hill;
-                                                Grinshill; Wrekin.
-— Milvus,               Kite,                   Bomere Pool.
-— cyaneus,              Hen Harrier,            meadows about
-                                                Berwick.
-— Pygargus,             Ringtail,               Westfelton Moors.
-— Tinnunculus,          Kestrel,                Shrewsbury; Wrekin.
-— Nisus,                Sparrow-hawk,           near Castle Foregate;
-                                                Old Heath.
-Strix Otus,             Long-eared Owl,         Westfelton, but
-                                                rarely.
-— flammea,              Yellow Owl,             meadows;—Shrewsbury.
-— stridula,             Tawny Owl,              very common.
-Lanius Excubitor,       Ash-coloured Shrike,    Babin’s Wood, near
-                                                Whittington.
-— Collurio,             Red-backed Shrike,      Wolf’s Head;
-                                                Shottaton; Lowe Bank.
-Corvus Corax,           Raven,                  Wrekin; Aston.
-— Corone,               Crow,                   every where.
-— Cornix,               Hooded Crow,            Weston Lullingfield.
-— frugilegus,           Rook,                   common;—Whittington
-                                                Castle.
-— Monedula,             Jack-daw,               common;—Nesscliffe.
-— Pica,                 Magpie,                 common.
-— glandarius,           Jay,                    Almond Park; Berwick.
-Ampelis Garrulus,       Chatterer,              nr. Oswestry,
-                                                occasionally.
-Sturnus vulgaris,       Starling,               common; Westfelton.
-Turdus viscivorus,      Missel Thrush,          Shrewsbury Castle.
-— musicus,              Throstle,               common.
-— pilaris,              Fieldfare,              common.
-— iliacus,              Redwing,                common.
-— Merula,               Blackbird,              common.
-— torquatus,            Ring Ouzel,             Breidden Mountains.
-Cuculus canorus,        Cuckoo,                 common:—Fairyland,
-                                                Westfelton.
-Yunx Torquilla,         Wryneck,                Shrewsbury Quarry and
-                                                Meole Brace.
-
-                                                (on the authority of
-                                                Robert Griffith
-                                                Temple, Esq.
-                                                Barrister at Law.)
-Picus viridis,          Green Woodpecker,       common.
-— major and medius,     Pied Woodpecker,        Shrewsbury Quarry,
-                                                occasionally.
-— minor,                Barred Woodpecker,      Shrewsbury Quarry and
-                                                Westfelton.
-Sitta europæa,          Nuthatch,               Shrewsbury Quarry.
-Upupa Epops,            Hoopoe,                 Rednall, a pair, only
-                                                once seen.
-Certhia familiaris,     Creeper,                Shrewsbury Quarry.
-Loxia curvirostra,      Cross-bill,             on larch trees,
-                                                occasional visitors.
-— Coccothraustes,       Grosbeak,               farm-yards; at
-                                                Nesscliffe, in
-                                                company with
-                                                sparrows.
-— Enucleator,           Pine Grosbeak,          Nesscliffe Hill.
-— Chloris,              Green Grosbeak          common in gardens.
-— Pyrrhula,             Bullfinch,              common in gardens.
-Emberiza Miliaria       Bunting,                hedges and lanes,
-                                                common.
-— Citrinella,           Yellow Bunting          common in high-roads.
-— Schœniclus,           Black-headed Bunting,   Raven Meadow;
-                                                Dorsett’s Barn,
-                                                Shrewsbury.
-Fringilla domestica,    Sparrow,                every where.
-— cælebs,               Chaffinch,              common in gardens.
-— Carduelis,            Goldfinch,              common in fields.
-— Spinus,               Siskin,                 Westfelton, in
-                                                flights, but rarely.
-— cannabina,            Greater Red-pole.       near
-                                                mountains;—Pimhill.
-Fringilla linaria,      Lesser Redpole,         on gravel walks.
-— linota,               Linnet,                 not uncommon.
-Muscicapa               Pied Flycatcher         Westfelton; one pair,
-Atricapilla,                                    annually.
-— Grisola,              Spotted Flycatcher      very common; about
-                                                houses.
-Alauda arvensis,        Lark,                   very common in
-                                                fields.
-— pratensis,            Titlark,                common in fields.
-— arborea,              Woodlark,               common; Westfelton.
-Motacilla alba,         Pied Wagtail            pools and brooks.
-— Boarula,              Grey Wagtail,           farm-yards.
-— flava,                Yellow Wagtail          rather common;
-                                                ploughed fields.
-— Luscinia,             Nightingale,            Sutton Spa; and
-                                                Westfelton once.
-— Rubecula,             Redbreast,              every where.
-— Phœnicurus,           Redstart,               common; orchards and
-                                                farm-steads.
-Sylvia hortensis,       Garden Warbler          common in high
-                        Ruckler,                leafy-sycamores.
-Motacilla passerina,    Passerine Warbler,      gardens.
-— modularis,            Hedge Warbler,          every where; near
-                                                houses.
-— Salicaria,            Reed Warbler,           New Inn, near
-                                                Dorsett’s Barn.
-— Atricapilla,          Black-cap               common;—low bushes
-                                                and gardens.
-— Sylvia,               White-throat,           common;—woods.
-— Trochilus,            Yellow Wren,            Almond Park.
-—                       Willow Wren, (Bewick,   common.
-                        vol. i. p. 257, 6th
-                        ed.)
-Motacilla,              Chiff Caff, (Bewick,    common, and generally
-                        vol. i. p. 258, 6th     the first arrival.
-                        ed.)
-Trochilus minor,        Least Willow Wren,      Marsh Hall.
-Motacilla Regulus,      Golden-crested Wren,    not uncommon;—firs
-                                                and yews.
-— Troglodytes,          Wren,                   common;—out-
-                                                buildings.
-— Oenanthe,             Wheatear,               Haughmond Hill and
-                                                Dovaston.
-— Rubetra,              Whinchat,               common on gorse
-                                                bushes.
-— Rubicola,             Stonechat,              Sharpstones Hill.
-Parus major,            Greater Titmouse,       very common.
-— cæruleus,             Blue Titmouse,          very common.
-— ater,                 Coal Titmouse,          not uncommon.
-— caudatus,             Long-tailed Titmouse,   hedges and bushes.
-— palustris,            Marsh Titmouse          near Shrewsbury.
-Hirundo rustica,        Swallow,                common;—chimneys.
-— urbica.               Martin,                 common;—churches.
-— riparia,              Sand Martin,            common;—Shelton rough
-— Apus,                 Swift,                  common;—eaves.
-Caprimulgus europæus,   Night-jar,              Nesscliffe;—Haughmond
-                                                Hill.
-Columba Palumbus,       Ring Dove,              Almond Park; Berwick;
-                                                Shelton.
-— Turtur,               Turtle Dove,            nr. Preston Boats;
-                                                Westfelton.
-Phasianus Colchicus,    Pheasant,               woods, parks;—Aston.
-Tetrao Perdix,          Partridge,              stubble fields.
-— Coturnix,             Quail,                  Shotton and Sandford.
-Charadius Pluvialis,    Golden Plover,          very rare; once at
-                                                Westfelton.
-Ardea major,            Heron,                  Isle: Sandford Pool.
-— stellaris,            Bittern,                Sandford Pool; and on
-                                                Vyrnwy River.
-Scolopax Arquata,       Curlew,                 Source of the Morda,
-                                                above Oswestry, in
-                                                summer.
-— Rusticola             Woodcock,               woods;—Treflach.
-— Gallinago,            Snipe,                  wet bogs and springs.
-— Gallmula,             Judcock,                bogs and wet meadows.
-Tringa Vanellus,        Lapwing,                Ensdon; Twyford
-                                                Vownog.
-— Hypoleucos,           Common Sandpiper,       occasionally on the
-                                                margins of large
-                                                pools.
-Hæmatopus Ostrolegus,   Oyster-catcher,         near Oswestry,
-                                                occasionally in the
-                                                winter.
-Sturnus Cinclus,        Water Ouzel,            Meole brook and
-                                                Morda.
-Alcedo Ispida,          Kingfisher,             Meole brook;
-                                                Ellesmere Canal.
-Rallus aquaticus,       Water Rail,             very uncommon.
-Gallinula Crex,         Land-rail,              in long growing hay &
-                                                corn.
-— chloropus,            Common Gallinule,       pools, common.
-Fulica atra,            Coot,                   large pools:
-                                                Sandford.
-Podiceps minor,         Little Grebe,           weedy pools, not
-                                                uncommon.
-Larus canus,            Common Gull,            occasionally in
-                                                flight.
-Procellaria pelagica,   Stormy Petrel,          Prees—found dead.
-Anas Anser ferus,       Grey Lag Goose,         large waters:
-                                                Baggymore.
-— Boschas,              Mallard,                pools; Woodhouse.
-— Penelope,             Wigeon,                 pools: Halston.
-— Crecca,               Teal,                   river Severn.
-Pelecanus Carbo,        Cormorant,              Isle; Montford
-                                                Bridge.
-
-For the foregoing list, we are indebted to the kindness of the late JOHN
-F. M. DOVASTON, Esq. A.M. of Westfelton, near Shrewsbury, the Friend and
-Biographer of Bewick; a gentleman who, with enthusiastic ardour, devoted
-many years of unceasing attention and observation, to an accurate
-investigation of the varieties and habits of the feathered tribes.
-
-
-
-
-A FEW OF THE
-RARER SPECIES OF PLANTS
-GROWING IN A WILD STATE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF SHREWSBURY.
-
-
-      The Arrangement adopted is that of the Natural System, and the
-         Nomenclature from Babington’s Manual of British Botany.
-
-       “what skill, what force divine,
-    Deep felt, in these appear!”
-
-                                                                  THOMSON.
-
-Ranunculus Lingua,                  Bomere and Hancott pools.
-— auricomus,                        Haughmond Hill; Shelton Wood.
-— arvensis,                         corn-fields.
-— parviflorus,                      near Red-barn: Pulley;
-                                    Sharpstones Hill.
-Berberis vulgaris,                  Sharpstones Hill.
-Papaver Argemone,                   fields, near Bank farm.
-Corydalis claviculata,              Pimhill.
-Fumaria micrantha,                  near Harwood’s Boat-house.
-Nasturtium palustre,                banks of Severn.
-— sylvestre,                        banks of Severn.
-Turritis glabra,                    Berwick Knolls.
-Cardamine amara,                    banks of Severn between Preston
-                                    Boats and Uffington.
-Diplotaxis tenuifolia,              Shrewsbury Abbey ruins.
-Cochlearia Danica,                  Dominican Friary, Shrewsbury.
-Thlaspi arvense,                    corn-fields near Shrewsbury.
-Teesdalia nudicaulis,               Haughmond and Sharpstones hill.
-Viola palustris,                    Bomere and Almond Park pools.
-— sylvatica,                        Weir Coppice.
-Drosera longifolia,                 Bomere pool.
-Elatine hexandra,                   Bomere pool.
-Dianthus plumarius,                 Haughmond Abbey.
-— deltoides,                        Sharpstones Hill and Downton.
-Saponaria officinialis and var:     Haughmond Abbey.
-flore pleno,
-Mœnchia erecta,                     Haughmond Hill.
-Alsine rubra,                       Pimhill; Haughmond Hill.
-Hypericum elodes,                   Bomere and Oxon pools.
-— humifusum,                        near Sundorne.
-— maculatum,                        Haughmond hill and Meole Brace.
-— pulchrum,                         Sharpstones hill.
-Geranium Pyrenaicum,                road-side near Bicton Grove.
-— columbinum,                       Pulley.
-— lucidum                           near the Lea; Wrentnall.
-Rhamnus Frangula,                   Bomere pool.
-Ulex nanus,                         Kingsland; Sharpstones hill;
-                                    Haughmond hill.
-Genista Anglica,                    Bomere pool.
-Vicia sylvatica,                    Shelton rough.
-Lathyrus sylvestris,                near Pimley; Shelton rough.
-Orobus tuberosus,                   Sharpstones hill.
-Geum rivale,                        old course of Severn, under Cross
-                                    hill.
-Comarum palustre,                   Bomere, Berrington, and Hancott
-                                    pools.
-Rubus suberectus,                   Almond Park.
-— fissus,                           Almond Park.
-— plicatus,                         Shawbury Heath.
-— affinis,                          Shawbury Heath.
-— nitidus,                          generally about Shrewsbury.
-— tenuis,                           about Shrewsbury.
-— corylifolius and var.             London-road; Coleham; Flash.
-— cordifolius and var.              Almond Park.
-— discolor,                         generally about Shrewsbury.
-— — δ. argenteus,                   Berwick.
-— leucostachys β. vestitus,         Crowmeole; Almond Park.
-— — y. argenteus,                   Copthorn.
-— sylyaticus,                       Almond Park.
-— carpinifolius,                    Almond Park.
-— macrophyllus,                     Almond Park.
-Rubus macrophyllus,                 Haughmond hill.
-β. Schlechtendalii,
-— Babingtonii,                      Almond Park.
-— rudis,                            hedges & woods about Shrewsbury.
-— β. Leightonii,                    Haughmond hill; Cross hill;
-                                    Berwick-road.
-— fusco-ater,                       hedges generally
-— — γ. echinatus.                   Almond Park.
-— hirtus,                           Almond Park.
-— glandulosus, γ. rosaceus,         Almond Park.
-— Schleicheri,                      Flash; Haughmond hill; Red hill.
-— nemorosus,                        Haughmond hill; Weir Coppice.
-— cæsius α. aquaticus,              Flash.
-— — δ. ferox,                       hedges near Greenfields.
-Rosa villosa,                       near Shrewsbury.
-Cratægus Oxyacantha, α.             hedges near Shrewsbury.
-Pyrus Malus, α. & β.                hedges near Shrewsbury.
-Peplis Portula,                     Bomere pool.
-Myriophyllum alterniflorum,         Berrington pool.
-Montia fontana,                     Bomere pool.
-Cotyledon Umbilicus,                Haughmond hill.
-Sedum Telephium,                    Haughmond hill.
-— Forsterianium,                    Haughmond hill.
-— reflexum,                         Shrewsbury Abbey walls.
-Saxifraga granulata,                near Harwood’s Boat-house.
-Chrysosplenium alternifolium,       Shelton wood.
-Smyrnium Olusatrum,                 Shrewsbury Castle mound.
-Sambucus Ebulus,                    Exford Green,
-Valerianella dentata,               fields near Bomere pool.
-Inula Conyza,                       Nobold.
-Artemisia Absinthium,               Bomere pool.
-Cichorium Intybus,                  Welbatch.
-Hieracium boreale,                  Bickley Coppice.
-Lobelia Dortmanna,                  Bomere and Berrington pools.
-Campanula patula,                   banks of Severn, near Bickley
-                                    Coppice; Berrington.
-Vaccinium Oxycoccus,                Bomere pool.
-Hyoscyamus niger,                   Haughmond Abbey.
-Lathræa squamaria,                  Council-house garden.
-Linaria Cymbalaria,                 Council-house walls;—naturalized.
-— Elatine,                          near Sharpstones hill.
-Orobanche major,                    Sharpstones hill.
-Limosella aquatica,                 Shelton rough.
-Veronica scutellata,                Bomere pool.
-— montana,                          Almond Park; Shelton wood.
-— polita,                           cultivated ground, Shrewsbury.
-Galeopsis versicolor,               Calcott.
-Ballota ruderalis,                  Bomere pool.
-Lamium amplexicaule,                Lyth hill.
-Calamintha officinalis,             Red hill.
-Scutellaria minor,                  Haughmond hill; Oxon pool.
-Utricularia minor,                  Bomere pool.
-Hottonia palustris,                 Bomere pool; near Albright
-                                    Hussey.
-Lysimachia vulgaris,                Almond park pool.
-Anagallis cærulea,                  near Shotton.
-— tenella,                          Haughmond hill; Abbot’s Betton
-                                    pool.
-Littorella lacustris,               Bomere pool.
-Plantago Coronopus,                 Lyth hill.
-Chenopodium Bonus Henricus,         Uffington, &c.
-Rumex maritimus,                    Hancott pool.
-— pratensis,                        Hancott pool.
-— Hydrolapathum,                    New Park.
-Polygonum Bistorta,                 Sutton; Meole Brace.
-Euphorbia exigua,                   fields near Bomere pool.
-— Lathyris,                         cultivated ground, Shrewsbury.
-— amygdaloides,                     Almond Park: Lyth hill.
-Butomus umbellatus,                 river Severn, and canal.
-Alisma ranunculoides,               Berrington pool.
-— natans,                           Hancott pool.
-Sagittaria sagittifolia,            Canal between Shrewsbury and
-                                    Uffington.
-Scheuchzeria palustris,             Bomere pool.
-Zannichellia palustris,             Bomere.
-Habenaria viridis,                  Bomere woods.
-— chlorantha,                       Bomere woods.
-Epipactis latifolia,                Bomere woods.
-Convallaria majalis,                Pimhill.
-Colchicum autumnale,                fields near Dorsett’s barn;
-                                    Sutton.
-Typha angustifolia,                 Berrington pool.
-Potamogeton oblongus,               Bomere pool.
-— rufescens,                        pit near Sharpstones hill.
-— heterophyllus,                    Berrington pool.
-Sparganium natans,                  Bomere pool.
-— simplex,                          Berrington pool.
-Rhynchospora alba,                  Bomere pool.
-Eriophorum vaginatum,               Bomere and Hancott pools.
-Carex curta,                        Bomere pool.
-— ovalis,                           Bomere pool.
-Carex muricata var: β. (_Smith_.)   Sharpstones hill.
-— divulsa,                          Cloud Coppice, Berrington.
-— teretiuscula,                     Bomere pool.
-— pseudo-cyperus,                   Bomere and Hancott pools; Canal.
-— limosa,                           Bomere pool.
-— vesicaria,                        Bomere pool.
-— ampullacea.                       Bomere pool.
-— filiformis,                       Bomere and Berrington pools.
-Phalaris arundinacea,               banks of Severn.
-Brachypodium sylvaticum,            woods and hedge banks.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-For more ample details of the Botany of Shrewsbury and its vicinity, the
-reader is referred to Leighton’s Flora of Shropshire.
-
-
-
-
-INDEX.
-
-                                                                  PAGE
-ABBEY, 124—founded, 124—endowment, 126—dissolution,                128
-126—present remains of, 129—church, 129—western window,
-130—armorial bearings in, 131—tower, 131—altar screen,
-134—font, 135—north porch, 135—tombs in, 136—patronage of
-the living, 128—descent of the abbatial property,
-127—church estate
-Abbey-foregate                                                     155
-Abbots of Shrewsbury attended Parliaments                          124
-Abbot’s lodging                                                    143
-Acton Burnell, Parliament of, 126—Statute of                       126
-Agricultural Shows                                                  51
-Aldermen                                                             8
-Alkmund’s, St. church, 94—old church, 96—new church                 97
-Allatt, Mr. John, monument to                                      103
-—’s Charity school                                                 118
-Almond Park                                                         53
-Almshouses, St. Mary’s                                              83
-— St. Chad’s                                                       113
-— St. Giles’s                                                      153
-— Evans’s, (Meole)                                                 157
-Anderson’s tomb                                                     82
-Antiquities in Free School Library                                  46
-“Arbours”                                                          176
-Ashton, Thomas, first head master of Free School                    27
-Atcham village, church, and bridge                                 154
-Attingham Hall                                                     154
-Bailiffs                                                             8
-Baptists’ Meeting-house                                            168
-Barker Street                                                      168
-Barker, Thomas, birth-place of                                     157
-—’s Delight, or the Art of Angling                                 157
-Baths, Royal                                                        52
-Battlefield, 56—college and church, 56—monument in                  56
-Battle of Shrewsbury, 61, 175—execution of prisoners,              162
-17—interments of slain, 61
-Beechey’s, Sir William, portrait of Lord Hill                        7
-Bell Stone Mansion                                                 169
-Belle Vue                                                          157
-Belmont                                                            113
-Benbow Place                                                        52
-— Admiral, birth-place of                                           52
-— monument to                                                       78
-— portrait of                                                        7
-Bennette’s Halle                                                    15
-Bernard, St. life of, stained glass                                 74
-Berwick house, chapel, and hospital                                 53
-Bevan’s “Records of the Salop Infirmary”                            86
-Billiard Room                                                       13
-Birds                                                              186
-Bishopric of Shrewsbury                                            127
-Blakeway, Rev. J. B. monument to                                    72
-Blase St. Chapel of                                                117
-Blue School                                                        121
-“Boards” of Shrewsbury School                                       33
-Bomere Pool                                                        157
-Boucher, John, Bishop of Shrewsbury                                127
-Bowdler’s Charity School                                           121
-Brick building first erected in Shrewsbury                         170
-Bridge, English or Stone                                           121
-— old                                                              122
-— Welsh                                                            171
-— old, or St. George’s, 11                                         171
-— Railway, 47, 52, 53, 59                                          123
-British fortress, remains of, 23—princes, palace of                110
-Britons, first inhabited by                                        104
-Broadwell                                                           52
-Brown School                                                       123
-Butler, Bishop, 32—armorial bearings                                71
-— statue to                                                         81
-— portrait of                                                       46
-Butcher Row, 16                                                     99
-Butter Cross, old, 16—new                                           16
-Cadman’s monument                                                   82
-Canal, Shrewsbury and Ellesmere                                     57
-Carline’s, Mr. John, skill in Gothic architecture, 67, 73          134
-Catherine’s, St., Chapel                                            76
-Castle Street                                                       18
-Castle 23—situation of, 23—founded by Roger de Montgomery,          26
-25—gateway of, 21—keep, 23—rebuilt by Edward I.,
-26—besieged in the civil wars
-— Gates, 11, 47—Foregate                                            54
-Cemetery, Abbey                                                    129
-Cemetery, Dissenters’                                              157
-Chad’s, Saint, Church, remains of old, 107—burnt, 111—fall         110
-of, 109—collegiate establishment
-— New Church, 162—College                                          112
-— Almshouses, 113—figure of                                        167
-Chantry Chapels in St. Mary’s church, 70                            76
-Charles I. portrait of, 14—lodged at the Council House,            146
-21—received Sacrament at St. Mary’s, 64—addresses army
-Charles II. portrait of                                              7
-Charlotte, Queen of George III, portrait of                          7
-Charlton Hall                                                      168
-Charleton, Lords of Powis, 75                                      168
-Charters                                                             8
-Cholera                                                            153
-Christ Church, Oxon.                                               177
-Church Street                                                       93
-Church of England Literary and Scientific Institute                 90
-Circus                                                             170
-Clive, Lord, portrait of                                            89
-Coal Depôt of Railway                                               50
-— — Shropshire, and Staffordshire                                   50
-— — Welsh                                                           50
-— wharfs                                                            57
-Coleham                                                            155
-College Hill                                                       114
-Column, Lord Hill’s                                                146
-Corbet Monument in Battlefield Church                               56
-Corn Market                                                         11
-Corporation                                                          8
-Corpus Christi procession                                          176
-Coton Hill                                                          53
-Council House, 20—gateway, 19—hall and great chamber                20
-— of the Marches of Wales                                           20
-Councilmen                                                           8
-County Goal                                                         57
-Courts of Assize                                                     6
-Cross, High, 17—Street                                              54
-Crucifixion, sculpture of                                          142
-“Dana,” the                                                         59
-David, last British Prince of Wales, trial of                      126
-— execution of                                                      17
-Depôt, the                                                         154
-Dingle                                                             160
-Dogpole                                                             91
-Dominican, or Black Friars                                          60
-Dormitory, Monks’                                                  141
-Douglas, Earl, death of                                             57
-Drapers’ Company                                                    85
-— Hall, 85—curious apartment in, 85—portraits in                    85
-Dry Dingle, remains of amphitheatre in                             161
-Durer, Albert, stained glass by                                     74
-Ebenezer Meeting-house                                             119
-Edward I., keep of the Castle erected by                            24
-— rebuilds Castle                                                   24
-Edward III., statue of                                             131
-Edward IV., portrait of                                             85
-— occasional residence of                                           60
-— Queen of                                                          61
-Edward VI., portrait of                                             46
-Eleanor’s (Queen) Bower                                             57
-Elizabeth, Queen, armorial bearings of                              10
-Evans’s Almshouses                                                 157
-Evans, Mr. D., skill in glass staining, 55, 71, 79, 134,           174
-149, 164
-Evans, R. Esq., portrait of Admiral Owen                             7
-Exchequer                                                            5
-Fairs for Cattle 11, 51,—Horses                                     52
-Farm yard, existence of an ancient                                   5
-Farquhar, George                                                    18
-Flora of Shropshire                                                191
-Fonts, in St. Mary’s church, 76—Abbey, 135—St. Giles,              165
-163—St. Chad’s
-Foundation of Shrewsbury by the Britons                              2
-Frankwell, suburb of, 172—sweating sickness in                     172
-Freehold Land Society                                               57
-Free Schools, 26—endowment and revenues, 27,                        43
-28—scholarships and exhibitions, 29—masters,
-31—instruction, 31—school rooms, 43—chapel, 44—library,
-45—eminent men educated at, 31, 45—“boards” of, 33—gateway
-Friars, Austin, 161—Dominican, 60—Franciscan or Grey               158
-Gas-works                                                           57
-Gates of the Town—Waterlane, 60—Castle Gates, 11                    47
-Gateway of the Castle, 22—Council House                             19
-“Genealogy of Christ from Jesse,” stained glass                     74
-George’s, St. Church, 173—stained glass in                         174
-George I., portrait of                                               7
-George II., portrait of, 7—III., portrait of                         7
-Giles’s, St. Church, 148—stained glass in, 149—tombs in,           151
-150—font, 150—cross, 152—restoration
-— Hospital, endowment of, 153—appointment of master                153
-Glass, stained, in St. Michael’s Church, 60—in St. Mary’s           45
-Church, 69, 71, 74, 75, 77, 79, 82—in St. Alkmund’s Church,
-97—in St. Julian’s Church, 102—in Abbey Church, 132, 133—in
-St. Giles’s Church, 149—in Trinity Church, 157—in St.
-Chad’s Church, 164—in St. George’s Church, 174—in Free
-School Library
-Goods Depôt of Railway                                              57
-Government, local                                                    8
-Government School of Art and Design                                117
-Guesten Hall of Abbey                                              143
-Guild Hall, ancient                                                  4
-— merchant                                                           8
-— House of the Fraternity of the Holy Cross                         99
-— of St. Wenefrede, 125—Ditto of B. V. Mary                        105
-Hazledine, Wm., bust of                                            166
-Haughmond Hill, 57—Abbey, 57—origin of the name                     57
-— Abbots of, town house of                                         169
-Head masters of Free Schools, portraits of                          46
-Heaving, custom of                                                 179
-Henry I., privilege conferred by                                     8
-— II., first charter granted by                                      8
-— III., guild merchant recognized by charter of                      8
-— VII., house in which he lodged                                   104
-— VIII., portrait of                                                46
-High Street                                                         14
-Hill, Lord, portrait of, 7, 89—Column in honour of                 146
-Hill, Sir Rowland, Bart., portrait of                               89
-Hill’s Lane                                                        169
-— Mansion                                                          170
-History of Shrewsbury                                                3
-Holy Cross, Church of the                                          129
-Hospital for lepers, 162                                           167
-Hospital of the Holy Cross                                         143
-House of Industry                                                  180
-Howard Street                                                       57
-— Bust of, by Bacon                                                 58
-Independent Meeting-house, 47, 118                                 168
-Infirmary, Salop, 86—view from terrace of, 89—Monks’               140
-Inscription on Blakeway’s Monument                                  73
-Inscription on Bishop Butler’s do. 81—on Wigram’s do.               80
-— on Benbow’s ditto                                                 78
-Ireland’s Mansion, 14—family, armorial bearings of                  15
-James II. kept his Court at Council House                           21
-John’s, St. Hill                                                   167
-— or Wesleyan Methodist Meeting-house                              167
-Jones’s Mansion                                                     90
-— Lord Chief Justice, 90—monument of                                98
-Jones, Thomas, Esq., first Mayor of Shrewsbury                      90
-Judges’ Lodgings                                                   114
-Julian’s, St., Church, 100—stained glass in, 102—tombs in          103
-Juliana, St., ancient sculpture of                                 102
-Kingsland                                                          176
-Keep of the Castle                                                  24
-Kennedy, Rev. B. H., D.D.                                           32
-Knights of the Shire, ceremony relative to                          25
-Laura’s Tower                                                       24
-Lawrence, Mr. Robert, monument to                                  103
-Leaton Shelf                                                        53
-Lepers, Hospital of                                                153
-Leybourne Chapel, 78—Monument                                       79
-Lilleshall Abbey                                                    96
-Llewellyn, Prince of Wales                                          64
-Longner Hall                                                       155
-Lunatic Asylum                                                     177
-Magistrates                                                          8
-Manufactures of Shrewsbury                                           2
-Manufactory of Linen Thread                                         57
-Mardol                                                             169
-Market Square, 9—antique appearance of                               9
-— House, 9—Cattle, 51—Corn, 11—General, 11—New Butter and            9
-Cheese, 57—Vegetable
-Mary, Queen, accession, 92—President of Marches,—92                 92
-armorial bearings
-Mary’s, Saint, Church, 62—collegiate buildings, 17—Royal            77
-Peculiar, 63—patronage, 63—extent of parish,
-64—architecture of, 64—dimensions, 65—tower and spire,
-65—porches, 66—nave, 66—organ screen, 67—carved wooden
-ceiling, 67—ancient choir, 70—stone pulpit, 70—triple
-lancet window, 74—transept, 70—stained glass in, 69, 71,
-74, 76, 77, 79, 82, 89—font, 76—monuments, 71, 77, 79, 80,
-82—chancel, 73—chantry chapels, 73
-Mary’s, St., Almshouses, 83—Turnstile                               89
-Mayor                                                                8
-Mechanics’ Institute                                                11
-Meole Brace Village, 157—Bridge, 157—Brook                         157
-Mercer’s Company                                                   113
-Mercers’ Hall                                                      113
-Merivale                                                           123
-Methodists’, Wesleyan, Meeting-house, 57                           167
-— Calvinist, Meeting-house                                         168
-Michael’s, St., Chapel in the Castle                                25
-Michael’s, St., Church, 54—stained glass in                         55
-— schools                                                           55
-Millington’s Hospital                                              175
-Monk’s Dormitory                                                   141
-— Infirmary                                                        140
-Montgomery, Roger de, statue of                                     24
-— founder of the castle                                             25
-Monuments in St. Mary’s church, 71, 72, 77, 78, 79, 80              82
-— St. Julian’s church, 103—St. Chad’s church                       165
-— St. Alkmund’s church, 98—Abbey church                            136
-Murivance                                                          119
-Museum of the Shropshire and North Wales Natural History           115
-and Antiquarian Society
-Music Hall                                                          13
-Mysteries, or Miracle Plays                                        161
-Mytton, family of                                                  114
-Name, Saxon, of Shrewsbury                                           2
-Natives, eminent                                                   182
-Natural History and Antiquarian Society                            115
-News Room                                                           13
-Nicholas, St., Chapel of                                            18
-Norman Earls of Shrewsbury                                           8
-— fortress, remains of                                              21
-“Olde House,” 91—ancient paintings in                               91
-— inscription in                                                    92
-Ordericus Vitalis                                                  154
-Organs in Music Hall, 13—St. Mary’s Church, 68—St.                 165
-Michael’s, 55—St. Alkmund’s, 97—St. Julian’s, 102—Abbey,
-152—Trinity, 157—St. George’s, 174—St. Chad’s
-Organ Screen in St. Mary’s Church                                   67
-Owen, Admiral, portrait of                                           7
-— Archdeacon, Monument of                                          103
-Owens of Condover                                                   20
-Paintings at Sundorne Castle                                        56
-Palace of the British Princes                                      110
-Parliament of Shrewsbury, called the Great                         126
-— Edward I., 1283, held in the Abbey                               126
-Pavement, High                                                      17
-Percy, Earl of Worcester, corpse of                                 79
-Persons eminent, educated at the Free Schools, 31                   33
-“Pest-basin”                                                       152
-Plague, visitations of                                             152
-Plantagenet, Geo., son of Edward IV.                                61
-Plants, wild                                                       191
-Platforms, Railway                                                  49
-Police Station                                                      13
-Population of Shrewsbury                                             2
-Portraits in Free School Library                                    46
-— at the Infirmary, 97—Town Hall                                     7
-Post Office Old                                                    106
-Post Office                                                         13
-Poultry Market                                                      16
-Pride Hill                                                          17
-— family of, 17—mansion 17                                          17
-Prince, Richard, Esq.                                              145
-Prisoners at Battle of Shrewsbury                                   17
-Prison Charities                                                    58
-“Proud Salopians,” origin of the term                              127
-Public Rooms                                                        12
-Pulpit, Stone, in the Abbey Refectory                              141
-Quakers’ Meeting-house                                             167
-Quarry, the                                                        159
-Quays                                                              170
-“Queen Eleanor’s Bower”                                             57
-Race Course                                                        146
-Railway, Shrewsbury and Birmingham                                  51
-Railway, Shrewsbury and Chester                                     51
-— Shrewsbury and Hereford                                           51
-— Bridge, 47, 52, 53, 59, 123—Viaduct, 59—Station                   47
-— Platforms, 49—Goods, &c. Depôt                                    50
-Raven Inn                                                           18
-Raven Meadow                                                        51
-“Recruiting Officer,” Comedy of                                     18
-Reformation of Religion                                            111
-Richard, Duke of York, Statue of                                    10
-Roger de Montgomery, Statue of                                      24
-Roman Antiquities in Free Schools Library                           46
-— Catholic Meeting-house                                           120
-Roushill Walls                                                     120
-Rowland, Rev. W. G., pious munificence of, 55, 67                  151
-Rowley’s Mansion, 170—Memorial, 70                                  71
-Rupert, Prince                                                      90
-Sandemanians, or Scotch Baptists’, Meeting-House                   168
-Scott, Rev. R., pious munificence of, 103, 134, 139, 152,          174
-157, 164
-— monuments to, 98, 139                                            166
-Seal of Churchwardens of Abbey                                     128
-Severn, 1                                                          157
-“Sextry,” the                                                      112
-Sharpstones Hill                                                   157
-Shearman’s Hall, 105—Company                                       105
-Shelton Oak, 177—Shelton                                           177
-Sherar’s Mansion, 121—“Shermen’s Tree,” the                        105
-Shoplatch                                                          169
-Shrewsbury, situation of, 1—Saxon name of, 2—population,           127
-2—manufactures, 2—foundation, 3—history, 3—siege,
-6—intended to be made a bishopric
-— Show                                                             178
-— Richard, Duke of York                                             61
-Shutt Place                                                        169
-Sidney, Sir Henry                                                  112
-Simpson, Mr., bust of                                              166
-Smith, Mr. S. Pountney, skill in Ecclesiastical                     70
-Architecture, 66
-Smithfield                                                          51
-“Soldier’s Piece”                                                  146
-Spire of St. Mary’s Church                                          66
-— St. Alkmund’s Ditto                                               97
-Stamp Office                                                        13
-Station, Railway                                                    47
-Street Act Office                                                   13
-Suffragan Bishops                                                  127
-Sundorne Castle, 56—paintings in                                    56
-Sutton Spa                                                         153
-Swan Hill                                                          118
-Sweating Sickness, 152                                             172
-Talbot Buildings                                                    13
-Tankerville Place                                                  144
-Taylor, Dr. John                                                    27
-Theatre                                                            168
-Thomas Lewis, Suffragan Bishop of Salop                            127
-Thorpe, Master William                                             111
-Timber Houses, ancient, 9, 16, 19, 99, 104, 106                    123
-Tomb of Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, 79—Earl Roger de          159
-Montgomery, 136—a Judge, 136—a Priest, 137—Sir Walter de
-Dunstanville, 137—a Hermit, 137—Charlton family, 137—Onslow
-family, 138—Jones’s family, 138—Edwardes’s family,
-139—Alderman Lloyd, 139—Rev. R. Scott, 139—Masters of St.
-Giles’s Hospital, 150—“Confessor Burton,” 155—Lady Hawise
-Charleton
-Tower on Town Walls                                                119
-Town, armorial bearings of                                          11
-Town Walls, remains and former extent of                           120
-— Hall, 4—old, 5—new                                                 6
-Trade in Welsh woollen cloths                                       86
-Trinity Church                                                     156
-Trinity aisle                                                       78
-Unitarian Meeting-house                                            168
-Uriconium, 2                                                       155
-Vaughan’s Mansion, 14                                              114
-Vegetable Market                                                     9
-Viaduct, Railway                                                    59
-View from Terrace of Infirmary                                      89
-View from Coton Hill Railway Bridge                                 53
-Vineyard, Abbots’                                                   61
-Walls, Town, remains of                                            120
-Walnut Tree at White Hall                                          144
-Wards                                                                8
-Water works                                                         52
-Water-lane                                                          60
-Water-lane Gateway                                                  60
-Watur, Degory, 83—portrait of                                       85
-Weeping Cross, 135                                                 177
-Wenefrede, St., 125—translation of, 125, 149—chantry               135
-White Hall                                                         144
-White Hall Place                                                   144
-William III., portrait of                                            7
-Wrekin                                                             156
-Wroxeter, 3, 155—church, 155—tombs in                              156
-Wyle, top of the                                                   104
-— Cop                                                              104
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-                                 THE END.
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-
-             Printed by JOHN DAVIES, High Street, Shrewsbury.
-
-
-
-
-STREETS. {i}
-
-
-_Names_.
-
-                                                   _Principal Objects in_.
-
-ABBEY FOREGATE—Abbey Church, 129—Reader’s Pulpit, 141—Hospital of Holy
-Cross, 143—White Hall, 144—Lord Hill’s Column, 146—St. Giles’s Church,
-148—Depôt, 154
-
-BARKER STREET—Austin Friars, 161—Bell Stone Mansion, 169
-
-BELMONT—Old St. Chad’s Church, 107
-
-BUTCHER ROW—Timber Mansion, 16, 99
-
-CASTLE STREET—Raven Inn, 18—St. Nicholas’s Chapel, 18—Council House,
-19—Castle, 21—Free Schools, 26
-
-CASTLE GATE—Railway Station, 47—Smithfield, 51
-
-CASTLE FOREGATE—St. Michael’s Church, 54—Linen Manufactory, 57
-
-CHURCH STREET—St. Alkmund’s Church, 94
-
-COLEHAM—Trinity Church, 156
-
-COLLEGE HILL—Vaughan’s Mansion, 114—Museum, 115—School of Art, 117
-
-COTON HILL—Water Works, 52—Benbow Place, 52
-
-DOGPOLE—St. Mary’s Almshouses, 83—Jones’s Mansion, 90—Church Institute,
-90—“Olde House,” 91
-
-FRANKWELL—St. George’s Church, 173—Millington’s Hospital, 175
-
-HIGH STREET—Ireland’s Mansion, 14—Old Post Office, 106—Shearman’s Hall,
-105—Unitarian Meeting-House, 168
-
-HILL’S LANE—Rowley’s Mansion, 170
-
-HOWARD STREET—Cheese and Butter Market Hall, 57
-
-ST. JOHN’S HILL—St. John’s Wesleyan Methodist Meeting-House, 167—Quakers’
-Meeting-House, 167—Charleton Mansion, 168—Theatre, 168
-
-MARDOL—Welsh Bridge, 171
-
-MARKET SQUARE—Market Hall, 9—Town Hall, 4—Mechanics’ Institution, 11—News
-Room, 13—Police Station, 13—Public Rooms, 12—Post Office, 13—Music Hall,
-13
-
-ST. MARY’S PLACE—St. Mary’s Church, 62—Drapers’ Hall, 85—Infirmary, 86
-
-MERIVALE—Brown School, 123
-
-MURIVANCE—Allatt’s School, 118—Ebenezer Meeting-House, 119—Tower on Town
-Walls, 119—Roman Catholic Meeting-House, 120—Bowdler’s School, 121
-
-PRIDE HILL—“Bennette’s Halle,” 15—Butter Cross, 16
-
-QUARRY TERRACE—St. Chad’s Church, 162
-
-SHOPLATCH—Abbot of Haughmond’s Mansion, 169
-
-SWAN HILL—Independent Meeting-House, 118
-
-WYLE COP—St. Julian’s Church, 100—English Bridge, 121
-
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-
-
-The Shrewsbury Guide Advertiser.
-
-
-                                                           _August_, 1855.
-
-                                * * * * *
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-
-
-W. WOOLRICH’S
-COMMERCIAL DINING AND GENERAL
-Refreshment Rooms,
-WITHIN TWO MINUTES WALK OF THE RAILWAY STATION,
-_On the same side at the Royal Free Grammar School_,
-
-
-                        CASTLE STREET, SHREWSBURY.
-
-The above Establishment possesses all the advantages, comforts and
-convenience of an Inn and General Boarding House, rendering every
-accommodation and great facility to commercial travellers and visitors,
-being situate at equal distances between the Market and Railway Station,
-in the immediate vicinity of the Castle, the Grammar School, and St.
-Mary’s Church, three of the principal ornaments of the town.
-
-                 → AN ORDINARY EVERY DAY AT ONE O’CLOCK.
-
-                 _Prime Shropshire Ale.—Well-aired Beds_.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-T. HARRIS,
-Wholesale and Retail Confectioner,
-
-
-          Corner of the School Lane, Castle Street, Shrewsbury,
-
-      Manufacturer of the celebrated SHREWSBURY CAKES, Bride Cakes,
-              and every kind of Biscuits and Confectionery.
-
-     _Dealer in British Wines_, _Fruits_, _Potted Meat_, _&c._ _&c._
-
-    A comfortable Private Room is kept to accommodate visitors wishing
-          to sit down and partake of any of the above articles.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-LONDON HOUSE,
-General Stay & Bonnet Establishment.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                                HERBERT’S
-                           WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
-                        LINEN AND WOOLLEN DRAPERY,
-                   Silk Mercery, Hosiery, Haberdashery,
-                                   AND
-
-                           GLOVE ESTABLISHMENT,
-                         PRIDE HILL, SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                          A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
-                     MANTLES, MILLINERY, BABY LINEN,
-                         STRAW BONNETS AND STAYS.
-
-                                  —_o_—
-
-     Gloves, Ribbons, Flowers, Blonds, Lace, and every other article
-                   in the Drapery and Millinery Trade.
-
-                                  —_o_—
-
-                 UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS IN GREAT VARIETY.
-
-            _A great variety of Widows’ Caps always on hand_.
-
-           Funerals completely Furnished, Family Mourning, &c.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                   [Picture: Picture of three archers]
-
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-
-SAMUEL HULME,
-HAIR CUTTER & PERFUMER,
-HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY,
-
-
-Begs to inform the Nobility and Public in general, that he has on hand an
-assortment of all kinds of Archery from the first manufacturers in
-London, also Cricket Bats, Balls, and Wickets; Umbrellas, Oiled Silks and
-Bathing Caps; Combs of all kinds, Hair, Tooth, Cloth, and Nail Brushes,
-Turkey and Honey-Comb Sponges; Ornamental Hair, of the newest fashion;
-Toys, Writing Desks, Work Boxes, and genuine Perfumery.
-
-          Only Agent in Salop for the improved TURKISH HAIR DYE.
-      _The whole of the Stock is now Selling Off at Reduced Prices_.
-                  S. H. returns thanks for past favours.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                   CABINET, UPHOLSTERY, & PAPER HANGING
-                              ESTABLISHMENT,
-                       9, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY,
-                LATELY OCCUPIED BY MESSRS. T. & S. POOLE.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-HENRY PROBERT,
-PROPRIETOR,
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-             Paper Hangings of the newest London and Parisian
-                      Designs, at moderate charges.
-
-          Experienced Hands sent to any part of Town or Country.
-     Chairs, Sofas, Dining and Loo Tables, Feather Beds, Mattresses,
-              Patent Floor Cloths, Rugs, Mats, Matting, &c.
-       Furniture and Cabinet Work of first-rate quality, and every
-                    Article connected with the Trade.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-HENRY ATKIN,
-WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT,
-
-
-                         HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY,
-
-                       _Sole Agent for the sale of_
-
-                     ALLSOPP’S EAST INDIA, PALE, AND
-                            OTHER BURTON ALES,
-                    REID & Co’s SUPERIOR LONDON STOUT
-                               PORTERS, AND
-                   GUINNESS, SONS & Co.’s DUBLIN STOUT,
-
-              _In Wood and Bottle_, _Wholesale and Retail_.
-
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-
-
-Bull’s Head Commercial Inn, & Posting House,
-CASTLE GATES, SHREWSBURY.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                              ROBERT GLOVER
-
-Respectfully invites the attention of Commercial Gentlemen, Farmers,
-Dealers and others, to the above old established Inn, where they will
-find superior accommodation combined with moderate charges.
-
-           Post Horses, Flys, Gigs, &c. on the shortest notice.
-
-         Good Stabling.  Lock-up Coach Houses.  Well-aired Beds.
-               _An Ordinary every Saturday at One o’clock_.
-      Observe—BULL’S HEAD INN, adjoining the Railway Station, within
-                  One Minutes walk of the Cattle Market.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
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-
-The late J. F. M. Dovaston, Esq.  M.A.
-
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-                          In 8vo. sd.  Price 8d.
-
-THREE POPULAR LECTURES; ONE on NATURAL HISTORY, and TWO on NATIONAL
-MELODY, By John F. M. Dovaston, Esq. M.A.
-
-                                * * * * *
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-          Published by JOHN DAVIES, 15, High Street, Shrewsbury.
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-                      [Picture: Royal coat of arms]
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-W. ARMSTRONG,
-WOOLLEN DRAPER,
-Tailor & Habit Maker,
-
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-                       11, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
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-                WATERPROOF TWEED, AND MELTON CLOTH CLOAKS.
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-JOHN CALCOTT,
-
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-                    (_From Grieves’_, _Bond Street_,)
-
-                           BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
-
-                           No. 4, HIGH STREET,
-                               SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                      [Picture: Royal coat of arms]
-
-
-
-SHREWSBURY ROYAL BATHS.
-NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION.
-
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-                                * * * * *
-
-                                                     W. EBREY, PROPRIETOR.
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-                                * * * * *
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-
-
-LEEDS HOUSE,
-
-
-                           WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
-                              WOOLLEN CLOTH
-                              Establishment,
-                              MARKET SQUARE,
-                               SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                         J. A. MEARA, PROPRIETOR.
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-                                * * * * *
-
-                       13, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.
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-THOMAS ANDREW,
-HOSIER, GLOVER, AND SHIRT MAKER.
-
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-                                * * * * *
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-                       BERLIN AND FANCY REPOSITORY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-        Agent to Messrs. H. J. & D. NICOLL, Regent Street, London.
-
-                                * * * * *
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-                       41, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.
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-
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-CHARLES J. HANMER,
-BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURER.
-
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-                                * * * * *
-
-        A large assortment of Ladies’, Gentlemen’s, and Children’s
-                Boots and Shoes on Sale, for ready money.
-
-              _Agent to the Plate Glass Assurance Company_.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                      [Picture: Royal coat of arms]
-
-
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-SHROPSHIRE HAT MANUFACTORY,
-
-
-                         _Wholesale and Retail_,
-                      TOP OF PRIDE HILL, SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                    Craston and Co.’s Celebrated Hats,
-             Manufactured upon the most improved principles.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-The great and increasing demand for these Hats, afford real and
-unmistaken proof of their superiority.  Encouraged by this proof of
-public favour, we shall proceed with the improving spirit of the age in
-carrying out, in all its integrity, that mode of business which we have
-so successfully originated in the County of Salop.
-
-Hats made to order on the shortest notice from 3¼ oz. by the most
-experienced workmen.
-
-   _Cloth and Travelling Caps_, _Hat Cases_, _Carpet Bags_, _&c._ _&c._
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-[Picture: Coat of Arms, Honi Soit Mal y Pense] ROYAL
-SHREWSBURY CAKES.
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-                                * * * * *
-
-                              VINCENT CRUMP,
-                       (_By Special Appointment_,)
-                               CONFECTIONER
-                                    TO
-                   HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN,
-                         WYLE COP AND PRIDE HILL,
-                               SHREWSBURY.
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-                                * * * * *
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-
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-THE CELEBRATED SHREWSBURY CAKES,
-
-
-    “Whose honour’d name the inventive city owns,
-    Rendering through Britain’s isle Salopia’s praises known.”
-
-                          _Are Manufactured by_
-                              DANIEL DAVIES,
-                    CONFECTIONER AND BRIDE CAKE MAKER,
-     _Castle Gates_, _adjoining the Entrance to the Railway Station_,
-                              _Shrewsbury_.
-                            RICH BRIDE CAKES,
-        Always on hand, or made to order, at the shortest notice.
-
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-
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-
-MR. THOMAS EDWARDS,
-
-
-                    Auctioneer, Appraiser, and Valuer,
-
-                         MARDOL HEAD, SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
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-MR. C. J. ARBLASTER,
-
-
-                      Dispensing and Family Chemist,
-                        CASTLE STREET, SHREWSBURY,
-
-          (_Within two minutes walk from the Railway Station_.)
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-
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-EDWARD EDWARDS,
-HOSIER,
-Haberdasher, and General Small Ware Dealer,
-
-
-                         58, MARDOL, SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                  _Crochet Cotton_, _and Berlin Wools_.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-CHARLES SAXELBY,
-Tailor, Trouser and Breeches’
-MAKER,
-CASTLE STREET, SHREWSBURY.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-       _Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Waterproof Tweed Cloaks and Coats_.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-MRS. LONGMORE,
-BAZAAR & FANCY REPOSITORY,
-18, HIGH STREET,
-SHREWSBURY.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-TIMOTHY POWELL,
-BAKER AND CONFECTIONER,
-58, MARDOL, SHREWSBURY.
-
-Rich Bride        1s. 8d. per lb.   Dover Cakes       0s. 8d. per lb.
-Cakes
-Fruit Cakes       0s. 8d. „         Rich Citron       1s. 4d. „
-                                    ditto
-
-  Fancy Biscuits of every description 6d. to 2s. per lb.
-
-  A great variety of Confectionery, 1s. to 3s. 6d. „
-
-  Genuine Shrewsbury Cakes ... 1s. 8d. per box.
-
-                _Orders executed at the shortest notice_.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-MRS.  HORTON’S
-Millinery and Baby Linen
-ESTABLISHMENT,
-19, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                      [Picture: Royal coat of arms]
-
-
-
-REDMAYNE AND CO.
-
-
-                        MARKET SQUARE, SHREWSBURY,
-
-                          Silk Mercers and Linen
-
-                                 DRAPERS.
-
-                                 ALSO AT
-                20, NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, & HARROWGATE.
-                           Funerals Furnished.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-R. DODSON’S
-STATUARY, MASONRY,
-
-
-                                   AND
-                         GENERAL BUILDING WORKS,
-                     ST. MARY’S PLACE, CASTLE STREET,
-                               SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                              THE SHOW ROOMS
-                            CONTAIN UPWARDS OF
-               One Hundred Marble and Stone Chimney Pieces,
-                      Monuments, Tombs, Head Stones,
-                     FONTS, FOUNTAINS, VASES, &c. &c.
-                   _Designs forwarded for inspection_.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-J. HANNY,
-CLOCK AND WATCH MAKER,
-
-
-                         OPPOSITE THE LION HOTEL,
-                          WYLE COP, SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-             CLOCKS AND WATCHES of every description, made or
-     obtained to older, cleaned and repaired, on the shortest notice.
-
-                      CHURCH, TURRET, & HOUSE CLOCKS
-                KEPT IN A GOOD GOING STATE, AT PER ANNUM.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                           GOLD WEDDING RINGS.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-R. STEPHENS,
-
-
-                       BOOT AND SHOE ESTABLISHMENT,
-                         MARDOL HEAD, SHREWSBURY.
-
-         Register Office for Families and Servants, conducted by
-                 Mrs. STEPHENS, Mardol Head, Shrewsbury.
-
-                                AGENT FOR
-                    THE TIMES FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
-            _Plate and other Glass Insured against Breakage_.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-E. ROBERTS,
-
-
-                            TAILOR AND DRAPER,
-                          SHOPLATCH, SHREWSBURY,
-                        OPPOSITE THE GEORGE HOTEL.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-JOHN MORGAN,
-
-
-                              MARKET STREET,
-                               SHREWSBURY,
-
-                     Guano, Seed, and Coal Merchant,
-                                AGENT FOR
-                  LAWES’ PATENT SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME,
-                   DEALER IN LIME, SALT, LINSEED CAKE,
-                  _BANGOR SLATE_, _BROSELY TILE_, _&c._
-
-                                 DEPÔTS,
-           Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Stations, Salop, and
-           the Stations on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-F. H. WORTH,
-
-
-                       (FORMERLY ACTON AND WORTH,)
-
-                              COACH BUILDER,
-                    OPPOSITE WELSH BRIDGE, SHREWSBURY.
-                                HERALDRY,
-                         HATCHMENTS AND BANNERS.
-                      COACH AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTER.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-      In one handsome volume, 8vo. with nineteen Plates, cloth, 8s.
-
-
-
-A FLORA
-OF
-SHROPSHIRE,
-
-
-                By the Rev. W. A. LEIGHTON, B.A., F.B.S.E.
-
-We cannot too strongly recommend it to the notice of our readers.  For
-though as a local Flora, it professes to treat only of the plants of a
-single county, that county produces more than half the number of species
-of flowering plants indigenous to the Kingdom.  The descriptions are
-unusually full and carefully drawn up.  We have good ground for saying
-that the Flora of Shropshire should be in the hands of every one who
-feels interested in the botanical productions of the British
-Isles.—_Phytologist_.
-
-We look upon the appearance of this work as being a great step in advance
-in the progress of British indigenous botany—for although it is
-professedly confined to the description of the plants of a single county,
-yet as clearly shewing the incorrectness of the idea “that a New Flora in
-the true sense or the term has become impossible,”—it is indispensable to
-every botanist who desires to obtain a thorough knowledge of our native
-plants.—_Jardine’s Annals of Natural History_.
-
-Highly interesting work.  The “Index to the Localities,” where each plant
-may be found in Shropshire, is very elaborate.—_Shrewsbury Chronicle_.
-
-We were struck with the very correct manner in which he (Mr. Leighton)
-has systematically arranged, the perspicuous accuracy with which he has
-described, and the discriminating tact with which he has distinguished
-all and every of our Salopian flowering herbs and trees; the whole
-interspersed frequently with their medicinal and chemical powers, ancient
-and modern customs, local anecdotes, scraps of poetry and fanciful
-illustrations.  Works of this kind, though learned, are too often dry and
-monotonous; but as regards this, we may truly say to the
-botanist—_indocti discant_, _et ament meminisse periti_; and we may
-assure general readers of every description, particularly those of
-Shropshire, that, though lacking nothing of learning or science, Mr.
-Leighton has, with much taste and fancy, contrived to make his Flora “a
-perpetual flow of nectar’d sweets, where no crude surfeit
-reigns.”—_News_.
-
-Carefully and critically executed.—_Athenæum_.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-Shrewsbury: JOHN DAVIES 15, High Street.  London: W. Pamplin, 45, Frith
-Street, Soho Square.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-OBSERVE!—WATERLOO HOUSE,
-THE CHEAPEST HOUSE
-FOR WOOLLEN CLOTHS, CLOTHING, AND HATS.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-    [Picture: Man holding hat] HENRY HOWELL,[Picture: Man holding hat]
-
-                               HIGH STREET,
-                               SHREWSBURY,
-
-BEGS to offer every description of CLOTHING, from the most costly and
-Fashionable to the humblest attire of the Artizan.
-
-The Prices of this Establishment, it must be particularly noted, are
-Forty per Cent.  Lower than at any other House in this part of England,
-because the Proprietor “SELLS ALL HIS GOODS AT THE LOWEST PROFITS FOR
-CASH ONLY,” as the following prices will show
-
-                                         £.      s.      d.
-New Cape or Overcoat from                 0      12       6
-The Albert Coat, in Black Cloth           1       1       0
-Dress and Frock ditto                     1       1       0
-The Paletot, a Gentlemanly Coat           1       8       0
-Autumn and Winter Trousers                0      10       6
-Ditto in plain and fancy Doeskins         0      10       6
-Fancy Silk.  Satin and Cloth Vests        0       5       6
-Shooting Coats in great variety           0      12       6
-Over Coats, lined with Wool, from         0      15       0
-
-                 A SUIT OF MOURNING COMPLETE FOR £1. 15s.
-            _Boys’ and Youths’ Clothing of every description_.
-
-        HATS!            [Picture: Picture of           HATS!
-                               top hat]
-  _A Good Silk Hat_,                               _French Velvet_,
-     3_s._ 6_d._                                     _Nap Hats_,
-French Hats, for Boys                             _from_ 5_s._ 6_d._
- and Youths, for 4s.                              Military and Cloth
-         6d.                                             Caps
- usually sold for 6s.                              1s. to 2s. each.
-
-              FANCY NECKERCHIEFS, TIES, COLLARS, BRACES, &c.
-
-        _Agent for Macintosh’s Waterproof Garments_, _and the New_
-                      _Patent Lever Buckle Braces_.
-
-        Observe the Address—H. HOWELL’S Outfitting Establishment,
-         No. 24, High Street, Opposite the Old Bank, Shrewsbury.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-RICHARD MARSTON,
-GLASS, CHINA, & EARTHENWARE
-Warehouse,
-MARKET STREET, SHREWSBURY.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                   A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF GLASS SHADES.
-
-                   ORDERS EXECUTED AND ARTICLES MATCHED
-
-                _With the greatest possible promptitude_.
-
-                              AGENT FOR THE
-       United Kingdom Temperance and General Provident Institution,
-                       39, Moorgate Street, London.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-LONDON HAT WAREHOUSE.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                             J. G. SAUNDERS,
-                            (_Late Wilding_,)
-                       33, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-Samuel Butler, D.D. Bp. of Lichfield.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-PORTRAIT OF THE RIGHT REVEREND SAMUEL BUTLER, D.D. [late] Lord Bishop of
-Lichfield, Painted by Thomas Phillips, R.A., Engraved by S. Cousins,
-A.R.A.
-
-                                                _£_    _s._    _d._
-Prints, (Published at 1 1 0)                      0       5       0
-Proofs, (Published at 2 2 0)                      0      10       0
-Proofs before Letters, (Published at 3 3 0)       0      15       0
-Proofs with Autograph, (Published at 3 3 0)       0      15       0
-
-                Shrewsbury: JOHN DAVIES, 15, High Street.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-JAMES PHILLIPS,
-
-
-                             TAILOR AND HABIT
-                                  Maker,
-                             37, HIGH STREET,
-                               SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-             Maker of the Ladies’ Waterproof Tweed Cloaks and
-                             Riding Jackets.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                     No. 10, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-EDWARD LEE,
-FURNISHING IRONMONGER, CUTLER, &c.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                   BAR IRON, NAILS, OILS, COLOURS, &c.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-Just Published, Price 6d.
-
-
-              A Plan of the Town and Suburbs of Shrewsbury,
-                      corrected to the present time.
-
-                Published by JOHN DAVIES, 15, High Street.
-                         Sold by all Booksellers.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                      In a wrapper, 4to.  Price 2s.
-
-
-
-Twenty-one Views in Shrewsbury.
-
-
-                 Shrewsbury: JOHN DAVIES 15, High Street.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-DAVID DAVIES,
-COACH BUILDER,
-AND
-Designer,
-
-
-                           ST. JULIAN’S FRIARS,
-                               SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-HENRY SHAW,
-FISHING TACKLE MANUFACTURER,
-AND ORNITHOLOGIST,
-
-
-                         HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.
-                  ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF HALF A CENTURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-B. EVANS,
-Confectioner, Fancy Bread and Biscuit-Baker,
-HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-Rich Bride, Citron, Rout, Dessert, Plain and Ornamental Cakes.  Captains,
-Bath, Sponge, Savoy, French and Baby Biscuits, Best Gingerbread, Hunting
-Nuts, and Pastry of all kinds.  Shrewsbury Cakes and Funeral Biscuits
-made to order at the shortest notice.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-JAMES ICKE,
-
-
-                      WHOLESALE, FAMILY, AND RETAIL
-
-                          Grocer and Tea Dealer,
-
-                       _Opposite the Post Office_,
-
-                              MARKET STREET,
-
-                         _And Two Doors from the_
-
-                        BUTTER CROSS, PRIDE HILL,
-                               SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                 BISCUITS, PICKLES, FISH SAUCES, &c. &c.
-                                    AT
-                            WHOLESALE PRICES.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-CLASS V. PARIS INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                            WILLIAM D. JONES,
-                        Hunting, Racing, & Steeple
-                              Chase Saddler,
-                      HARNESS AND CAP MANUFACTURER,
-                               SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                   —o—
-
-        Hunting Horns and Caps, Racing Jackets and Caps, Greyhound
-      Clothing; Retriever Starters, Universal Game Carriers, &c. &c.
-
-                              SOLE MAKES OF
-                   THE IMPROVED PATENT GREYHOUND SLIPS:
-
-    _One trial will prove their decided superiority over all others_.
-
-      Trunks, Portmanteaus, Carpet and Enamelled Leather Travelling
-           Bags; Ladies’ Travelling Cases; Letter Bags, &c. &c.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-The London _Morning Post_ thus speaks of the Race Saddle now at the Paris
-Exhibition, made by the Advertiser:—
-
-    “Foremost in the list of exhibitors for beautiful workmanship stands
-    the name of Mr. W. D. Jones, of Shrewsbury.  This gentleman shows a
-    very elegant racing saddle, designed and manufactured by himself, and
-    exhibited for its extreme lightness, its comfort combined with
-    elegance of shape, and the novelty of its embellishments.  The saddle
-    is little if anything more than 2lbs. in weight, though, of course,
-    that can always be increased to please the customer; it is
-    sufficiently long in the seat to give the greatest ease to the rider,
-    and it is embellished with bunches of roses, thistles, and shamrocks,
-    interwoven with oak foliage and acorns—the whole of the ornamentation
-    being executed in relief by hand labour only.  The case containing
-    this beautiful saddle is always surrounded by large numbers of the
-    higher class of visitors to the Exhibition, to whom it appears to
-    give universal satisfaction.  Mr. Jones was an exhibitor in Hyde Park
-    of the Royal Albert Shot Belt, which is very highly approved and
-    extensively used by those who take a delight in the sports of the
-    field.”
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-The Antiquities of Shropshire,
-
-
-       Drawn and etched by W. Pearson, _forty-one plates_, 4to. 6s.
-
-Gateway in Waterlane,   Battlefield Church      Middle Castle
-Shrewsbury
-                        The Roman Wall at       Red Castle at
-Shrewsbury              Wroxeter                Hawkestone
-
-Shrewsbury Castle       Buildwas Abbey          Lilleshull Abbey
-
-The Old Welsh Bridge,   Buildwas Abbey, 2nd     Lilleshull Abbey.
-Shrewsbury              View                    2nd
-
-The Abbey Church,       Wenlock Monastery       Clungunford Church
-Shrewsbury                                      Old Church,
-                        Wenlock Monastery,      Wellington &
-Oratory, in the Abbey   Bridgnorth, 2nd View    Uffington Church (on
-Garden, Shrewsbury                              one Plate)
-                        The Hanging Tower,
-St. Giles’s Church,     Bridgnorth              Acton Burnell Castle
-Shrewsbury
-                        Ludlow Castle           Interior of Acton
-Porch of St. Mary’s                             Burnell Castle
-Church, Shrewsbury      Ludlow Castle.  2nd
-                        View                    Acton Burnell Church
-Franciscan, or Gray
-Friars, Shrewsbury      Ludlow Castle, 3rd      Hales Owen Abbey
-                        Do.
-Upton Magna Church                              St. Kenelm’s Chapel
-                        Bromfield Priory
-Haughmond Abbey                                 Moreton Corbet Castle
-                        Hopton Castle
-Chapter House,                                  Moreton Corbet
-Haughmond Abbey         Hopton Castle.  2nd     Castle, 2nd View
-                        View
-                                                Millichope Hall
-                        Stoke Castle
-
-                        Clun Castle
-
-          Published by JOHN DAVIES, 15, High Street, Shrewsbury.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-HENRY URWICK,
-ALBION INN,
-NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION,
-Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-C. PHILPOTT,
-
-
-                      Family Tea Dealer, Grocer, &c.
-                               PRIDE HILL,
-                               SHREWSBURY.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-FOURTH EDITION, with SIXTY-ONE Engravings on Wood, Price 1s.
-
-
-                                 A GUIDE,
-                       DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL,
-                               THROUGH THE
-                           TOWN OF SHREWSBURY,
-               INTERSPERSED WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THE MORE
-                   REMARKABLE OBJECTS IN THE ENVIRONS,
-
-                     TO WHICH ARE APPENDED, LISTS OF
-                     THE EMINENT NATIVES OF THE TOWN,
-                  WITH REFERENCES TO BIOGRAPHICAL WORKS;
-
-                                    OF
-                   THE BIRDS SEEN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD;
-
-                                  AND OF
-                       THE RARER SPECIES OF PLANTS
-                       INDIGENOUS TO THE VICINITY.
-
-                                  BY THE
-                   REV. W. A. LEIGHTON, B.A.  F.B S.E.
-                  AUTHOR OF “A FLORA OF SHROPSHIRE,” &c.
-
-    “I held on way to auncient Shrewsebrie towne,
-    And so from horse at lodging lighting downe,
-    I walkt the streats, and markt what came to vewe.”
-
-                                                               CHURCHYARD.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                           NOTICES OF THE WORK.
-
-    “We are exceedingly pleased with this elegant and judicious Guide.
-    We think it is formed after the best plan, that of pure and terse
-    description of those objects which are actually presented to the eyes
-    of the stranger, neither overloaded with history and biography, which
-    he may study more appropriately in other works, and on less hurried
-    occasions, nor degraded by the introduction of mean and insignificant
-    subjects.  To the residents of Shrewsbury, the utility of this little
-    volume is enhanced by a catalogue of its eminent natives, and lists
-    of native birds and plants.  The whole work bears evidence of the
-    ability and good taste of the author.
-
-    “We must particularly praise the pains taken to give a full account
-    of the Grammar School, and its eminent scholars, who, under the
-    conduct of the late and present head masters, (the late Bishop of
-    Lichfield and Dr. Kennedy), have won an extraordinary proportion of
-    the prizes at both universities, as is shewn in the highly honourable
-    lists here printed.  The volume is embellished with no less than
-    sixty engravings on wood.”
-
-                                                   _Gentleman’s Magazine_.
-
-    “This ‘Guide through the Town of Shrewsbury’ is, in every particular,
-    a well-arranged, comprehensive, correct, and intelligent book of
-    reference.
-
-    “There is no town in England better known by name than
-    Shrewsbury—from its cakes and annual show, to its famed Grammar
-    School and useful Institutions; but this Guide will make both natives
-    and strangers better acquainted with its antiquity, its internal
-    regulations, and the character of its inhabitants, than could have
-    been derived from any previous publication of the kind.  It goes so
-    minutely into particulars, traces sources with so much industry and
-    accuracy, and details events with so much vividness and perspicuity,
-    that it should be called a miniature History of Shrewsbury.” . . .
-    _Analyst_.
-
-    “It really is one proof, and that not the least remarkable, of the
-    rapid improvement of provincial literature within the past fifteen
-    years, that the standard of guide-books is of a far higher degree of
-    excellence than formerly was the case.  THIS _Guide to Shrewsbury_ is
-    neatly written, abounds with every species of information,
-    historical, descriptive, and other, which relates to the subjects
-    noticed, is profusely illustrated with wood-cuts, and lastly, has
-    appended to it what is of much value to works of this kind a _Flora_
-    and _Fauna_ of the neighbourhood.  As a specimen of country printing,
-    the book is remarkable; it might have passed for the work of a
-    VIZETELLY or BRADBURY.”—_Critic_.
-
-    “A pleasing little volume, not more remarkable for the neat and
-    workmanlike manner in which it is ‘got-up,’ than for the simple and
-    unaffected style in which it is written.”—_Manchester Chronicle_.
-
-    “An excellent Guide to this interesting old town, its antiquities,
-    curiosities, surrounding scenery, botany, and, in short, all that an
-    inquiring tourist could wish to inspect in a visit to
-    Shrewsbury.”—_Literary Gazette_.
-
-    “It will be found to be an admirable companion to the antiquities and
-    other noticeable points of the place; and when the visitors leave the
-    old town this guide will call to mind its outward forms and
-    semblances.  This book has much more permanent value than guide-books
-    usually have.  Would that books of greater pretensions were always as
-    complete!”—_Pictorial Times_.
-
-    “Made memorable by the pen of the inimitable bard in his play of
-    _Henry IV._, the town of Shrewsbury naturally becomes an object of
-    curiosity to the reader of Shakspere.  Excited by this feeling, we
-    took up this little volume, and we were so well pleased with it that
-    we step aside from our usual course of passing by publications of a
-    local character to notice its excellence.  It is tastefully and
-    correctly printed, amply illustrated with numerous and beautiful wood
-    engravings, and its descriptions graphic and clear, so as to render
-    it a pleasing and unerring guide to the visitor of Shrewsbury,
-    instructive to the historical and architectural antiquarian, the
-    traveller, and the general reader.
-
-    “We recommend it to all whom business or pleasure may call to that
-    ancient and celebrated town.”—_Liverpool Chronicle_.
-
-          Shrewsbury: Published by JOHN DAVIES, 15, High Street.
-                         Sold by all Booksellers.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-THOMAS PHILPOTT,
-UNICORN INN, WYLE COP,
-SHREWSBURY.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                   EVERY ACCOMMODATION FOR TRAVELLERS.
-
-                 _Wines and Spirits of the best quality_.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-ENGLISH BRIDGE, SHREWSBURY.
-
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                               T. FIRMSTON,
-                                 BUILDER,
-
-Has constantly on Sale all the sizes and varieties of the Celebrated
-Llwynenion Pipes, Junctions, Bends, &c. for Sanitary and ordinary
-Drainage; the whole being of the best construction, and admirably glazed.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-Silk Mercery, and General Drapery Establishment.
-
-
-                         [Picture: Silk Mercery]
-
-            Warwick House, 26 and 27, High Street, Shrewsbury.
-
-                          MACGEAGH AND FIELDING,
-                    Silk Mercers and General Drapers,
-
-Beg to call the attention of the inhabitants of Shrewsbury, its vicinity,
-                              and the public
-                           generally, to their
-
-                         LARGE AND VARIED STOCK,
-
-  combining, as it does, every Novelty in Dress, as well as every thing
-                          plain and substantial
-           for family use, and all on the most moderate terms.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-                  THE SHREWSBURY WATERPROOF TWEED CLOAKS
-                        MAY BE HAD OF THE MAKERS,
-                MACGEAGH & FIELDING, WARWICK HOUSE, SALOP.
-
-                                * * * * *
-
-
-
-PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO SHROPSHIRE, &c.
-
-
-SALOPIA AND OTHER POEMS, by J. W. Bythell, Esq. sm. 8vo. _cloth_, 2s. 6d.
-
-HISTORY, GAZETTEER AND DIRECTORY OF SHROPSHIRE, _with a large coloured
-Map of the County_, 9s.
-
-PEARSON’S ANTIQUITIES OF SHROPSHIRE, in Forty-three Etchings, _in a
-wrapper_, 6s.
-
-LEIGHTON’S FLORA OF SHROPSHIRE, 8vo. 8s.
-
-ORDNANCE MAP OF THE COUNTY OF SALOP _mounted on Canvas and Case_,
-
-WALKER’S DITTO DITTO, 2s. 6d.
-
-COLLINS’S DITTO, _in paper cover_, 6d.
-
-TWENTY-ONE VIEWS IN SHREWSBURY, _in a wrapper_, 2s.
-
-PLAN OF THE TOWN OF SHREWSBURY, brought down to the present time, 6d.
-
-PORTRAIT OF THE LADY HARRIET CLIVE, Painted by Sir T. Lawrence, P.R.A.
-Engraved by S. Cousins, A.R.A.
-
-PORTRAIT OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD VISCOUNT HILL, Lord Lieutenant
-of the County of Salop, Painted by Francis Grant, A.R.A., Engraved by J.
-Thompson, Prints £2 2s.  Proofs, £4 4s.
-
-PORTRAIT OF THE LATE LORD VISCOUNT HILL, C.B., G.C.H., &c.  Proofs, 10s.
-6d.  Prints 7s. 6d.
-
-PORTRAITS OF THE LATE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDWARD HERBERT, EARL OF POWIS,
-K.G., Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Montgomery, Painted by F. Grant,
-Engraved by H. Cousins, £1 1s.
-
-MONUMENTAL EFFIGY OF THE LATE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF POWIS, K.G. erected
-in St. Mary’s Church, Welshpool; and EFFIGIAL MEMORIAL of ditto, erected
-in the same church, drawn on Stone by the Sculptor, E. Richardson, Esq.
-plain 5s. tinted 7s. 6d. each.
-
-PORTRAIT OF THE HONOURABLE THOMAS KENYON, Painted by Pardon, Engraved by
-Lupton, 10s.
-
-PORTRAIT OF JOHN MYTTON, ESQ. OF HALSTON, Painted by Webb, Engraved by
-Giller, India Proof, £1s. 1s.
-
-PORTRAIT OF THE RIGHT REV. SAMUEL BUTLER D.D. late Lord Bishop of
-Lichfield. Painted by Thomas Phillips, R.A.  Engraved by S. Cousins,
-A.R.A.  Prints, 5s.  Proofs 10s.  Proofs, 10s.   Proofs, with Autograph,
-15s.  Ditto before letters 15s.
-
-RAILWAY STATION, SHREWSBURY, From a Drawing by T. N. Henshaw, Esq.  2s.
-6d.
-
-VIEW OF ELLESMERE CHURCH, Drawn on Stone by Hawkins, 3s. 6d.
-
-VIEW OF THE ABBEY CHURCH, SHREWSBURY, in tinted Lithography, by Hyde, 1s.
-
-          On Sale at JOHN DAVIES’S, 15, High Street, Shrewsbury.
-
-
-
-
-FOOTNOTES.
-
-
-{i}  In the original the list of streets is on front inside cover: it has
-been moved to the end in this transcription to make the start easier to
-follow.—DP.
-
-{2}  The population of the Borough is 19,681; that of the Registrar’s
-District 23,104.  There are 13 Churches, affording 9,618 “sittings;” and
-25 Dissenters’ Meeting Houses, with 5,805 “sittings.”  The numbers of
-attendants, March 30, 1851, including Sunday Scholars, were at the
-Churches, in the morning, 6,080; afternoon, 3,135; and evening, 2,853;
-and at the Dissenters’ Meeting Houses,—morning, 2,089; afternoon, 398;
-evening, 2,232.
-
-{3}  We would refer the visitor, who may be desirous of acquainting
-himself with our local history, to the inestimable History of Shrewsbury
-by Owen and Blakeway, 2 vols. 4to; a work of high historic authority, and
-abounding with deep and true antiquarian research.  From this valuable
-publication we have condensed our accounts of the ecclesiastical
-structures of the place.
-
-{20}  The Council usually sat in Ludlow Castle, but for the greater
-dispatch of business occasionally assembled at Shrewsbury, Bewdley, and
-Hereford.
-
-{21}  The chimney piece of the Great Chamber is now, it is believed,
-preserved in Condover Hall, near this town.  Its sculpture consists of
-Adam and Eve amid the trees of Paradise.
-
-{53}  Should the visitor feel disposed to prolong his walk in this
-direction, he will find himself amply compensated by the enjoyment of an
-extensive prospect of the town, and the windings of the Severn, amid the
-romantic and richly wooded banks of Shelton and Berwick.
-
-A few minutes’ stroll along the turnpike road, beautifully shaded by
-overhanging beech trees, will also bring him to the magnificent iron
-gates which afford entrance to the delightful grounds of Berwick,
-abounding in trees of great size and beauty.  The Mansion-House, the seat
-of the Honourable Wentworth Powys, soon presents itself; and at a short
-distance, embosomed in trees, stands the small, but picturesque CHAPEL,
-erected in 1672, on the site of an ancient ruinous structure, and
-appropriated to the use of the inmates of the adjacent Hospital for
-decayed housekeepers, erected and endowed at the above period by Sir
-Samuel Jones, Knt. the then possessor of the Berwick estates.
-
-                          [Picture: The Chapel]
-
-To the lover of sylvan scenery, the neighbouring woods of Almond Park and
-the picturesque and woody declivities of Leaton Shelf, will afford a rich
-treat; and the experienced botanist will find in them many rare and
-beautiful species of brambles, and other floral treasures, well worthy
-his careful investigation.
-
-{56}  The turnpike road in this direction will conduct the stranger to
-Battlefield, “the royal field of Shrewsbury,” the site of the important
-Battle of Shrewsbury, fought on 20th July, 1403:—
-
-                “the bloody rout that gave
-    To Harry’s brow a wreath,—to Hotspur’s heart a grave.”
-
-To detail the events of this direful contest would far exceed our
-prescribed limits, and we must, therefore, content ourselves by referring
-our readers to works of a higher order:—
-
-    “Trace, Visitor, the tale as beats thy vein,
-    Clad in cold-hearted History’s homely weeds,
-    Or garlanded with Avon’s dewy flowers.”
-
-                      [Picture: Battlefield Church]
-
-The spot, where it is said the bodies of the slain were interred, is now
-covered by a church, once collegiate, founded by Henry IV., in gratitude
-for his victory.  It contains a handsome monument, in the florid Gothic
-style, to the memory of the late John Corbet, Esq. of Sundorne.  A short
-walk over the adjacent fields brings us to the splendid Gothic mansion of
-Sundorne, the seat of A. W. Corbet, Esq.  In the Library and Drawing-room
-are several fine and valuable paintings by Titian, Salvator Rosa,
-Rembrandt, Guido, Raphael, Rubens, Wouvermans, and Van Huysum.  Within
-the grounds, midway of Haughmond’s “bosky hill,” are the venerable ruins
-of HAUGHMOND ABBEY, rich in many a curious remain of early architecture.
-One peculiar feature of the earlier portions of this Abbey, which merits
-the attention of the architectural antiquary, is, that whilst the round
-or Norman arch is used, the mouldings and pillars belong to the Early
-English era:—a singular and uncommon instance of transition in style.
-
-Tradition points out a knoll, planted with a clump of fir trees, called
-the Queen’s Bower, where Eleanor, the Queen of Henry IV. received the
-news of the victory at Battlefield.  Her Majesty hearing the tidings of
-the messenger imperfectly, is said to have exclaimed “hey man,” from
-whence the hill subsequently acquired its name.  A more probable
-derivation of the name is “Haut mont,” the High Mount.  From these crags
-“that sprightly Scot of Scots, Douglas,” in endeavouring to escape after
-the battle, is said to have fallen, and sustaining considerable injury,
-was captured by his pursuers.  The noble view from these heights cannot
-fail to rivet the attention.
-
-{67}  See first page.
-
-{71}  See Initial, page 1, for that on the south side.
-
-{86}  Those who may feel interested in tracing the rise and progress of
-this Institution will do well to consult “Records of the Salop Infirmary,
-by Henry Bevan, 4to. 1847,” a work of great accuracy and pains-taking,
-and especially deserving of praise for its valuable statistical tables.
-
-{97}  Engravings of the Old Church will be found in the Gentleman’s
-Magazine, vol. 81, p. 9, (N. E. view,) and vol. 66, p. 369, (E. end.)
-
-{109}  See a north-west view of this once fine old Church in the
-Gentleman’s Magazine, vol. 77, p. 297.
-
-{126}  At this Parliament, held Sept. 30th, the patriotic and unhappy
-David, the last Prince of Wales, was tried, and condemned to an
-ignominious and cruel death, which, to the disgrace of Edward, was
-permitted to be carried into execution.  To this convention two knights
-were summoned from each county, and two deputies from certain of the
-principal cities and towns, (of which Shrewsbury was one,) and thus was
-laid the foundation of the British House of Commons.  After the trial of
-David the Parliament adjourned to Acton Burnell, where the famous statute
-of that name received the royal assent.
-
-{127}  Henry VIII. had previously by an Act of the twenty-sixth year of
-his reign appointed twenty-six suffragan or assistant bishops, to whom he
-assigned twenty-six borough towns dispersed over the kingdom as their
-sees.  Shrewsbury was judiciously selected as one.  This useful law was
-however seldom enforced, one only suffragan Bishop of Shrewsbury being
-known; Lewis Thomas, late Abbot of Cwmhîr, consecrated suffragan Bishop
-of the see of Salop by Archbishop Cranmer, 24th June, 1537.  He died 1560
-or 1561.
-
-{133}  The engraving represents the eastern end previous to the
-alterations.
-
-{153}  A short walk along the retired and shady lane opposite St. Giles’s
-church brings us to a small but highly picturesque wood, covering the
-ragged bank of the Meole Brook; embosomed in which is Sutton Spa, the
-water of which has been found by experience to be highly serviceable in
-scrofulous disorders.  The attendant resides on the spot, in a neat
-cottage, near to which are hot and cold baths, with suitable
-accommodations.
-
-{154}  Continuing our walk for three miles along the London-road, we
-arrive at the little village of Atcham, with its picturesque church on
-the margin of the Severn, which river is here crossed by an elegant stone
-bridge, designed by the architect Gwyn.
-
-The village of Atcham is memorable as the birth-place of Ordericus
-Vitalis, one of the best of our earliest Historians, who was born 16th
-February, 1075.
-
-Within sight of the village, on the confluence of the rivers Tern and
-Severn, is the noble edifice of Attingham Hall, the seat of the Right
-Honourable Lord Berwick, built from designs by the celebrated Athenian
-Stuart.  The mansion consists of a centre and two wings, connected by
-corridors, and is adorned by a handsome tetrastyle portico of the
-composite order.
-
-[Picture: Tomb of Confessor Burton] Close adjoining, amid the beautiful
-woods and plantations on the banks of the Severn, is the fine Gothic
-mansion of Longner, the residence of Robert Burton, Esq.  In the Garden
-is preserved, with sacred care, the ALTAR-TOMB of one of the ancestors of
-the Burton family, known as the “_Confessor Burton_,” who died suddenly
-for joy on the restoration of the Reformed Religion on the accession of
-Elizabeth, and whose corpse being refused burial in the family vault in
-St. Chad’s, the parish church, by the Romish clergyman who then
-officiated there, was carried back and interred in this spot by his
-family.
-
-[Picture: Portion of Roman City Wall] About a mile from Atcham is the
-Roman station of Uriconium, or Wroxeter.  A PORTION OF THE CITY WALL is
-still standing, and the foundations of the boundary walls of the whole
-place may be traced with tolerable accuracy in the adjoining fields.
-Many sepulchral inscribed stones, altars, pavements, coins, fibulæ,
-vases, &c. have at various times been ploughed up by the inhabitants.
-The church is well deserving of notice: and in the walls of the chancel
-may be seen curious remains of early Anglo-Norman arches.  The interior
-contains the fine altar-tomb, with cumbent effigies, of Sir Thomas
-Bromley, Lord Chief Justice of England, one of the Executors of Henry
-VIII.  There are also monuments to the Barkers of Haughmond; Sir Richard
-Newport, ancestor of the Earls of Bradford; Francis, first Earl of
-Bradford, and several others of the Newport family.  From the village a
-fine prospect of the adjacent Wrekin is obtained.
-
-{157}  Continuing our walk we speedily reach the peaceful and sequestered
-village of Meole Brace, celebrated for its excellent trout stream, on the
-banks of which was born and educated Thomas Barker, from whom honest
-Izaak Walton, in his delightful book, “The Complete Angler,” acknowledges
-that he derived the greater portion of his information, relative to
-fly-fishing.  Mr. Barker published in 1691 a work entitled “Barker’s
-Delight, or the Art of Angling,” which ran through three editions in the
-space of eight years, and which is still in much repute among the lovers
-of the “gentle art.”  Near the Bridge are Evans’s Alms-houses, built in
-1844, under the will of the late Mr. John Evans of this town, for nine
-poor widows, who each have a liberal yearly allowance.
-
-                       [Picture: Meole Bridge, &c.]
-
-At the distance of a mile from Meole are the Sharpstones Hill and Bomere
-Pool, noted for their lovely scenery, and as the habitats of many of the
-rarer species of plants indigenous to the vicinity.
-
-{176}  At a distance of two miles on the Holyhead road stands Shelton
-Oak, which, according to tradition, “the irregular and wild Glendower”
-ascended to reconnoitre the state of the contending armies on the
-Battlefield; but finding that the king was making a powerful head, and
-had “beat down young Harry Hotspur and his troops,” he precipitately
-retreated with his army into Wales.  This majestic veteran of the forest,
-
-          “Whose boughes are moss’d with age,
-    And high top bald with dry antiquity,”
-
-is completely hollow; many of the greater arms are dead, and the whole is
-fast falling to decay.  Whatever be the degree of credit due to the
-tradition, certain it is there is positive evidence in a paper dated
-1543, preserved among the title deeds of the Waring family, that this
-tree was esteemed a great one within 140 years of the Battle of
-Shrewsbury, and an object of remark to old people long before.  The
-following are the dimensions:—girt at bottom, close to the ground,
-forty-four feet three inches; ditto, five feet from the ground,
-twenty-five feet one inch; ditto, eight feet from the ground,
-twenty-seven feet four inches; height to the top of the main trunk, or
-principal bough, forty-one feet six inches.
-
-                          [Picture: Shelton Oak]
-
-A little beyond this, on the Welsh Pool road, is Christ Church, Oxon,
-consecrated October 3rd, 1854, for a district comprising several outlying
-portions of the Parishes of St. Chad and St. Julian.
-
-Immediately opposite is the Lunatic Asylum for the Counties of Salop and
-Montgomery, erected after a design by Messrs. Scott.
-
-
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-***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A GUIDE, DESCRIPTIVE AND
-HISTORICAL, THROUGH THE TOWN OF SHREWSBURY***
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-<p>Transcribed from the John Davies, Fourth Edition (1855) by
-David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org</p>
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-<h1>A GUIDE,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THROUGH THE</span><br />
-TOWN OF SHREWSBURY,</h1>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">INTERSPERSED
-WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THE MORE</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">REMARKABLE OBJECTS IN THE
-ENVIRONS,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">TO WHICH ARE
-APPENDED, LISTS OF</span><br />
-THE EMINENT NATIVES OF THE TOWN,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WITH REFERENCES TO BIOGRAPHICAL
-WORKS;</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">OF</span><br
-/>
-THE BIRDS SEEN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD;</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">AND
-OF</span><br />
-THE RARER SPECIES OF PLANTS<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">INDIGENOUS TO THE VICINITY.</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">BY
-THE</span><br />
-REV. W. A. LEIGHTON, B.A.&nbsp; F.B S.E.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AUTHOR OF &ldquo;A FLORA OF
-SHROPSHIRE,&rdquo; &amp;c.</span></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;I held on way to auncient Shrewsebrie
-towne,<br />
-And so from horse at lodging lighting downe,<br />
-I walkt the streats, and markt what came to vewe.&rdquo;</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="smcap">Churchyard</span>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-</blockquote>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">FOURTH
-EDITION.</span><br />
-<b>Illustrated with Sixty=one Engravings on Wood.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">SHREWSBURY:<br />
-PUBLISHED BY JOHN DAVIES, XV. HIGH STREET.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.</span></p>
-
-<div class="gapspace">&nbsp;</div>
-<blockquote><p><a name="pageiv"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-iv</span>&ldquo;Without aiming to be great&mdash;we aspire only
-to be useful.&rdquo;</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><i>Dr. Butler&rsquo;s Inaugural
-Address</i>, 1835.</p>
-</blockquote>
-<h2><a name="pagev"></a><span class="pagenum">p. v</span>LIST OF
-ENGRAVINGS.</h2>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td></td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="GutSmall">PAGE.</span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Organ Screen in St. Mary&rsquo;s Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page1">1</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Norman Doorway, ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page1">1</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">3</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Town Hall</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page7">7</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">4</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Market House</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Statue of Richard Duke of York, on ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page10">10</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Angel under canopied niche, on ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page10">10</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">7</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Public Rooms</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page12">12</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">8</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Ireland&rsquo;s Mansion</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page14">14</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">9</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>&ldquo;Bennette&rsquo;s Halle&rdquo;</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page15">15</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Timber Houses on Pride Hill</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page16">16</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">11</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Gateway of the Council House</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page19">19</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Ditto of the Castle</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page22">22</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">13</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>The Castle</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page23">23</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">14</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Laura&rsquo;s Tower</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page24">24</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">15</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Royal Free Grammar School</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page27">27</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">16</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Principal School-Room, ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page43">43</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">17</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bible Stand in the Chapel, ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page44">44</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">18</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>The Library, ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page45">45</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">19</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Railway Station</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page48">48</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">20</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Berwick Chapel</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page53">53</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">21</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>St. Michael&rsquo;s Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page54">54</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">22</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><a name="pagevi"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-vi</span>Battlefield Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page56">56</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">23</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>St. Mary&rsquo;s Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page62">62</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">24</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Monument to Rev. J. B. Blakeway, in ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page72">72</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">25</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Triple Lancet Window, ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page74">74</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">26</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Ancient Stone Font, ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page76">76</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">27</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Monument to Admiral Benbow, ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page77">77</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">28</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Altar-tomb, Simon de Leybourne, ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page79">79</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">29</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Monument to Master Wigram, ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page79">79</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">30</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Statue to Bishop Butler, ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page81">81</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">31</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Salop Infirmary</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page86">86</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">32</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>St. Alkmund&rsquo;s Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page94">94</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">33</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Guild House of the Holy Cross</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page99">99</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">34</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>St. Julian&rsquo;s Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page100">100</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">35</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Old St. Chad&rsquo;s Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page107">107</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">36</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Tower on the Town Walls</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page119">119</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">37</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>English Bridge</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page122">122</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">38</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Abbey Church, or Church of the Holy Cross</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page130">130</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">39</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Ditto, eastern end</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page133">133</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">40</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Stone Railing, in ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page134">134</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">41</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Monument to Roger de Montgomery, ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page136">136</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">42</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Altar-tomb to Richard Onslow, Esq. ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page137">137</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">43</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Ditto to Alderman Jones and his Wife, ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page138">138</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">44</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Reader&rsquo;s Pulpit, ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page141">141</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">45</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>White Hall</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page145">145</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">46</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Column in honour of Lord Hill</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page147">147</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">47</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><a name="pagevii"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-vii</span>St. Giles&rsquo;s Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page148">148</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">48</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Interior of ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page151">151</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">49</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>&ldquo;Pest-Basin,&rdquo; in St. Giles&rsquo;s
-Churchyard</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page152">152</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">50</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Altar-tomb at Longner</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page155">155</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">51</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Roman Wall at Wroxeter</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page155">155</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">52</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Trinity Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page156">156</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">53</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Meole Bridge, &amp;c.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page157">157</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">54</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Window in Franciscan Friary</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page158">158</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">55</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>The Quarry</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page159">159</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">56</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>St. Chad&rsquo;s Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page163">163</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">57</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Font in ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page165">165</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">58</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Figure of St. Chad in ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page167">167</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">59</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Welsh Bridge</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page171">171</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">60</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>St. George&rsquo;s Church</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page173">173</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">61</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shelton Oak</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page176">176</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<div class="gapspace">&nbsp;</div>
-<p><i>August</i>, 1855.</p>
-<h2><a name="page1"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-1</span>SHREWSBURY.</h2>
-<p><span class="smcap">Shrewsbury</span>, the capital town of
-Shropshire, lies nearly in the centre of that fertile county, and
-occupies a commanding eminence which gradually rises from the bed
-of the river Severn, whose stream gracefully bends its course
-around three sides of the town, thus forming a peninsula, having
-its narrow isthmus towards the north-east.&nbsp; From whatever
-point the traveller approaches, his mind cannot fail of being
-forcibly impressed with the singular beauty of its situation and
-general aspect;&mdash;its dark and frowning <a
-name="page2"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 2</span>castle, the
-elegant towers and gracefully tapering spires of its
-ecclesiastical structures; the undulating, irregular, yet
-picturesque disposition of its buildings, and above all, the
-beautiful windings of &ldquo;Severn&rsquo;s ambient
-wave;&rdquo;&mdash;all combine to form a prospect surpassed by
-none and equalled but by few other towns of our island.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p1.1b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Organ Screen in St. Mary&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"Organ Screen in St. Mary&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p1.1s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>From the gradual and progressive improvements of civilization,
-the present condition of the town presents few points of
-resemblance to the appearance indicated in its original Saxon
-name, Scrobbesbyrig, <i>the fenced eminence overgrown with
-shrubs</i>; a dense population of more than 20,000 inhabitants <a
-name="citation2"></a><a href="#footnote2"
-class="citation">[2]</a> now dwelling within its extent, busily
-engaged in the manufactures of linen, thread, iron, brawn,
-&amp;c.&mdash;not forgetting those far-famed cakes</p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Whose honour&rsquo;d name th&rsquo;
-inventive city own,<br />
-Rendering thro&rsquo; Britain&rsquo;s isle Salopia&rsquo;s
-praises known.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>
-<a href="images/p1.2b.jpg">
-<img class='floatright' alt=
-"Norman Doorway, St. Mary&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"Norman Doorway, St. Mary&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p1.2s.jpg" />
-</a>Its earliest history, like that of most other ancient places,
-remains involved in obscurity; though it is <a
-name="page3"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 3</span>now the
-generally received opinion, that the town was founded by the
-Britons, who, expelled from the adjacent station of Uriconium, or
-Wroxeter, which they continued to inhabit after the final
-departure of their Roman masters, sought here that refuge against
-their Saxon enemies which the then nature of the country was so
-well capable of affording them.&nbsp; During the progress of
-succeeding ages, our town and its inhabitants, have, of course,
-by turns flourished amid the calm prosperity of peace, and
-trembled at the terrors and desolations of overwhelming
-warfare.&nbsp; But the ample details of its important history are
-totally foreign to the purpose of the present manual; the highest
-aim of which, is to furnish to the intelligent and inquisitive
-traveller, a faithful, though humble guide, in conducting him, in
-his survey of the place, to those objects which, from general or
-local circumstances, are most deserving his attention and
-observation. <a name="citation3"></a><a href="#footnote3"
-class="citation">[3]</a></p>
-<p>To all classes, in their various and varied pursuits, our town
-will be found replete with matter of interest <a
-name="page4"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 4</span>and
-instruction.&nbsp; The refined traveller will here meet with
-customs and manners peculiar, singular, and interesting&mdash;the
-artist, subjects for his pencil and exercise for his judgment, in
-imitating the tints and stains of time and nature&rsquo;s
-never-ceasing powers&mdash;the historical antiquary will, with
-enthusiastic delight, trace its connexion with many of the
-grandest features of our national history&mdash;the architectural
-antiquary will find ample scope for many an hour&rsquo;s
-delightful meditation on the massive grandeur of the
-&ldquo;oulden time&rdquo;&mdash;whilst to the scrutinising eye of
-the naturalist, the vicinity will, at every step, unfold objects
-of beauteous and wondrous design, which will uplift his
-enraptured mind, as he fondly gazes on them, in heartfelt
-gratitude, adoration, and praise, to the bounteous Giver of all
-good.</p>
-<p>Commencing then at the centre, let us first survey that
-emporium of civic honour,</p>
-<h3>THE TOWN HALL.</h3>
-<p>The ancient Guild Hall was a large, low, timber structure,
-with a high clock-turret, erected in the reign of Henry VIII. and
-stood across the Market Square, nearly at right angles to the
-centre of the New Hall.&nbsp; The lower part consisted of shops,
-and a covered way for carriages communicating with the <a
-name="page5"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 5</span>High
-Street.&nbsp; The upper story contained the rooms in which the
-business of the town was transacted, and the assizes held.&nbsp;
-The Exchequer, in which the municipal records were preserved,
-stood on the south-east side, and was a strong square stone tower
-of three stories, erected in 1490.</p>
-<p>This incommodious building was in 1783 levelled with the
-ground, and a new hall erected in its place, after the design of
-the late Mr. Haycock of this town, at an expense of
-&pound;11,000, and opened for public business on 17th March,
-1786.&nbsp; In excavating the foundations, considerable deposits
-of what was apparently manure were discovered, indicating, in all
-probability, the existence of a farm-yard on the spot, at some
-very early period.&nbsp; The new structure exhibited a handsome
-stone front towards the Market Square, and consisted of a
-spacious vestibule, and two not very convenient courts for the
-assizes, on the ground floor.&nbsp; A large assembly room, grand
-jury room, and spacious offices for the business of the town and
-county, occupied the upper story, to which an elegant spiral
-staircase of stone led from the vestibule below.</p>
-<p>Considerable sinkings having in 1832 been observed in
-different parts of the structure in consequence of the
-instability of the foundations, the building was surveyed by
-eminent and experienced <a name="page6"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 6</span>architects, and pronounced unsafe and
-dangerous.&nbsp; The matter was immediately deliberated upon by
-the proper authorities, and after due investigation, it was
-determined to take down the whole edifice and erect a more
-commodious one on its site.&nbsp; For the double purpose of
-obtaining a more eligible foundation, and of adding a
-considerable additional space in front to the Market Square, some
-adjoining premises were purchased by subscription, and a
-substantial structure, well adapted for all the purposes of the
-business to be therein transacted, was, in 1837, completed by
-Messrs. Birch, of this town, after a design by Sir Richard
-Smirke.&nbsp; The cost of this building was about &pound;13,000,
-and was raised by a county-rate.</p>
-<p>The disposition of the interior embraces on the ground floor,
-a vestibule, affording a communication with rooms on either side
-for the mayor, counsel at the assizes, and witnesses, and beyond
-with two spacious courts and robing rooms for the judges.&nbsp;
-On the second floor are arranged the clerk of the indictments,
-grand jury and witnesses attendance rooms; and on the upper
-floor, the town clerk&rsquo;s and clerk of the peace&rsquo;s
-offices, and a great room, 45 feet by 32 feet, for general
-purposes; on this floor are also fire-proof chambers for the safe
-preservation of the municipal records.&nbsp; Under the crown
-court are cells, &amp;c. for the prisoners, and a room for the <a
-name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 7</span>deliberations
-of juries.&nbsp; Its exterior elevation is here
-represented:&mdash;</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p7b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Town Hall"
-title=
-"Town Hall"
- src="images/p7s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The following pictures, presented at various times to the
-Corporation, adorn the walls of the Town Hall: Charles I.;
-Charles II.; William III.; George I.; George II.; George III. and
-his Queen Charlotte; Admiral Benbow; Lord Hill, by Sir William
-Beechy; and Admiral Owen, painted by our townsman, R. Evans, Esq.
-R.A. by subscription.&nbsp; An excellent likeness of The
-Honourable Thomas <a name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-8</span>Kenyon, late Chairman of Salop Quarter Sessions, and
-various other local portraits, are arranged around.</p>
-<p>The Norman Earls of Shrewsbury, to whom the town belonged
-after the Conquest, ruled the burgesses with the iron sway of
-tyranny.&nbsp; From this thraldom they were somewhat relieved by
-Henry I., who conferred on them many valuable privileges, and
-diminished the rent of their town.&nbsp; Henry II. was the first
-king who granted them a written charter, but from his time to the
-reign of James II. almost every successive sovereign has
-confirmed or enlarged their privileges and customs.&nbsp; A guild
-merchant existed here, antecedent to the 11th John, and was
-recognized and established by charter of 11th Henry III.
-1226&ndash;7, by which, every one carrying on business in the
-town was compelled to become a member of it.&nbsp; The town was
-anciently governed by two Bailiffs or Provosts, until the
-Corporation was remodelled by charter of 14th Charles I., under
-which it consisted of a Mayor, (annually elected,) Recorder,
-Steward, Town Clerk, 24 Aldermen, 48 Common Councilmen, 2
-Chamberlains, and inferior officers.&nbsp; Under the Municipal
-Reform Act, Shrewsbury was divided into five wards, and is now
-governed by a Mayor, 10 Aldermen, and 30 Councilmen.&nbsp; There
-are also 12 magistrates appointed by the Crown to assist in the
-local government of the town.</p>
-<h3><a name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 9</span>THE
-MARKET SQUARE</h3>
-<p>presents an interesting and antique appearance, on account of
-the numerous old timber houses, which still remain on its
-sides.&nbsp; It consists of a large oblong space, the northern
-half of which affords room for an excellent Green or Vegetable
-Market, whilst the southern half is occupied</p>
-<h3>THE MARKET HOUSE,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p9b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Market House"
-title=
-"Market House"
- src="images/p9s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>which, according to an inscription over the northern arch, was
-erected in 1595, at the expense of the Corporation.&nbsp; It is
-one of the most spacious and <a name="page10"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 10</span>magnificent structures of its kind in
-the kingdom; is of wrought freestone, and in the fantastic style
-of the 16th century.&nbsp; The principal front faces the west,
-and has in the centre a spacious portal; over which are
-sculptured, in high relief, the arms of Elizabeth, under a canopy
-adorned with roses, with the date 1596.&nbsp; Attached to the
-imposts of the great arch are pillars, each supporting a figure
-of a lion, with a blank shield on its breast.&nbsp; Above are two
-stories, with large square mullioned windows.&nbsp; On each side
-the portal is an open arcade of three spacious round arches,
-reposing on massive pillars; over which, a range of square
-mullioned windows lights the upper story, which is surmounted by
-a rich, though singular parapet, with grotesque pinnacles.&nbsp; 
-<a href="images/p10.1b.jpg">
-<img class='floatleft' alt=
-"Statue of Richard of York"
-title=
-"Statue of Richard of York"
- src="images/p10.1s.jpg" />
-</a>
-<a href="images/p10.2b.jpg">
-<img class='floatright' alt=
-"Angel under canopied niche"
-title=
-"Angel under canopied niche"
- src="images/p10.2s.jpg" />
-</a>Large open arches occupy the north and south ends, which are
-terminated above in sharp pointed gables.&nbsp; Above the
-northern arch, in a tabernacled embattled niche, is a statue of
-Richard, Duke of York, father of Edward IV. clothed in complete
-armour, and a surcoat emblazoned with his armorial bearings,
-removed from the tower on the Old Welsh Bridge, on its demolition
-in 1791.&nbsp; On his left are the town arms, <i>azure</i>, <a
-name="page11"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 11</span><i>three
-leopards&rsquo; heads</i>, <i>or</i>, sculptured in relief.&nbsp;
-The south end is decorated with a sculptured stone, representing
-an angel, with expanded wings, under a canopied niche, bearing in
-his hands a shield, charged with the arms of France and England,
-quarterly.&nbsp; This fragment of antiquity formerly stood in the
-southern tower of the Castle or North Gate of the town, and was
-removed hither in 1825, when that building was taken down to
-widen the street.&nbsp; The exterior of this fine old building
-has of late years undergone a needful reparation and careful
-restoration, and its northern front has recently received the
-useful appendage of an excellent clock, illuminated by gas,
-constructed by Joyce, of Whitchurch, in this County.&nbsp; The
-lower area is appropriated to the excellent Corn Market held here
-every Saturday.</p>
-<p>General Markets are held on Wednesday and Saturday in every
-week, and Fairs for Cattle of all kinds, in the Smithfield, on
-alternate Tuesdays, and for Butter and Cheese, on the second
-Wednesday in each month.</p>
-<p>The spacious apartments in the upper story of the Market Hall
-are occupied by the</p>
-<h3>MECHANICS&rsquo; INSTITUTION,</h3>
-<p>originally established in 1825, and supported by subscriptions
-and donations.&nbsp; The present number of the members is
-200.&nbsp; The Library comprises 2000 volumes, and the Reading
-Room is supplied with Periodicals and Newspapers.&nbsp; There are
-Classes for <a name="page12"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-12</span>the English and French languages, Arithmetic,
-Mathematics, Music, Writing, Modelling and Drawing; and during
-the winter months Lectures are delivered every fortnight.&nbsp;
-The subscription is Ten Shillings and upwards per annum for
-members, and Five Shillings for students.</p>
-<p>On the south side of the Market Square are</p>
-<h3>THE PUBLIC ROOMS,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p12b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Public Rooms"
-title=
-"Public Rooms"
- src="images/p12s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>erected in 1840, by Mr. Stant, after the design of <a
-name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 13</span>Mr.
-Haycock.&nbsp; On the ground floor in front is the principal
-entrance to the</p>
-<h4>PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION NEWS-ROOM,</h4>
-<p>which is immediately above, and also to the spacious</p>
-<h4>MUSIC HALL,</h4>
-<p>which occupies the remaining portion of the second
-floor.&nbsp; The third story is divided into various rooms, used
-as Billiard Rooms, &amp;c.&nbsp; The back apartments on the
-ground floor are appropriated to the Street Act Offices, and
-dwelling for hall-keeper, &amp;c.</p>
-<p>The Public News-Room, supported by annual subscriptions, is
-supplied with the principal London and Provincial Newspapers,
-Journals, Magazines, &amp;c. and is open from 8 a.m. till 10
-p.m.</p>
-<p>The Music Hall is 90 feet in length, and 42 feet wide, and 38
-feet high, with an Orchestra at the south end, containing a very
-fine-toned and powerful Organ, built by Bishop of London, and
-presented to the Choral Society of the town, by the late Rev.
-Richard Scott, B.D.</p>
-<p>Adjacent are the Stamp Office, the Salop Fire Office, the
-Police Station, and Post Office,&mdash;the two latter in the
-&ldquo;Talbot Buildings,&rdquo; recently well known as the old
-established &ldquo;Talbot Inn,&rdquo; formerly the warehouses of
-an eminent draper of the town, of the name of Oteley, of the
-family of Oteley, of Pitchford, <a name="page14"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 14</span>County of Salop, and erected on the
-site of some of the buildings probably belonging to
-Vaughan&rsquo;s Mansion, as is evident from the old stone
-foundations and singular vaults still existing in the
-basement.</p>
-<p>Looking towards the north, and turning on the left, we enter
-the High Street, where on the left-hand side is a noble timber
-house, now divided into separate dwellings, once the town
-residence of the (now <a name="page15"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 15</span>extinct) family of Ireland, of
-Albrighton.&nbsp; When entire, it must have presented a grand and
-imposing appearance.&nbsp; The front consists principally of four
-deep ranges of bow windows, four stories high, very lofty, and
-terminated above in pointed gables, on each of which, are
-escutcheons of the arms of the Ireland family.&nbsp;
-<i>Gules</i>, <i>six fleurs de lys</i>, <i>three</i>, <i>two</i>,
-<i>and one</i>, <i>argent</i>.&nbsp; The principal entrance is
-through a flat Gothic arch.&nbsp; The premises are now the
-property of the Corbets of Sundorne.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p14b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Ireland&rsquo;s Mansion"
-title=
-"Ireland&rsquo;s Mansion"
- src="images/p14s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>Immediately fronting the High Street, behind the premises of
-Mr. Burrey, upholsterer, are the remains of some extensive
-building of red stone, probably ecclesiastical, and in the style
-of the 14th century.&nbsp; Considerable doubts have been
-entertained by our best antiquarians concerning these remnants of
-fallen grandeur, and no record is extant by which their use or
-name can be ascertained with any certainty.&nbsp; In an entry in
-the chartulary of Haughmond Abbey, in this county, of the early
-date of 2d Rich. II. 1378, these premises are mentioned, as
-having been known before that time, by the name of</p>
-<h3>&ldquo;BENNETTE&rsquo;S HALLE,&rdquo;</h3>
-<p>but when or from what cause they acquired that appellation is
-unknown.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p15b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"&ldquo;Bennette&rsquo;s Halle&rdquo;"
-title=
-"&ldquo;Bennette&rsquo;s Halle&rdquo;"
- src="images/p15s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p><a name="page16"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 16</span>Turning
-to the right, we proceed up Pride Hill, on the right-hand side of
-which may be seen many curious old timber houses, the ancient
-mansions of our honest burghers.</p>
-<p>Midway of Pride Hill, on the right, is the</p>
-<h3>DOUBLE BUTCHER ROW,</h3>
-<p>in which are also many interesting specimens of domestic
-architecture.</p>
-<p>At the top of Pride Hill, on the right, is</p>
-<h3>THE BUTTER CROSS,</h3>
-<p>intended for the accommodation of persons bringing Butter,
-Eggs, and Poultry to the markets.&nbsp; The old cross, a heavy,
-inconvenient brick building, with a large reservoir on its top
-for supplying the upper parts of the town with water, stood
-nearly in the centre of the thoroughfare, whence it was removed
-in 1818, and another erected at the expense of the Corporation,
-on the present site; which also proving insufficient and
-inconvenient, was taken down, and the present structure, on an
-enlarged scale, built in 1844, by the Corporation, aided by the
-subscriptions of the town and neighbourhood.</p>
-<p>
-<a href="images/p16b.jpg">
-<img class='floatleft' alt=
-"Timber Houses on Pride Hill"
-title=
-"Timber Houses on Pride Hill"
- src="images/p16s.jpg" />
-</a><a name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 17</span>In
-early times a Cross stood on this spot, of which frequent mention
-is made in old documents, by the name of the High Cross, and the
-adjoining street was called the High Pavement.&nbsp; Here
-proclamations were accustomed to be made, and criminals
-executed.&nbsp; This cross is remarkable as the place on which
-David, the last of the British Princes of Wales, underwent a
-cruel and ignominious death, by order of Edward I. and where many
-noblemen, taken prisoners at the battle of Shrewsbury, were
-executed.</p>
-<p>On part of the site of the present Cross stood, previously, an
-ancient timber structure, probably part of the collegiate
-buildings of the adjacent church of St. Mary.</p>
-<p>Nearly opposite the Butter Cross, on the left-hand side of the
-street, is an old mansion, now new-fronted, modernised, partially
-rebuilt, and divided, once, it is believed, the residence of the
-opulent and ancient, but now extinct, family of the Prides, who
-gave their name to the street &ldquo;Pride Hill.&rdquo;&nbsp;
-Some idea of its former splendour may have been collected from
-the ornamented plaster ceilings, which remained in several of the
-rooms, but which, by recent alterations, are probably now
-removed.</p>
-<p>Proceeding onwards, we shortly reach, on the left,</p>
-<h3><a name="page18"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 18</span>THE
-RAVEN INN,</h3>
-<p>where the ingenious George Farquhar wrote his sprightly but
-licentious comedy of &ldquo;The Recruiting Officer,&rdquo; during
-his residence in our town in 1704, in that capacity.&nbsp; The
-scene of the play is laid in Shrewsbury, and though the plot may
-not have had any foundation in reality, it has been ascertained,
-on indubitable evidence, that the author took for the originals
-of his characters, many distinguished persons, living or well
-known at that time, in the town and neighbourhood.&nbsp; The
-window of the room, which tradition points out as that in which
-the drama was composed, still exists, and may be seen from the
-yard of the Inn.</p>
-<p>At the end of Castle Street, on the right side, the remains
-of</p>
-<h3>ST. NICHOLAS&rsquo;S CHAPEL</h3>
-<p>present themselves to the spectator; the architecture of
-which, with the exception of a pointed window at the west end of
-later date, is entirely of the early Norman era: and it is highly
-probable that the Chapel was erected by Roger de Montgomery, the
-first Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, for the use of such of his
-retainers as resided in the outer works of the Castle.&nbsp; The
-only portions of this edifice at present remaining, are the nave,
-a massive semicircular arch, formerly opening into the (now
-entirely <a name="page19"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-19</span>destroyed) chancel, and two similar side arches.&nbsp;
-The building is the property of the Lysters of Rowton, and has
-been converted into two stables and a coach-house.</p>
-<p>Immediately adjoining, on the right, is the venerable and
-highly-ornamented timber</p>
-<h3>GATEWAY OF THE COUNCIL HOUSE,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p19b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Gateway of the Council House"
-title=
-"Gateway of the Council House"
- src="images/p19s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>which presents an interesting and curious specimen of the
-domestic architecture of the year 1620; that <a
-name="page20"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 20</span>date, and the
-initials W O E, indicating it to have been built by one of the
-Owens of Condover, the then possessors of this property, being
-still visible on the south-eastern front.</p>
-<p>Entering through this gateway, we approach</p>
-<h3>THE COUNCIL HOUSE,</h3>
-<p>which is so called from having been the occasional residence
-of the Council of the Marches of Wales, during their annual visit
-to our town. <a name="citation20"></a><a href="#footnote20"
-class="citation">[20]</a>&nbsp; It is situated on a lofty bank,
-which abruptly rises above the river Severn, and commands a most
-interesting and enlivening prospect of the surrounding
-country.&nbsp; The buildings occupy three sides of a small court,
-and are now divided into three excellent houses.&nbsp; Of late
-years they have been so considerably altered and modernised that
-little of the original structure is at present discernible.&nbsp;
-That portion which includes the Hall and the Great Chamber over
-it, comprises nearly the whole of the building which retains any
-resemblance of its original features.&nbsp; These once
-magnificent apartments, during the last alterations, were
-subdivided and despoiled of the stained glass, <a
-name="page21"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 21</span>elaborately
-carved chimney pieces, <a name="citation21"></a><a
-href="#footnote21" class="citation">[21]</a> and richly
-ornamented ceilings, which contributed so largely to their former
-splendour.&nbsp; The carved wooden porch, once affording entrance
-to the hall, has, with other relics, been carefully
-preserved.</p>
-<p>The house was originally erected about 1501, by Peter Newton,
-Esq. one of the Council of the Marches, and having passed through
-numerous hands, is now the property of the Lysters of Rowton.</p>
-<p>This venerable mansion afforded, in 1642, an asylum to the
-unhappy Charles the First, upon the commencement of his
-troubles.&nbsp; His Majesty resided here for six weeks, during
-which time the gentry of Shropshire flocked around him, and
-testified their deep attachment and unshaken loyalty, by
-contributing most liberally in this hour of need to their
-sovereign&rsquo;s exigencies.&nbsp; James II. also on his visit
-to the town, kept his court here on the 24th of August, 1687.</p>
-<p>The next object which demands our attention is</p>
-<h3>THE GATEWAY OF THE CASTLE,</h3>
-<p>the arch of which is the only existing part of the original
-Norman fortress of Roger de Montgomery.&nbsp; <a
-name="page22"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 22</span>It is
-eighteen feet in height, semicircular, with plain round facings,
-and its walls appear to have sustained a tower, from whence hung
-the portcullis.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p22b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Gateway of the Castle"
-title=
-"Gateway of the Castle"
- src="images/p22s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>Through this gateway we are conducted into the inner court of
-<a name="page23"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 23</span>whence we
-obtain a comprehensive view of the existing remains, which
-consist of the keep, the walls of the inner court, and a lofty
-mound on the south side, probably part of the early fortress
-constructed here by the Britons.&nbsp; From the various
-dilapidations and changes which the fortress has undergone during
-the course of many centuries, no adequate idea can now be formed
-of its original size and strength.&nbsp; The Castle stands boldly
-elevated on a steep bank of earth, on the narrow isthmus formed
-by the <a name="page24"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-24</span>Severn, and is approached from the town by a gentle
-ascent.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p23b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Laura&rsquo;s Tower"
-title=
-"Laura&rsquo;s Tower"
- src="images/p23s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The Keep, the walls of which are of great strength and
-thickness, was erected by Edward I. and is a square building,
-connected with two round towers of equal diameter, embattled and
-pierced, and originally consisted of one great apartment on each
-of the upper floors.&nbsp; The interior, as well as the exterior,
-has been greatly altered.&nbsp; A handsome stone staircase, of
-modern construction, leads from the vestibule (in which is a
-statue of the founder, Roger de Montgomery), to the principal
-apartments.&nbsp; The drawing room, used as a guard-chamber in
-the time of Charles 1st, is spacious and handsome.&nbsp; A stone
-stair-case within the wall, lighted by narrow chinks, leads to an
-apartment in the western tower, in which was a recess, with a
-strong groined ceiling, and small acutely pointed windows.</p>
-<p>
-<a href="images/p24b.jpg">
-<img class='floatright' alt=
-"Watch tower"
-title=
-"Watch tower"
- src="images/p24s.jpg" />
-</a>The summit of the mound above mentioned, is crowned with
-ruinous walls, and an ancient watch tower, which, during the last
-repairs was converted into a delightful summer room, commanding a
-fine panoramic view, and now called <span
-class="smcap">Laura&rsquo;s Tower</span>.</p>
-<p><a name="page25"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 25</span>On the
-east side of the court is a postern, built probably during the
-civil wars; and adjacent to it are the massive foundations of an
-ancient tower.</p>
-<p>In the area of the court, now entirely cleared of buildings,
-the Knights of the Shire have, from time immemorial, been girt
-with their swords by the Sheriff.</p>
-<p>Of that invariable appendage of castles, the Chapel of St.
-Michael, all traces have long been swept away.&nbsp; Its site is
-even now a matter of conjecture.&nbsp; Originally it was endowed
-with considerable landed estates, was a &ldquo;Royal Free
-Chapel,&rdquo; and was subsequently granted, with its appendant,
-the Church of St. Juliana, in this town, by Henry IV. to his
-College erected at Battlefield, in commemoration of his victory
-there.</p>
-<p>Roger de Montgomery, the first Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, is
-regarded as the founder of the Castle, though it is more probable
-that he only enlarged a smaller fortress which is known to have
-existed here anterior to his times.&nbsp; To afford an eligible
-site for his new buildings, he is stated to have destroyed
-fifty-one houses; a fifth part of the whole town at that
-period.&nbsp; On the forfeiture of Earl Robert de Belesme, in the
-time of Henry I., the castle became a royal fortress, and was
-entrusted to the custody of the Sheriff, and the vast possessions
-<a name="page26"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 26</span>annexed to
-it were parcelled out among various knights, to be held by the
-service of castle ward.&nbsp; During the turbulent reign of Henry
-III. the castle fell into a state of great dilapidation, but his
-son, Edward I., immediately on his accession, almost entirely
-rebuilt the structure; which, upon the submission of the Welsh,
-being no longer needed as a military fortress, was again
-abandoned to ruin and decay.</p>
-<p>In the reign of Elizabeth a grant was made of its site and
-buildings to Richard Onslow, Esq. who subsequently transferred
-his interest to the Corporation.&nbsp; During the civil wars it
-was repaired and garrisoned for the royal party; but being
-besieged by the parliamentary forces, it surrendered in 1645, and
-escaped demolition by being entrusted to Colonel Mitton, a native
-of the county.&nbsp; On the Restoration it reverted to the
-Corporation, who, in 1663, surrendering their title to Charles
-II., that monarch presented it to Francis Viscount Newport,
-afterwards Earl of Bradford, from whom it has passed to the
-present proprietor, the Duke of Cleveland.</p>
-<p>Nearly opposite the Castle is</p>
-<h3>THE ROYAL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF KING EDWARD VI.</h3>
-<p>founded by that monarch by letters patent, dated 10th
-February, 1552, and endowed with portions <a
-name="page27"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 27</span>of the
-estates of the late dissolved Colleges of St. Mary and St. Chad,
-in this town.&nbsp; The original endowment, on the request of the
-learned, estimable, and ever to be venerated Thomas Ashton, the
-first Schoolmaster, was considerably enlarged by Queen Elizabeth,
-in the 13th year of her reign, by a donation of other portions of
-the properties of those ecclesiastical institutions.&nbsp; Mr.
-Ashton himself left by will a handsome legacy; and Dr. John
-Taylor, the learned editor of Demosthenes, bequeathed the greater
-part of his valuable library.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p27b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Royal Free Grammar School"
-title=
-"Royal Free Grammar School"
- src="images/p27s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p><a name="page28"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 28</span>The
-amount of the present annual revenue is &pound;3086. 15s. 1d.
-which is appropriated in the payment of the Salaries of the
-Masters and Bailiff, the maintenance of scholarships and
-exhibitions in the Universities, the stipends of the Vicar of
-Chirbury, and the Curates of St. Mary, Clive, and Astley, the
-necessary repairs, &amp;c. of the school-buildings and estate,
-the Library, Rewards, Prizes, &amp;c., providing residences for
-the Incumbents of the School livings, and a Play-ground.&nbsp;
-The surplus is applied to the formation of a Reserved Fund, not
-exceeding &pound;5000, to be applied from time to time, under the
-direction of the Court of Chancery, for repairs, &amp;c. of the
-School buildings and Estate.</p>
-<p>The head-master receives a salary of &pound;425, including
-&pound;100 for Mathematical instruction, and a further sum of
-&pound;40 as catechist and reader; the second master &pound;200,
-and the third master &pound;100, with the use of dwelling-houses,
-free from rent, taxes, and repairs; the French and German master
-&pound;50, and the writing master &pound;50.</p>
-<p>The exhibitions and scholarships from this school to both
-Universities, are numerous and valuable, and are mostly confined
-to the sons of burgesses, (who have attended the school for two
-years), born in the town or suburbs, or in the Abbey Foregate; or
-in default of such, to persons born in the parish <a
-name="page29"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 29</span>of Chirbury;
-or in default of such, to those born in the county of Salop.</p>
-<h4><span class="smcap">Advantages open to all boys educated at
-Shrewsbury School</span>.</h4>
-<p>Four scholarships of &pound;63 per annum each, on the
-foundation of John Millington, D.D. at Magdalen College,
-Cambridge, tenable during residence till M.A.&nbsp; Electors, the
-Master and Fellows of the College.</p>
-<p>One Fellowship of &pound;126 per annum, on the same
-foundation, in the same College.&nbsp; Electors, the same.</p>
-<p>One Exhibition of &pound;23 per annum, on the foundation of
-John Taylor, D.D. open to any College.&nbsp; Electors, the Head
-and Second Masters, and the Mayor of Shrewsbury.</p>
-<p>One Exhibition of &pound;10 per annum, on the foundation of
-Mrs. Nonnely, for a boy proceeding to the University of
-Oxford.</p>
-<p>One Exhibition of &pound;30 per annum, on the foundation of
-Mr. Podmore, for a boy nominated by the Head Master, and
-proceeding to Trinity College, Cambridge.</p>
-<p>Prizes for Composition in the Greek, Latin, and English
-Languages, are awarded annually, with a Gold Medal to the best
-Scholar leaving School for the University.&nbsp; There are also
-Exhibitions for which Shrewsbury School has a preference, at
-Balliol College, Oxford, and at St. John&rsquo;s College,
-Cambridge.</p>
-<h4><a name="page30"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 30</span><span
-class="smcap">Advantages limited in point of
-qualification</span>.</h4>
-<p>Five Exhibitions of &pound;50 per annum each, tenable for four
-years.&nbsp; Electors, the Trustees of the School.</p>
-<p>Two Exhibitions founded by Mr. James Millington, for sons of
-burgesses born in Frankwell, and proceeding from the School in
-Millington&rsquo;s Hospital to Shrewsbury School, and thence to
-Magdalen College, Cambridge.&nbsp; Electors, the Trustees of
-Millington&rsquo;s Hospital.&nbsp; Value &pound;40 per annum
-each.</p>
-<p>Two Exhibitions, founded by Oswald Smith, of &pound;25 per
-annum each, for sons of burgesses.&nbsp; Electors, the Head and
-Second Masters, and the Incumbent of St. Mary&rsquo;s,
-Shrewsbury.</p>
-<p>Four Exhibitions to Christ Church, Oxford, founded by Mr.
-Careswell, for natives of Shropshire.&nbsp; Examiners, the Dean
-of Christ Church, or his Deputy.&nbsp; Electors, two or more
-Justices of the Peace for the County.&nbsp; Present value
-&pound;60 per annum each.</p>
-<p>The whole management of the school and revenue, was, by Act of
-Parliament, 38 George III. vested in the Bishop of Lichfield as
-Visitor, and Thirteen Governors and Trustees.&nbsp; The election
-of the head and second masters rests solely in the Master and
-Fellows of St. John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge.&nbsp; The
-under-master is appointed by the head-master.</p>
-<p>All the sons of burgesses of Shrewsbury, who are not under
-eight nor more than twenty years of age, <a
-name="page31"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 31</span>may be
-admitted on the foundation, on application to the head-master,
-provided they are able to write and read English.&nbsp; Any boys
-not sons of burgesses may be admitted on payment of certain
-fees,&mdash;viz. two guineas admission, and fifteen guineas
-yearly.</p>
-<p>The instruction in the schools is &ldquo;in the Holy
-Scriptures, the Church Catechism, the Liturgy, Doctrine and
-Discipline of the Church of England, the Greek, Latin, English
-and French languages, Reading, Writing, and Grammar, in Ancient
-and Modern History, sacred as well as profane, and Geography, in
-Arithmetic and Mathematics, and also in such other modern
-Languages, Arts and Sciences, as the Governors, with the consent
-of the Visitor, shall think proper.&rdquo;</p>
-<p>The head-master is Rev. B. H. Kennedy, D.D.; the second master
-is Rev. W. Burbury, M.A.; the third master, H. Greenwood, Esq.
-M.A.; the assistant classical master, Edward Calvert, Esq. M.A.;
-Mathematics and Arithmetic, Rev. A. T. Paget, M.A.; Modern
-Languages, T. A. Bentley, Esq.; Latin Accidence and Writing, Mr.
-T. N. Henshaw.</p>
-<p>Among the many persons of eminence who have received their
-education at this school we may enumerate Sir Philip Sidney; his
-friend, Sir Fulke Greville, Lord Brook; the son of Edwyn Sandys,
-Archbishop of York; the cruel Judge Jeffries; Lord <a
-name="page32"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 32</span>Chief
-Justices Jones and Price; Dr. Bowers, Bishop of Chichester; Dr.
-John Thomas, Bishop of Salisbury; Dr. John Taylor, editor of
-Lysias and Demosthenes; Dr. Edward Waring, Lucasian Professor of
-Mathematics; James Harrington, the author of
-&ldquo;Oceana;&rdquo; Wycherley, the Dramatist; Ambrose Phillips,
-the Poet; and the Venerable Archdeacon Owen, and the Rev. J. B.
-Blakeway, the learned and estimable Historians of Shrewsbury.</p>
-<p>Through the indefatigable exertions and learning of the late
-venerated head-master, (The Right Reverend Samuel Butler,
-D.D.&nbsp; F.R.S. &amp;c. late Lord Bishop of Lichfield,) the
-institution attained to an unrivalled celebrity and repute, most
-deservedly ranking among the first public schools in
-England.&nbsp; And as an earnest of continued prosperity, we
-cannot do better than refer to the words of the venerable Bishop,
-who, on resigning his arduous duties to his learned and talented
-successor, stated &ldquo;that he considered Dr. Kennedy, as the
-most brilliant scholar he had ever sent forth, as the brightest
-star in that galaxy of distinguished pupils whose names adorn the
-&lsquo;Boards&rsquo; of Shrewsbury School.&mdash;That from Dr.
-Kennedy&rsquo;s experience of his system, both as a pupil and
-assistant master at Shrewsbury School, from his constant practice
-as a lecturer and private tutor at College, and as an assistant
-master for six years or more at Harrow, as well as from his own
-unrivalled talents and high literary distinctions, from his fine
-<a name="page33"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 33</span>taste and
-sound learning, there was not a shadow of doubt but that he would
-fully maintain the reputation which Shrewsbury School had already
-acquired, and would add, at least as many distinguished names to
-its Boards, during his superintendence of this important
-foundation, as had been inscribed there by himself in any equal
-period.&rdquo;&nbsp; These bright anticipations of the venerated
-Bishop have been already, and are daily more and more fully
-realized.</p>
-<p>More than 100 gentlemen educated at Shrewsbury School have
-during the present century been elected Fellows of various
-Colleges in both Universities, and nearly 250 Scholars and
-Exhibitioners; of whom more than forty have subsequently been
-Tutors or Lecturers in their several Colleges.</p>
-<p>Permission having been kindly granted, we are enabled to give
-the following copy of the <span class="smcap">Boards</span>
-alluded to:&mdash;</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1806</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Thomas Smart Hughes</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Latin
-Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1807</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Thomas Smart Hughes</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Greek
-Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">John Turner</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>Second Bachelor&rsquo;s Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1809</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Thomas Smart Hughes</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>First Bachelor&rsquo;s
-Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1810</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Thomas Smart Hughes</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>First Bachelor&rsquo;s
-Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">William Henry Parry</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Third Bachelor&rsquo;s
-Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p><a name="page34"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 34</span>1811</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Robert Wilson Evans</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>Second Medallist</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1812</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Marmaduke Lawson</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Latin
-Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Robert Wilson Evans</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>First Bachelor&rsquo;s Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1813</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">William Henry Parry</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Norrisian Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Robert Wilson Evans</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>First Bachelor&rsquo;s Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1814</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Marmaduke Lawson</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Pitt University Scholar</i>,
-(the first elected on that foundation.)</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1816</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Marmaduke Lawson</span>, Magdalen
-College, Cambridge, <i>Medallist</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Richard P. Thursfield</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Second Bell&rsquo;s
-Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1817</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Rev. T. Smart Hughes</span>, Fellow of
-Edmund College, Cambridge, and Proctor of the University, <i>The
-Seatonian Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1819</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Spencer Wilde</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>Recorded Equal to Bell&rsquo;s
-Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1821</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Edward Baines</span>, Christ College,
-Cambridge, <i>Second Bell&rsquo;s Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1822</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>T. <span class="smcap">Williams</span>, Oriel College,
-Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit. Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1823</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">John Price</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>Recorded Equal to Bell&rsquo;s
-Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Hall Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Hall Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Adjudged the Browne
-Medal</i>, <i>Latin Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='4'><p>1824</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Hall Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Pitt University
-Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Hall Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Greek
-Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Hall Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Latin
-Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Hall Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p><a
-name="page35"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 35</span>1825</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Thomas Williamson Peile</span>,
-Trinity College, Cambridge, <i>Davies University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">John Hodgson</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>The Parson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Hall Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Browne&rsquo;s Medal</i>,
-<i>Epigram</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='4'><p>1826</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">John Hodgson</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>Second Medallist</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Horatio Hildyard</span>, Peterhouse,
-Cambridge, <i>First Bell&rsquo;s Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Thomas Butler</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>Recorded Equal to Bell&rsquo;s
-Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Hall Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1827</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Hall Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Senior Medallist</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George H. Johnson</span>,
-Queen&rsquo;s College, Oxford, <i>Ireland University
-Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Thomas Williamson Peile</span>,
-Trinity College, Cambridge, <i>Second Undergraduate&rsquo;s Latin
-Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='5'><p>1828</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Charles Kennedy</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>First Bell&rsquo;s Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Thomas Williamson Peile</span>,
-Trinity College, Cambridge, <i>Second Medallist</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Edward Massie</span>, Wadham College,
-Oxford, <i>Ireland University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Hall Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>First Bachelor&rsquo;s
-Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George H. Johnson</span>,
-Queen&rsquo;s College, Oxford, <i>Double First Class</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='5'><p>1829</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Charles Borrett</span>, Magdalen
-College, Oxford, <i>Ireland University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">John Thomas</span>, Wadham College,
-Oxford, <i>Craven University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Charles Kennedy</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Greek Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Charles Kennedy</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Herbert Johnson</span>, Wadham
-College, Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit. Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='6'><p><a
-name="page36"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 36</span>1830</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Charles Kennedy</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>Pitt University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Peter S. Payne</span>, Balliol
-College, Oxford, <i>Ireland University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">James Hildyard</span>, Christ College,
-Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Greek Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Charles Kennedy</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Greek Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Robert Scott</span>, Christ Church,
-Oxford, <i>Craven University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Charles Kennedy</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='9'><p>1831</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">James Hildyard</span>, Christ College,
-Cambridge, <i>Battie University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Thomas Brancker</span>, Wadham
-College, Oxford, <i>elected Ireland University Scholar</i>, while
-yet in the Sixth Form of Shrewsbury School.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>First Bell&rsquo;s
-Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George H. Johnson</span>,
-Queen&rsquo;s College, Oxford, <i>Mathematical University
-Scholar</i>, (the first elected on that foundation.)</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">James Hildyard</span>, Christ College,
-Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Greek Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">James Hildyard</span>, Christ College,
-Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Latin Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">James Hildyard</span>, Christ College,
-Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Epigrams</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Peter S. Payne</span>, Balliol
-College, Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit. Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='6'><p>1832</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Davies University
-Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Horatio Hildyard</span>, Peterhouse,
-Cambridge, <i>Second Bachelor&rsquo;s Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">John Thomas</span>, Trinity College,
-Oxford, <i>Latin Verse Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">James Hildyard</span>, Christ College,
-Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Greek Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page37"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-37</span><span class="smcap">James Hildyard</span>, Christ
-College, Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Latin Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">James Hildyard</span>, Christ College,
-Cambridge, <i>Member&rsquo;s Prize</i>, <i>Latin Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='8'><p>1833</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Robert Scott</span>, Christ Church,
-Oxford, <i>Ireland University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">James Hildyard</span>, Christ College,
-Cambridge, <i>Second Medallist</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George H. Marsh</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Bell&rsquo;s Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">John Gibbons Longueville</span>,
-Wadham College, Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit. Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Robert Scott</span>, Student of Christ
-Church, Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit. Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Thomas F. Henney</span>, Pembroke
-College, Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit. Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">James Hildyard</span>, Christ College,
-Cambridge, <i>First Bachelor&rsquo;s Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">William Fletcher</span>, Trinity
-College, Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit. Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1834</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Alexander G. Hildyard</span>, Pembroke
-College, Cambridge, <i>Second Bell&rsquo;s Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Robert Scott</span>, Student of Christ
-Church, Oxford, <i>Bachelor&rsquo;s Latin Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1835</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">William Gilson Humphry</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>Pitt University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George Augustus May</span>, Magdalen
-College, Cambridge, <i>Bell&rsquo;s Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Edward J. Edwards</span>, Balliol
-College, Oxford, <i>Kennicott Hebrew Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1836</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">William Dickenson</span>, Trinity
-College, Oxford, <i>Latin Verse Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>W. G. <span class="smcap">Humphry</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>Latin Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>W. G. <span class="smcap">Humphry</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>Second Medallist</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1837</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Henry Holden</span>, Balliol College,
-Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit. Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='5'><p>1838</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">James Fraser</span>, Scholar of
-Lincoln College, Oxford, <i>Recorded Second to Ireland University
-Scholar</i>, with the words &ldquo;<i>proxime
-accesssit</i>.&rdquo;</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page38"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-38</span><span class="smcap">Rev. R. Scott</span>, M.A.&nbsp;
-Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, <i>Denyer&rsquo;s Theological
-Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Robert Middleton Dukes</span>, Scholar
-of Lincoln College, Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit.
-Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Thomas Evans</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">William Dickenson</span>, Trinity
-College, Oxford, <i>Latin Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1839</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">James Fraser</span>, Lincoln College,
-Oxford, <i>Ireland University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Edward M. Cope</span>, Scholar of
-Trinity College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">James Fraser</span>, Lincoln College,
-Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit. Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1840</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Edward Bather</span>, Merton College,
-Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit. Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">John Bather</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>Reexamined with Craven&rsquo;s University
-Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1841</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Hugh A. Johnston Munro</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>Lord Craven&rsquo;s University
-Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George Druce</span>, St. Peter&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George Nugee</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>Latin Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='6'><p>1842</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Edwin H. Gifford</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>Pitt University
-Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Hugh A. J. Munro</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>Senior Chancellor&rsquo;s
-Medallist</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George Druce</span>, St. Peter&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">William George Clark</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Epigrams</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Thomas Ramsbotham</span>, Christ
-College, Cambridge, <i>Latin Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>W. T. <span class="smcap">Basil Jones</span>, Trinity
-College, Oxford, <i>Ireland University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='6'><p>1843</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>E. H. <span class="smcap">Gifford</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>Senior Chancellor&rsquo;s
-Medallist</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George Druce</span>, St. Peter&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>Junior Chancellor&rsquo;s
-Medallist</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page39"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-39</span><span class="smcap">Rev. M. Bright</span>, Magdalen
-College, Cambridge, <i>Tyrwhitt&rsquo;s Hebrew Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>W. G. <span class="smcap">Clark</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Greek Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>W. G. <span class="smcap">Clare</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>G. <span class="smcap">Nugee</span>, B.A. Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>Latin Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='4'><p>1844</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>W. G. <span class="smcap">Clark</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>Second Chancellor&rsquo;s Medallist</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George Osborne Morgan</span>, Balliol
-College, Oxford, <i>Craven University Scholar</i>, while yet in
-the Sixth Form of Shrewsbury School.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>J. G. <span class="smcap">Fussell</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Epigrams</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>J. G. <span class="smcap">Fussell</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>Latin Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1845</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">James Riddell</span>, Balliol College,
-Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit. Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>H. <span class="smcap">de Winton</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Greek Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George Nugee</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>Sir Peregrine Maitland&rsquo;s Prize for Christian
-Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1846</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George Osborne Morgan</span>, Balliol
-College, Oxford, <i>Sir R. Newdigate&rsquo;s Prize for English
-Poem</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1847</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George Osborne Morgan</span>,
-Worcester College, Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit.
-Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1848</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>H. C. <span class="smcap">Tayler</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>Browne Medal</i>, <i>Epigrams</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1849</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">William Owen</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>Recorded Second to Craven University
-Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">William Owen</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>The Marquis Camden&rsquo;s Gold Medal for
-Latin Poem</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Francis Kewley</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='7'><p>1850</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>T. <span class="smcap">Clayton</span>, Trinity College,
-Oxford, <i>Hertford University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">William Owen</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>P. <span class="smcap">Perring</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>Browne&rsquo;s Medal</i>, <i>Greek Ode</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page40"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 40</span>G.
-O. <span class="smcap">Morgan</span>, Worcester College, Oxford,
-<i>English Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>G. B. <span class="smcap">Morley</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>G. O. <span class="smcap">Morgan</span>, University
-College, Oxford, <i>Eldon Law Scholarship</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>H. C. A. <span class="smcap">Tayler</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>Latin Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='5'><p>1852</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>S. H. <span class="smcap">Burbury</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>D. <span class="smcap">Trinder</span>, Exeter College,
-Oxford, <i>Mrs. Denyer&rsquo;s Theological Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>J. L. <span class="smcap">Balfour</span>, Queen&rsquo;s
-College, Oxford, <i>Ellerton&rsquo;s Theological Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Henry Parker</span>, Fellow of Oriel
-College, Oxford, <i>Latin Essay</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>W. <span class="smcap">Inge</span>, Worcester College,
-Oxford, <i>First Glass Moderations</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='5'><p>1853</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Edward L. Brown</span>, Trinity
-College, Cambridge, <i>First Bell&rsquo;s Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>S. H. <span class="smcap">Burbury</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>Craven University Scholar</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>S. H. <span class="smcap">Burbury</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-College, Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>W. <span class="smcap">Inge</span>, Worcester College,
-Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Lit. Hum.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>A. B. <span class="smcap">Rocke</span>, Christ Church,
-Oxford, <i>First Class</i>, <i>Moderations</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1855</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>E. L. <span class="smcap">Brown</span>, Trinity College,
-Cambridge, <i>The Porson Prize</i>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<h4>Cambridge First Class Classics.</h4>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1824</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Edward Baines, Christ College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">4th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1825</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>John Price, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">3rd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>John Hodgson, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">5th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Frederick E. Gretton, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">7th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1827</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Benjamin Hall Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="smcap">Senior</span>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>George A. Butterton, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">3rd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p><a name="page41"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 41</span>1828</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>T. W. Peile, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2nd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1829</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Horatio S. Hildyard, Peterhouse</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">5th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Robert Smith, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Thomas Butler, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">7th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1831</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Charles Kennedy</span>, Trinity
-College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="smcap">Senior</span>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Charles J. Johnstone, Caius College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">4th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1832</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Richard Shilleto, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2nd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Edward Broadhurst, Magdalen College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">7th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1833</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>James Hildyard, Christ College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2nd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1834</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George F. Kennedy</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="smcap">Senior</span>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Edward Warter, Magdalen College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">4th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1835</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>George F. Harris, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">3rd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>John Cooper, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">7th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1836</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Geo. Hy. Marsh, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2nd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>William H. Bateson, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">3rd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Richard Edward Turner, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1837</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>W. <span class="smcap">Gilson Humphry</span>, Trinity
-College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="smcap">Senior</span>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1838</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>George A. C. May, Magdalen College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">3rd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Henry Thompson, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">7th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>William Parkinson, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">8th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1839</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Augustus W. Hopper, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1840</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Francis France</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="smcap">Senior
-&AElig;qual</span>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1841</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Edward M. Cope</span>, Trinity
-College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="smcap">Senior</span>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>John Bather, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2nd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Henry Thring, Magdalen College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">3rd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1842</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Hugh A. J. Munro, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2nd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Francis Morse, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">7th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1843</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">George Druce</span>, St. Peter&rsquo;s
-College</p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Edwin H. Gifford</span>, St. John&rsquo;s
-Coll.</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="smcap">Seniors &AElig;qual</span>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1844</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>William G. Clark, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2nd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1846</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>H. De Winton, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">3rd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1848</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>J. E. B. Mayor, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">3rd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1849</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>H. C. A. Tayler, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">4th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1851</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>J. W. Taylor, St. Peter&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">12th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='4'><p><a
-name="page42"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 42</span>1852</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Robert Burn</span>, Trinity
-College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span class="smcap">Senior
-&AElig;qual</span>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Philip Perring, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">4th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>W. Chandless, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">5th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Arthur White, Magdalen College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">16th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1854</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>S. H. Burbury, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2nd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>G. M. Campbell, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">7th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>H. Day, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">9th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<h4>Cambridge Wranglers.</h4>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1808</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>W. H. Parry, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">16th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1809</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>John Evans, Clare Hall</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>W. R. Gilby, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">7th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1811</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>R. W. Evans, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">7th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1824</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>W. Crawley, Magdalen College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">27th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1826</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>John Hodgson, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">16th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1827</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>George A. Butterton, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">8th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1828</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>T. W. Peile, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">18th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1830</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Charles Whitley</span>, St.
-John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="smcap">Senior</span>.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Edward Yardley, Magdalen College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">40th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1834</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Henry Trentham, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">13th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1835</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Francis Procter, Catharine Hall</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">30th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>John Cooper, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">33rd</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1836</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>W. Twiss Turner, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">15th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Thomas E. H. Headlam, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">17th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1837</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Alexander J. Ellis, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">5th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>William Gilson Humphry, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">27th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='2'><p>1838</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>H. J. Hodgson, Trinity College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">24th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>G. A. C. May, Magdalen College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">36th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1840</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Henry Cadogan Rothery, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">19th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1843</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Edwin H. Gifford, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">15th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p>1851</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>J. S. Clarke, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">11th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle' rowspan='3'><p>1854</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>B. W. Horne, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">4th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>H. Day, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">5th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>S. H. Burbury, St. John&rsquo;s College</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">15th</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p><a name="page43"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 43</span>The
-structure is large, lofty, and of freestone, and surrounds two
-sides of a small quadrangle.&nbsp; The portion immediately
-fronting the street was erected in 1630, and contains on the
-first and second floors dwelling houses for the assistant
-masters.&nbsp; The upper story is entirely occupied by</p>
-<h4>THE PRINCIPAL SCHOOL-ROOM,</h4>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p43b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Principal School-Room"
-title=
-"Principal School-Room"
- src="images/p43s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>and was originally divided into three apartments by wooden
-carved partitions, now removed.&nbsp; The centre of this front is
-pierced by a gateway, adorned on each side with a Corinthian
-column, supporting <a name="page44"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-44</span>statues of a scholar and graduate, bare-headed, and in
-the costume of the times.&nbsp; Over the arch is a sentence in
-Greek from Isocrates, importing that a love of literature is
-essential to the formation of a scholar.&nbsp; Above are the arms
-of Charles I.&nbsp; The windows, with the exception of a large
-pointed one in the style of the 14th century, at the south-end of
-the principal school-room, are all of the square form of the
-Elizabethan age.&nbsp; The walls are crowned with a singular and
-clumsy battlement of curled leaves and pinnacles.</p>
-<p>Situated at right angles to this is the remaining wing of the
-edifice, originally erected in 1595, comprising the chapel and
-library, with the tower containing the staircases in the
-angle.</p>
-<p>
-<a href="images/p44b.jpg">
-<img class='floatleft' alt=
-"Bible Stand in the Chapel"
-title=
-"Bible Stand in the Chapel"
- src="images/p44s.jpg" />
-</a>The Chapel, in which prayers are read by the headmaster every
-morning, occupies the ground floor, and is divided from the
-ante-chapel, by an oak screen, carved in the grotesque manner
-prevalent in the days of Elizabeth.&nbsp; The pulpit and <span
-class="GutSmall">BIBLE-STAND</span> are in a similar style.&nbsp;
-The ceiling is adorned with carved foliated bosses, interspersed
-with the arms of the founders, and of the first and late
-head-masters.</p>
-<p>Above the chapel and of the same size, is</p>
-<h4><a name="page45"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 45</span>THE
-LIBRARY,</h4>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p45b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"The Library"
-title=
-"The Library"
- src="images/p45s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>containing a very valuable and extensive collection of MSS.
-and books.&nbsp; This part was lately rebuilt and repaired at a
-considerable expense.&nbsp; Two large pointed windows, filled
-with mullioned tracery, afford light to this venerable apartment;
-in the northern one of which are the arms of Edward VI.; Queen
-Elizabeth; St. John&rsquo;s College, Cambridge; the See <a
-name="page46"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 46</span>of Lichfield
-and Coventry impaling Cornwallis; and those of the town: and in
-the southern one, those of the four principal benefactors, with
-appropriate inscriptions in Latin.&nbsp; Richly foliated bosses,
-the arms of the founders, visitors, and thirteen first trustees,
-decorate the ceiling.&nbsp; Around the walls are portraits of
-Henry VIII. half-length; his son Edward VI. when a boy of ten or
-twelve; an Admiral, full length, in the dress of the time of
-Charles II.; five of the former head-masters, and the late
-head-master, Bishop Butler, by Kirkby.</p>
-<p>By the late scheme made by the Court of Chancery, (1853) a sum
-not exceeding &pound;70 yearly, is to be applied to the purchase
-and repairs of Books, Mathematical, Philosophical and other
-instruments and articles for instruction.</p>
-<p>We would venture to suggest the propriety of persons educated
-at Shrewsbury School, or natives of the town and county,
-presenting to the Library copies of any works which they may
-publish.&nbsp; Such a practice would at once form an interesting
-memento of their connection with the venerable institution, and
-add to the valuable and useful stores already accumulated on its
-shelves, which in former years have been so greatly enriched by
-similar benefactions.</p>
-<p>The Library also contains three sepulchral inscribed stones,
-and various other Roman antiquities <a name="page47"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 47</span>from Wroxeter, and a small collection
-of fossils and natural curiosities.</p>
-<p>A court, enclosed by a stone wall, intervenes between the
-street and the schools.&nbsp; At the back of the school-buildings
-are two spacious houses for the head and second masters, most
-delightfully situated, and commanding extensive views of several
-portions of the town, the river and Welsh bridge, and the rich
-woods of Berwick and Almond Park.&nbsp; On this side are
-extensive play-grounds for the use of the school.</p>
-<p>Passing down Castle Gates, we have on our right</p>
-<h3>THE INDEPENDENT MEETING-HOUSE,</h3>
-<p>and see immediately before us</p>
-<h3>A BRIDGE</h3>
-<p>of cast-iron of 64 feet span, which carries over the street
-five lines of rails of the Chester Railway.</p>
-<p>On the right</p>
-<h3>THE STATION</h3>
-<p>of the United Railway Companies opens to view.</p>
-<p>This striking and handsome building is in a late perpendicular
-English style, and presents a frontage <a name="page48"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 48</span>of upwards of 150 feet in length, and
-two stories in height, with a large square tower nearly 70 feet
-high, in which is one of the principal entrances, through a large
-four-centered arched doorway, above which is an oriel window
-projecting from a richly ornamented base, and a circular opening,
-within which is an excellent eight-day clock, with the latest
-improvements, manufactured by Messrs. Joyce and Son, of
-Whitchurch, in this county.&nbsp; A richly carved battlement,
-with octagonal turrets at the corners, of considerable elevation,
-terminates the summit.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p48b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Railway station"
-title=
-"Railway station"
- src="images/p48s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>On either side of the tower extends a large wing, divided into
-four equal spaces by projecting turrets, corresponding with those
-of the tower, surmounted with ornamental caps.&nbsp; These spaces
-are subdivided <a name="page49"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-49</span>again horizontally above the heads of the upper and
-lower windows by enriched string-courses.&nbsp; Above the cornice
-a rich embrasured parapet runs the whole length of the
-edifice.&nbsp; The ridge of the roof is finished with an
-ornamental cast-iron crest.&nbsp; The windows are divided by
-stone transoms and mullions, with projecting drip-stones,
-terminating in corbel heads.</p>
-<p>The ground floor is appropriated to booking offices,
-ladies&rsquo; and gentlemen&rsquo;s waiting rooms, and a large
-refreshment room.&nbsp; Beneath the ground-floor are a large
-kitchen, cellars, &amp;c.&nbsp; A board-room and offices for the
-various officers and clerks, occupy the upper floor.</p>
-<p>In the left wing, as the visitor approaches, is a door opening
-into the booking and parcel offices: At the end of the right wing
-an entrance to the arrival and departure</p>
-<h4>PLATFORMS,</h4>
-<p>respectively 600 feet and 450 feet in length, and 16 feet
-wide.&nbsp; A wrought-iron roof of 70 feet span covers the
-platforms and lines of rails for a space of 450 feet.</p>
-<p>The water required for the use of the Station, Engines, and
-Carriages, is conveyed in iron pipes along the rim of the railway
-from high ground in the neighbourhood of Hencott, (60 feet above
-the level <a name="page50"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-50</span>of the rails at the Station,) to a large iron tank near
-the Station, whence a constant supply can be immediately obtained
-in the event of fire breaking out.</p>
-<p>The Goods, Engine Station, and Coal Dep&ocirc;ts of the
-Shrewsbury and Chester Railway are situated between Coton Hill
-and the General Passenger Station, with convenient access from
-the Castle Foregate Street, where an abundant supply of Welsh
-Coal and Lime is always on hand.</p>
-<p>Branch lines diverge from behind the railway platforms, which
-pass under Howard Street to the Canal Wharf, where is the
-Dep&ocirc;t of the Shropshire and Staffordshire Coals and
-Cokes.</p>
-<p>The Station House and Offices were designed by Mr. Thomas
-Penson, jun. of Oswestry.&nbsp; The Engineering works by Messrs.
-Robertson and Baylis.&nbsp; The former cost &pound;6,000, the
-latter about &pound;45,000, and the Goods, Engine, Station, and
-other necessary works, above &pound;20,000.</p>
-<p>The total cost of the above works, together with the Viaduct
-over the river Severn, and the brick Bridge over Cross Street,
-including land and buildings, exceeds &pound;100,000.</p>
-<p>The whole of the works have been executed by Mr. Brassey, the
-Contractor, under the direction of Mr. James Baylis, the resident
-Engineer, at the joint <a name="page51"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 51</span>expense of the four Railway Companies
-whose lines unite in Shrewsbury.</p>
-<p>The Railway to Chester was first opened October 12th,
-1848.&nbsp; The line to Birmingham, November 12th, 1849.&nbsp;
-The line to Hereford was opened to Ludlow, April, 1852; and
-throughout, October 31st, 1853.</p>
-<p>Turning on the left, immediately opposite the entrance to the
-Railway Station, we pass on the same side, the Road leading
-across the Raven Meadow to Mardol.&nbsp; This meadow is now
-converted into a spacious and convenient</p>
-<h3>SMITHFIELD, OR CATTLE MARKET,</h3>
-<p>a great boon to the town, inasmuch as the Fairs were
-previously held in the open streets, to the great annoyance, in
-point of cleanliness and convenience, of inhabitants and
-passengers.</p>
-<p>The works with the site cost about &pound;13,000, and are
-capable of affording accommodation for 700 horses, (with
-extensive trial grounds for the same), 1,400 cattle, 5,000 sheep,
-and 1,000 pigs, with suitable receptacles for sheep and cattle
-coming to town previously to the fairs which occur on the
-alternate Tuesdays in every month.</p>
-<p>Here are also held the Agricultural Shows, which are
-considered to equal those of most places where <a
-name="page52"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 52</span>similar
-exhibitions have been established; and a Great Horse Fair is held
-annually in March.</p>
-<p>A little further on the right, we pass the</p>
-<h3>RAILWAY BRIDGE</h3>
-<p>over Cross Street, a piece of beautiful brick-masonry, and
-approach the river Severn, on the margin of which are</p>
-<h3>THE SHREWSBURY WATER-WORKS,</h3>
-<p>established in 1830, in 347 shares of &pound;50 each, for the
-purpose of affording the inhabitants a constant supply of river
-water, at a reasonable rate.</p>
-<p>The Town is also gratuitously supplied with excellent spring
-water, from a fine spring called Broadwell, in a field near Crow
-Meole, distant about two miles, conducted by pipes to conduits
-placed in convenient situations in the principal streets.</p>
-<p>On the right-hand side are</p>
-<h3>THE ROYAL BATHS,</h3>
-<p>and immediately beyond, on the same side, stands</p>
-<h3>BENBOW PLACE,</h3>
-<p>the birth-place of the renowned John Benbow, Vice-Admiral of
-the Blue; the details of whose gallant bravery are so familiarly
-known to all as to render their recapitulation here
-unnecessary.</p>
-<p><a name="page53"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-53</span>Proceeding a short distance along Coton Hill, we soon
-reach another of the</p>
-<h3>RAILWAY BRIDGES,</h3>
-<p>from which, on the one side, we obtain a good view of the
-Chester Railway as far as Hencott Bridge, and on the other side,
-a comprehensive view of the various Railway Buildings, backed by
-a beautiful prospect of the Town, St. Michael&rsquo;s Church, the
-Castle and its wooded Mount, Free Schools, Spires of St. Mary,
-and St. Alkmond. <a name="citation53"></a><a href="#footnote53"
-class="citation">[53]</a></p>
-<p><a name="page54"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-54</span>Retracing our steps, we gain, as we proceed, not
-unpleasing views of other portions of the town and its public
-buildings, and then passing along Cross Street, under the Railway
-Bridge, traverse the lengthened and unsightly suburb of the
-Castle Foregate, to</p>
-<h3>ST. MICHAEL&rsquo;S CHURCH,</h3>
-<p>a neat brick structure, in the Grecian style, erected at an
-expense scarcely exceeding &pound;2000 (raised by subscription,)
-and consecrated on 24th August, 1830, as a chapel of ease to St.
-Mary&rsquo;s church.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p54b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"St. Michael&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"St. Michael&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p54s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The plan is oblong, and consists of a nave, side aisles, an
-elliptical recess for the altar, and a western tower.&nbsp; The
-interior is entered on the north and south, and is lighted by
-three circular-headed windows <a name="page55"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 55</span>on either side.&nbsp; Over the
-side-aides are galleries, the sittings in which are free; and at
-the west end is a spacious one for the use of poor children, in
-which stands a small organ, the gift of the late Rev. W. G.
-Rowland, M.A., Minister of St. Mary&rsquo;s.&nbsp; The same
-gentleman also most munificently adorned the windows of the
-chancel with fine stained glass, executed by Mr. David Evans, of
-this town, representing the Nativity, after Corregio; the
-Annunciation, after Guido; and the Presentation in the Temple,
-after Rubens.&nbsp; To the same unbounded liberality, the
-parishioners are indebted for the substantial service of
-communion plate, the peal of six bells which hang in the tower,
-and the erection of the adjacent schoolrooms for the poor
-children of this portion of the parish.&nbsp; The edifice
-contains 800 sittings, 620 of which are free, and has recently
-undergone alterations by which additional &ldquo;sittings&rdquo;
-are obtained for the already large and increasing population of
-the district.&nbsp; The judicious and economical arrangements of
-the burial ground merit the attentive consideration of every
-visitor.</p>
-<p>It would ill beseem us to pass, without honourable mention,
-the talents of our ingenious townsman, Mr. David Evans, who, by
-unwearied exertions, and consummate skill, has raised the art of
-glass-staining to a degree of perfection unequalled in modern
-times, and nearly approaching, if not entirely equalling, the
-rich and mellow tints of the &ldquo;royal glass&rdquo; of <a
-name="page56"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 56</span>ancient
-days.&nbsp; The numerous and singularly beautiful specimens of
-his elaborate labours, visible in the inimitable restorations of
-the splendid glass of Winchester and Lichfield Cathedrals, the
-churches of St. Mary, St. Michael, St. Chad, St. George, the
-Abbey, and domestic chapels of the nobility and gentry, in almost
-every part of the kingdom, speak, however, his merits more
-forcibly to the correct eye and refined taste, than whole volumes
-of our feeble encomiums. <a name="citation56"></a><a
-href="#footnote56" class="citation">[56]</a></p>
-<p><a name="page57"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-57</span>Returning along the Castle Foregate, the more remarkable
-objects are the Shrewsbury and Ellesmere Canal, the Manufactory
-of linen-thread, the Coal Wharfs, the Gas-Works, and the Goods
-and Coal Dep&ocirc;t of the Railway, the New Meeting House of the
-Wesleyan Reformers, and Buildings of the Freehold Land
-Society.</p>
-<p>Passing up Howard Street, on the left-hand side of which is
-the New Butter and Cheese Market, we approach</p>
-<h3>THE COUNTY GAOL,</h3>
-<p>erected in 1793, on the principles of the benevolent Howard,
-after a design by Haycock, of Shrewsbury, at an expense of
-&pound;30,000.&nbsp; The building is of brick, <a
-name="page58"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 58</span>and is
-entered by a massive free-stone gate, on either side of which is
-a lodge.&nbsp; Over the gateway is a fine bust of Howard, by
-Bacon.&nbsp; Immediately behind is the governor&rsquo;s house; an
-octagonal chapel occupies the centre; and the remainder of the
-structure is divided into four principal courts, with several
-smaller ones, around which are cloisters, with sleeping rooms
-above for the prisoners, and cells for the condemned and
-refractory.&nbsp; The male and female prisoners are kept apart,
-and distributed into classes.&nbsp; On the eastern side is the
-Infirmary, detached from the other buildings.&nbsp; A strong and
-lofty brick wall encompasses the whole.</p>
-<p>The entire structure is strong, spacious, airy, well supplied
-with water, and every other necessary; and in point of situation
-for salubrity and beauty, vies with any of the adjoining
-eminences.</p>
-<p>An admirable institution, supported by voluntary benevolence,
-entitled &ldquo;The Prison Charities,&rdquo; has subsisted within
-the walls for nearly fifty years, and has been productive of the
-most beneficial results.&nbsp; Its objects are to enable debtors
-and criminal prisoners, of deserving conduct, to provide by their
-industry for their better maintenance during confinement, and to
-furnish them with a seasonable supply of money and tools, for
-immediate use on their restoration to society.</p>
-<p><a name="page59"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 59</span>Nearly
-opposite the Gaol is a</p>
-<h3>BRIDGE</h3>
-<p>consisting of two timber arches, 85 feet clear span each, on
-the bow and string principle, which carries the public walk
-called</p>
-<h3>&ldquo;THE DANA&rdquo;</h3>
-<p>over the Railway Station, along the base of the Castle to the
-Street opposite the Free Schools.&nbsp; From the Dana walk a good
-view of the Station House and Railway is obtained, bounded by a
-long extent of the adjacent country in the back-ground.</p>
-<p>In this direction however we must not proceed, but passing
-along the terrace on the south-east side of the Gaol, continue
-our walk on &ldquo;the gentle Severn&rsquo;s sedgy bank,&rdquo;
-at the base of a steep and rugged declivity, most picturesquely
-planted and crowned with the Castle&rsquo;s &ldquo;worm-eaten
-hold of ragged stone,&rdquo; and the antique gables of the
-Council House, and presenting pleasing views of the venerable
-Abbey, the adjacent suburb of the Abbey Foregate, and the massive
-and really grand</p>
-<h3>RAILWAY VIADUCT</h3>
-<p>over the river Severn, consisting of 7 elliptical arches, 45
-feet span, rising 18 feet above the springings.&nbsp; The Viaduct
-is quite level throughout its <a name="page60"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 60</span>whole length, in width is 39 feet,
-and the level of the rails about 36 feet above the ordinary level
-of the river.</p>
-<p>Passing under an arch of the Viaduct we see immediately before
-us the elegant English Bridge, and arrive at</p>
-<h3>THE WATERLANE GATEWAY,</h3>
-<p>memorable as the avenue through which the Parliamentary forces
-were treacherously admitted into the town, at the siege of
-Shrewsbury, 22nd February, 1644&ndash;5.</p>
-<p>Advancing up this narrow lane, we leave, on the left, the site
-of</p>
-<h3>THE DOMINICAN, OR BLACK, FRIARS,</h3>
-<p>long since cleared of its buildings, and now converted into a
-wharf, warehouse, and excellent gardens.&nbsp; These friars
-established themselves here as early as 1222, and assumed as
-their founder Matilda, grand-daughter and co-heiress of Walter de
-Lasci, lord of Ludlow, and wife of Geoffrey de Joinville, of
-Vaucoulour.</p>
-<p>Edward IV., who, throughout the whole of his reign regarded
-Shrewsbury with much affection, selected this religious house as
-his occasional residence, <a name="page61"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 61</span>and the place in which his Queen was
-delivered of her second and third sons, Richard Shrewsbury,
-(1473&ndash;4,) Duke of York, afterwards murdered in the Tower,
-and George Plantagenet, who died young.&nbsp; Many persons of
-distinguished rank, who fell in the battle of Shrewsbury, 1403,
-received interment here.</p>
-<p>On levelling the ground in 1823, the foundations of three
-spacious apartments, fragments of mullions and pillars,
-emblazoned tiles, several skeletons enclosed in rude stone
-coffins, and great quantities of bones, were disclosed to
-view.&nbsp; The site is now the property of the Corbets of
-Sundorne.</p>
-<p>The sloping ground rising above the site of this friary, and
-extending to the south and south-eastern wall of the town, where
-the Infirmary and other houses now stand, was, as we learn from a
-charter of Henry III., dated 1227, confirming the possessions of
-the Abbey of Shrewsbury, given by &ldquo;divers citizens of
-Salopesbury&rdquo; to the monks of that house &ldquo;for the
-planting of a vineyard:&rdquo;&mdash;a situation, according to
-the best writers on horticulture, eminently adapted to the
-cultivation of the vine.</p>
-<p>Arrived at the top of the Water-lane, we enter, on the left, a
-cathedral-like close, in the centre of which the venerable
-edifice of</p>
-<h3><a name="page62"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 62</span>ST.
-MARY&rsquo;S CHURCH</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p62b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"St. Mary&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"St. Mary&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p62s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>uprears its &ldquo;heavenward spire.&rdquo;&nbsp; This church,
-once collegiate, is said to owe its foundation to Edgar the
-Peaceable, (959 to 975,) who, at the suggestion of Archbishop
-Dunstan, placed in it a dean, seven prebends, and a parish
-priest, though there is every probability that the foundation was
-antecedent to his reign.&nbsp; In the Saxon times, it possessed a
-landed estate of about 1300 acres, which it continued to hold <a
-name="page63"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 63</span>at the time
-of Domesday, but of which it was soon after deprived, by what
-means we have no power of ascertaining.&nbsp; At the dissolution
-of collegiate churches, 1 Edw.&nbsp; VI., the revenues, which
-consisted chiefly of tithes, amounted to &pound;42; the greater
-portion of which was granted in 1550, by Edward VI., towards the
-endowment of the Free Schools.</p>
-<p>From a very early period this church enjoyed the privilege of
-a Royal Free Chapel, exempt from the jurisdiction of the
-Bishop.&nbsp; This peculiar jurisdiction remained till the recent
-Act of Parliament (1846) restored it to the Bishop of the
-Diocese, and was held by lease, at an annual rent of &pound;1 6s.
-8d. of the Corporation, to whom Queen Elizabeth granted it by
-charter, dated 23rd May, 1571.&nbsp; The Minister was usually,
-though not necessarily, the lessee, and his style was
-&ldquo;Ordinary and Official, Principal of the Peculiar and
-Exempt Jurisdiction of the Free Royal Chapel of the Blessed
-Virgin Mary.&rdquo;&nbsp; In his Court wills were proved, letters
-of administration were granted, and all ecclesiastical matters,
-arising within the parish and its subordinate chapelries,
-adjudicated.&nbsp; The Official also granted marriage licenses,
-and licenses to the curacies of St. Mary and its chapelries.</p>
-<p>The appointment to the living was vested by Act of Parliament,
-passed in 1801, in the Corporation, who in their choice are
-directed to give the preference to the son of a burgess who has
-been educated at <a name="page64"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-64</span>the Free School, or to one born in the parish of
-Chirbury, in this county.&nbsp; The Minister is,
-<i>ex-officio</i>, Public Preacher of the town.</p>
-<p>The parish of Saint Mary includes about a fourth part of the
-whole town, nearly the entire suburb of the Castle Foregate, and
-extends several miles into the country.</p>
-<p>Within these sacred walls the Pope&rsquo;s Legatees held their
-court in 1232, for the adjustment of the differences subsisting
-between Henry III. and Llewellin, Prince of Wales.&nbsp; In 1642,
-the unhappy Charles I., during his residence at the
-Council-House, attended divine service here, received the
-Sacrament, and made solemn protestations of his fidelity to the
-principles of the reformed religion.</p>
-<p>This fine structure is cruciform, and consists of a nave,
-side-aisles, transept, chancel, two chauntry chapels, and a tower
-at the western end, crowned with a lofty and elegant spire.&nbsp;
-In the architecture three very distinct styles are conspicuous:
-the Anglo-Norman of the 12th century, in the basement of the
-nave, most of the doors, and other portions; the lancet style of
-the 13th century, in the chancel and transept; and the more
-obtuse arch of the 15th century, in the clere-story, side-aisles,
-chapels, &amp;c. with a few trifling additions of later date.</p>
-<p><a name="page65"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 65</span>The
-dimensions of the church are</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td></td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="GutSmall">Feet</span></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="GutSmall">In.</span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Length from east to west, including steeple</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">160</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Length of transept</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">90</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Breadth of nave and side-aisles</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">50</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Height of steeple</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">220</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">2</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Height of steeple from the level of the river</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">300</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p>Esteeming this ancient fabric to be the principal ornament of
-our town, we deem it necessary to add the following detailed
-description, which we trust will prove serviceable to the visitor
-in his attentive examination of the building.</p>
-<p>The tower is broad and low, the basement of red stone, and the
-upper portion of grey, and of the Anglo-Norman and early pointed
-styles of architecture.&nbsp; The entrance is on the west side,
-through a plain pointed arch of the very earliest kind, springing
-from square jambs with regular impost mouldings, and having an
-internal arch, nearly triangular, inserted within the head.&nbsp;
-On the opposite eastern side, a very early pointed arch without
-mouldings, resting on short round Norman pillars with indented
-capitals, communicates with the nave.&nbsp; Two tiers of small
-round-headed windows pierce the lower stories, on all sides
-except the east.&nbsp; The upper story is lighted on each side by
-two united and handsome pointed windows, bisected by single
-mullions, forming quatrefoil heads, and divided by transoms in
-the middle.&nbsp; A facia, charged with roses, and terminating at
-the angles in projecting grotesque heads, ornaments <a
-name="page66"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 66</span>the upper and
-lower portions of this story, which is finished with a plain
-embattled parapet, and crocketed pinnacles at the corners.&nbsp;
-From the summit of the tower rises an octagonal spire,
-&ldquo;fine by degrees, and beautifully less,&rdquo; pierced on
-alternate sides, with three tiers of tabernacled openings, and
-crowned with an open flower, cross and vane.&nbsp; In the tower
-is a peal of ten bells, the eight largest of which are extremely
-melodious.&nbsp; This beautiful tower and spire have been
-thoroughly repaired and restored at considerable cost, raised by
-subscription, under the superintendence of Mr. S. Pountney Smith,
-of this town, whose skill, judgment, and taste, in ecclesiastical
-architecture, are worthy of the highest praise.</p>
-<p>The nave and side-aisles, externally in the pointed style of
-the 15th century, and of grey stone, are entered on the north and
-south-west by beautiful semicircular arches, adorned with
-chevron, lozenged, and foliated mouldings.&nbsp; Before the
-south-west entrance is an ancient porch, principally of
-Anglo-Norman architecture; the outer arch of which is circular,
-enriched with chevron mouldings, and issues from clustered
-columns with foliated capitals.&nbsp; The interior rib is
-obtusely pointed and unadorned.&nbsp; On each side is a small
-pointed window, exhibiting specimens of the earliest rudiments of
-the mullioned Gothic style, in which have been lately placed some
-highly interesting &ldquo;roundels&rdquo; of old painted glass,
-of German execution, on which are depicted various <a
-name="page67"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 67</span>incidents,
-chiefly from the Apocrypha.&nbsp; The groined ceiling rests on
-two strong and plain ribs, crossing in the centre.&nbsp; Over
-this is a small chamber, with a plain pointed window.</p>
-<p>A stone porch, entered by a pointed arch, has recently been
-erected before the corresponding door, on the north side.</p>
-<p>The nave is separated from the side-aisles by four
-semicircular arches, overspread with deep-cut early Gothic
-mouldings, springing from elegant clustered columns with foliated
-capitals of varied and beautiful designs.&nbsp; This union of the
-round arch and clustered pillar, which belong to such different
-&aelig;ras, is singular and very unusual in our ancient
-architecture.&nbsp; Above is a clerestory, which is continued
-along the walls of the chancel, lighted by short double windows,
-bluntly pointed, and bisected by single mullions.</p>
-<p>By the pious munificence of the late Minister, the Rev. W. G.
-Rowland, the west end has been enriched by an elegant
-Organ-screen, <a name="citation67"></a><a href="#footnote67"
-class="citation">[67]</a> in the style of Henry 7th&rsquo;s time,
-designed and executed by Mr. John Carline, of this town.&nbsp;
-Three obtusely pointed arches, overspread with deep-cut mouldings
-and richly foliaged spandrils, and separated by intervening <a
-name="page68"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 68</span>buttresses
-elaborately adorned with open flowers in relief set in
-reticulated divisions, open to the nave and form the lower
-portion of the front.&nbsp; Above which, from a string-course,
-charged with finely sculptured heads, flowers, &amp;c. rises the
-upper part or parapet, consisting of a series of similar, though
-smaller arches, divided by slender buttresses, and filled with
-the like ornamented reticulations.&nbsp; Around the soffits of
-the larger arches are the following inscriptions, in ancient
-church-text:&mdash;</p>
-<blockquote><p>Venite Domino exultemus;<br />
-Rupi salutatis jubilemus;<br />
-Jehovam hymnis concinamus;<br />
-Et grates illi persolvamus&mdash;Hallelujah.</p>
-<p>Jehovam virgines laudate,<br />
-Senes et pueri celebrate;<br />
-Psalmis ecclesia sanctorum<br />
-Extollat Dominum Dominorum.</p>
-<p>Laudate carminis clamore,<br />
-Laudate buccin&aelig; clangore,<br />
-Laudate organo sonoro,<br />
-Laudate cymbalis et choro.</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>This spacious gallery contains a remarkably fine-toned organ,
-made by John Harris and John Byfield, 1729.</p>
-<p>The beautiful ceiling of the nave is of pannelled oak, richly
-studded with elegant and exquisitely carved pendants and foliated
-bosses, and merits the most minute attention, not only on account
-of its <a name="page69"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-69</span>elaborate workmanship, but as being one of the richest
-and most highly preserved specimens of its kind now in
-existence.</p>
-<p>The side-aisles are each lighted on the sides by three pointed
-traceried windows, with smaller and earlier ones at the western
-terminations, and communicate at their eastern extremities with
-the transept, by semicircular arches, rising from thick round
-pillars with indented capitals.</p>
-<p>In the windows of the western ends are figures of St. Andrew
-and St. John.&nbsp; The central window of the north aisle
-contains some beautiful stained glass from Holland, depicting the
-following subjects&mdash;Holy Family; Kneeling figure; Balaam and
-the Angel; the Donor and patron Saint; Adam and Eve; Mater
-Dolorosa; Angel appearing to the Shepherds; Disciples washing
-each other&rsquo;s feet:&mdash;Justice; Kneeling figure; a Bishop
-in grief or disgrace; the Donor&rsquo;s Wife and patron
-Saint.&nbsp; The windows on either side are filled with various
-ecclesiastical subjects.&nbsp; The central window of the
-south-aisle contains part of the history of St. Bernard; that on
-the west, the adoration of the Magi; and the east one, St.
-Helena, Kneeling figure, and Charlemagne.</p>
-<p>A lofty and graceful pointed arch, including in <a
-name="page70"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 70</span>its span the
-entire breadth of the nave, rises from richly clustered piers
-with foliated capitals, and divides the nave from the ancient
-choir.&nbsp; Against the north pier is a beautiful Stone Pulpit,
-designed and executed by Mr. S. Pountney Smith, of this town, and
-erected by the parishioners as a Memorial of their late revered
-Minister, Rev. W. G. Rowland.&nbsp; Its plan is an unequal
-octagon, the sides of which are carved into deep-pointed arches,
-springing from round pillars with rich foliated capitals, resting
-on a basement of gradually receding mouldings, terminated by a
-richly carved boss representing the Saviour preaching.&nbsp; The
-trefoil and the dog-tooth are the prevailing ornaments
-throughout.&nbsp; The central panel towards the south bears a
-bas-relief of the Crucifixion; the arch on the east, a statue of
-St. Peter, and that on the west, St. Paul; the eastern panel
-represents the Angels appearing to the Shepherds; the western
-one, the Ascension; and the northern arch, the statue of St. John
-the Evangelist.</p>
-<p>Eastward of this, on each side, is a similar arch of like
-dimensions, springing from the same pier.&nbsp; From these, the
-wings of the transept, corresponding in size and style, branch
-off to the north and south.&nbsp; In the eastern wall of each
-wing are two semicircular arches, those nearest the choir being
-larger than the others, and communicating with the chauntry
-chapels.&nbsp; At each extremity of the transept is a fine triple
-<a name="page71"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 71</span>lancet
-window, highly enriched with slender shafts, foliated capitals,
-and delicate mouldings, and filled with beautiful stained
-glass.&nbsp; That at the north is of a rich and elaborate mosaic
-design, with oval compartments, enclosing figures of the Apostles
-and an escutcheon of the arms of George III., executed by Mr.
-David Evans.&nbsp; That at the south contains the memorial
-stained glass to the late Rev. W. G. Rowland, comprising figures
-of the Virgin and Child, St. Thomas, and St. Bartholomew, under
-rich florid canopies, with groups of angels above, bearing
-scrolls with inscriptions.&nbsp; The side walls are pierced with
-narrow lights, in couplets, in a similar but plainer style; one
-of which, on the west side of the north transept, contains the
-Virgin and Child, under a canopy; whilst the corresponding window
-in the south transept contains the arms of France and England
-quarterly, and the armorial bearings of the late Bishop Butler,
-and the alliances of his family.&nbsp; The narrow doorways <a
-name="citation71"></a><a href="#footnote71"
-class="citation">[71]</a> are semicircular, rising from round
-pillars with foliated capitals, and enriched with a moulding,
-consisting of a round branch, swelling at intervals into lozenged
-panels, charged with roses.&nbsp; Under the triple lancet window
-of the south transept is a large and bold Gothic monument, in
-three compartments, to the family of Lloyd, and to the widow of
-the late Bishop Butler: and around the walls of the north
-transept are <a name="page72"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-72</span>placed the splendid Gothic monuments to</p>
-<h3>THE REV. J. B. BLAKEWAY,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p72b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Monument to Rev. J. B. Blakeway"
-title=
-"Monument to Rev. J. B. Blakeway"
- src="images/p72s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>and the families of Dukes, Parry, and Hughes.</p>
-<p><a name="page73"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 73</span>The
-following is the inscription on the former:&mdash;</p>
-<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall">TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVEREND</span><br />
-JOHN BRICKDALE BLAKEWAY, M.A. F.S.A.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THIRTY-ONE YEARS ORDINARY AND
-OFFICIAL,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AND THIRTY-TWO YEARS MINISTER OF THIS
-PARISH,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">BY THE VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION OF HIS
-PARISHIONERS</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT FOR HIS
-TALENTS,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">ESTEEM FOR HIS VIRTUES,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AND GRATITUDE FOR HIS LONG AND FAITHFUL
-SERVICES</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AS THEIR FRIEND AND PASTOR.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HE DIED THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH,
-MDCCCXXVI,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AGED SIXTY YEARS.</span></p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>These exquisite specimens of monumental skill, (together with
-many others in various parts of the edifice,) unrivalled in
-chaste elegance of design, and richness of execution, are the
-masterly productions of Mr. John Carline.</p>
-<p>
-<a href="images/p74b.jpg">
-<img class='floatright' alt=
-"Triple lancet window"
-title=
-"Triple lancet window"
- src="images/p74s.jpg" />
-</a>The chancel is elevated above the rest of the church, and is
-filled with carved oak stalls recently erected for the scholars
-of the Free Grammar School.&nbsp; It has on each side a narrow
-pointed arch, with deep mouldings rising from clustered pillars,
-opening to the chauntry chapels.&nbsp; On the north side near the
-richly decorated altar, is a beautiful and uncommon <a
-name="page74"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 74</span><span
-class="GutSmall">TRIPLE LANCET WINDOW</span>; the central arch,
-remarkably acute, rising far above the lateral ones, and resting
-internally on two slender insulated columns, with capitals richly
-decorated with a combination of heads and foliage.&nbsp; These
-ornaments are continued as a frieze to the wall, and from the
-imposts project busts of monsters.&nbsp; This window contains
-some remarkably fine and highly finished stained glass,
-representing the history of the life of St. Bernard, said to be
-by Albert Durer, or at all events of his age.&nbsp; Another
-portion of this glass is in the central window of the south aisle
-of the nave.&nbsp; The great eastern window occupies the whole
-extremity of the chancel.&nbsp; Its arch is broad and inelegant,
-divided by clumsy mullions and tracery, and exhibits a specimen
-of the debased style of church architecture of the Elizabethan
-sera.&nbsp; In this window is the curious and beautiful ancient
-stained glass which filled the east window of Old St.
-Chad&rsquo;s Church, prior to its demolition, and which was
-presented to this church in 1791.&nbsp; The subject is that
-favourite one of the old glass-stainers&mdash;the Genealogy of
-Christ from <a name="page75"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-75</span>Jesse.&nbsp; Jesse is represented reclining in sleep;
-from his loins springs a vine, which overspreading the whole
-window, encloses in its branches the several kings his
-descendants.&nbsp; In the lower compartments are figures of three
-knights banneret, and three ladies, kneeling under foliated
-tabernacles; the former habited in hawberks and yellow surcoats,
-charged with a lion rampant gules.&nbsp; Underneath is an
-inscription, requesting our prayers for &ldquo;Monsr. John de
-Charleton and Dame Hawis, sa companion,&rdquo; from which, and
-from the armorial bearings, we learn that this exquisite piece of
-ancient art was set up by the great Sir John de Charleton, lord
-of Powis, and must have been executed between 4 Edward II.,
-(1310,) when he was married to Hawise Gadarn, the heiress of the
-ancient Princes of Powis, and 1353, the year of his death.&nbsp;
-It has been conjectured that this glass was originally presented
-to the Grey Friars, in this town, to which religious house Sir
-John and his wife were great benefactors, and that it was removed
-to St. Chad&rsquo;s at the dissolution&mdash;a singular instance
-of so fragile a material surviving the destruction of two vast
-and substantial edifices.&nbsp; The whole of this window has
-lately been thoroughly and most judiciously restored.&nbsp; The
-clerestory windows are filled with figures of Apostles and
-Angels.</p>
-<p>On the north side of the chancel is the vestry, recently
-erected in the Norman style, the windows of which are filled with
-&ldquo;roundels&rdquo; of old German <a name="page76"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 76</span>and Flemish glass, exquisitely
-finished; and immediately adjoining is the chauntry chapel of St.
-Catharine; in the east wall of which is a window of very uncommon
-form, consisting of a pointed arch, within which is a trefoil,
-containing, in stained glass, Christ seated on a throne amid the
-clouds <a name="page77"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 77</span>and
-the dead rising to judgment.&nbsp; Immediately beneath is a
-round-headed window, in which is a kneeling figure in stained
-glass of the Virgin Mary, with angels hovering over her head,
-bearing in their hands a crown.&nbsp; On the north side is a
-large window, of three lights, with perpendicular tracery,
-containing fine old German glass representing the Crucifixion;
-Saint and kneeling figure; Judas betraying Christ; and St.
-Lambert and kneeling figure.&nbsp; This chapel is now used as a
-Baptistery, and the beautiful <span class="smcap">Ancient Stone
-Font</span> stands in the centre, on a rich pavement of modern
-encaustic tiles.&nbsp; Against the north wall, an alabaster slab,
-engraved with figures of a warrior and lady, commemorates
-Nicholas Stafford, Esq. and Katherine, his wife, the reputed
-founders of this chapel, who died 1463, which formerly lay under
-the arched recess in the north wall.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p76b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Ancient Stone Font, St. Mary&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"Ancient Stone Font, St. Mary&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p76s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>Over the door leading into the vestry is the monument, in
-white marble, erected by subscription, to the memory of the brave
-<span class="smcap">Admiral Benbow</span>, a native of the
-parish.&nbsp; 
-<a href="images/p77.jpg">
-<img class='floatright' alt=
-"Monument to Admiral Benbow"
-title=
-"Monument to Admiral Benbow"
- src="images/p77.jpg" />
-</a>It represents an obtuse pyramid of black marble, against
-which leans an oval medallion full faced bust of the Admiral,
-surrounded with anchor, flags, and cannon; and below a delicately
-sculptured representation <a name="page78"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 78</span>in bas-relief of a naval fight:
-underneath is the following inscription:&mdash;</p>
-<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall">ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO
-COMMEMORATE</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THE SERVICES OF</span><br />
-JOHN BENBOW, ESQ. VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">A SKILFUL AND DARING SEAMAN</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WHOSE HEROIC EXPLOITS LONG RENDERED HIM
-THE BOAST OF</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THE BRITISH NAVY,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AND STILL POINT HIM OUT AS THE NELSON OF
-HIS TIMES.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HE WAS BORN AT COTON HILL IN THIS PARISH,
-AND DIED AT</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">KINGSTON IN JAMAICA,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">NOVEMBER 4TH, 1702, AGED 51
-YEARS,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN HIS MEMORABLE
-ACTION</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WITH A FRENCH SQUADRON OFF CARTHAGENA IN
-THE</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WEST INDIES,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">FOUGHT ON THE 19TH AND FIVE FOLLOWING DAYS
-OF AUGUST</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">IN THAT YEAR.</span></p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>Attached to the south side of the chancel is a large and lofty
-chapel, in ancient times variously called &ldquo;The Leybourne
-Chapel&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Trinity Aisle.&rdquo;&nbsp; There is
-every probability that it was founded about the year 1300, by one
-of the Leybournes of Berwick, as a place of sepulture for the
-family, and was subsequently enlarged into its present form by
-the Drapers&rsquo; Company of the town, soon after their
-incorporation in 1461.&nbsp; In the south-east wall are three
-stone sedilia, with canopied arches; and on the north side of the
-altar, a small locker, once used for keeping the Eucharist.&nbsp;
-A fine pointed arch, in the pure style of the 14th century,
-communicates with the chancel through the north-east wall.&nbsp;
-Under this is an altar, tomb, (probably <a
-name="page79"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 79</span>of <span
-class="smcap">Simon de Leybourne</span>, lord of Berwick, who
-died between 1300 and 1315,) 
-<a href="images/p79.1.jpg">
-<img class='floatright' alt=
-"Altar-tomb, Simon de Leybourne"
-title=
-"Altar-tomb, Simon de Leybourne"
- src="images/p79.1.jpg" />
-</a>the sides of which are adorned with canopied niches, formerly
-containing figures; and on the table reclines the figure of a
-knight, cross-legged, and in chain armour.&nbsp; In this tomb the
-headless corpse of Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester,
-&ldquo;ill-spirited Worcester,&rdquo; who was taken prisoner at
-the battle of Shrewsbury, 1403, and beheaded, is believed to have
-been interred.&nbsp; The windows on the south side contain
-figures in stained glass:&mdash;commencing eastward the subjects
-are&mdash;St. Christopher, Count Horne, St.
-Catherine:&mdash;Bishop, Count Horne, St. John, St. Catherine,
-St. Barbara:&mdash;St. John the Baptist, Angel, Count Horne,
-Joseph of Arimathea, and the dead Saviour, St. Anne, Angel,
-Countess Horne:&mdash;Bishop, Countess Horne, St. James, with
-armorial bearings of the family of Horne.&nbsp; Several of these
-figures are old, the rest are modern, executed by Mr. D. Evans,
-after designs by P. Corbet, Esq., of this town.&nbsp; Underneath
-which is a rich Gothic monument to Master <span
-class="smcap">Wigram</span>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p79.2b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Monument to Master Wigram"
-title=
-"Monument to Master Wigram"
- src="images/p79.2s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><a
-name="page80"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 80</span><span
-class="GutSmall">MAN KNOWETH NOT HIS TIME.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AT THE WEST SIDE OF THIS CHURCHYARD ARE
-INTERRED THE</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">MORTAL REMAINS OF</span><br />
-HEATHCOTE WIGRAM,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">SECOND SON OF</span> M<span
-class="GutSmall">ONEY</span> W<span
-class="GutSmall">IGRAM,</span> E<span class="GutSmall">SQ. AND
-MARY HIS WIFE,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">OF WOODHOUSE, IN THE COUNTY OF
-ESSEX,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HE WAS A PUPIL IN THE ROYAL FREE GRAMMAR
-SCHOOL OF</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THIS TOWN AND WAS DROWNED WHILE BATHING IN
-THE SEVERN</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">SEPTEMBER I, MDCCCXXXVIII, AGED XIV
-YEARS.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THE CONDUCT OF THIS AMIABLE YOUTH HAD
-GREATLY ENDEARED</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HIM TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HIS NATURAL TALENTS IMPROVED BY SUCCESSFUL
-APPLICATION</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HAD ALREADY GIVEN PROMISE OF FUTURE
-EXCELLENCE</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WHEN HIS HEAVENLY FATHER CALLED HIM AWAY
-FROM THIS</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">EARTHLY STATE OF TRIAL</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE UPON THEM
-THAT FEAR HIM</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AND HOPE IN HIS MERCY TO DELIVER THEIR
-SOUL FROM DEATH.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY HIS MASTERS
-AND</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">SCHOOL-FELLOWS</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">TO THE MEMORY OF HIM WHOM THEY LOVED AND
-LAMENTED</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AND FOR THE CONTINUAL ADMONITION OF THE
-YOUNG IN THIS</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">CONGREGATION THAT THEY&mdash;</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">REMEMBER NOW THEIR CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF
-THEIR YOUTH.</span></p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>Against the east wall are large gothic monuments to John
-Jeudwine Esq. and Thomas Sutton, Esq. and between them is the
-statue erected by his pupils, at a cost of eight hundred guineas,
-to the memory of the late <span class="smcap">Bishop
-Butler</span>.&nbsp; The figure is full-length, clothed in the
-Episcopal robes, sitting in an easy and graceful attitude; the
-right hand hanging over the chair, and the left supporting the
-head, which is leaning in thought.&nbsp; It is of pure white <a
-name="page81"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 81</span>Carrara
-marble, and was sculptured by F. H. Baily, Esq. R.A.&nbsp; The
-pedestal which supports the statue is of dove-coloured marble
-from the Clee Hill, and bears the inscription below:&mdash;</p>
-<blockquote><p style="text-align: center">SAMVELI BUTLER,
-S.T.P.&nbsp; R.S.S.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">EPISCOPO LICHFIELDENSI</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">PRAESVLI PIO DILIGENTI
-DESIDERATO</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">PRAECEPTORI IN PRIMIS DOCTO AC
-SOLLERTI</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">CVIVS FAVSTIS ADMINISTRATA
-CONSILIIS</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">SCHOLA REGIA SALOPIENSIS</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">LITERARVM STVDIIS LAVDEM OMNEM SVPERGRESSA
-EST</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">DISCIPVLI MVNICIPES AMICI ET FAVTORES
-EIVS</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">VIRO EGREGIE MERITO</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HONORIS EXEMPLIQVE CAVSA
-POSVERVNT</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">A.S.&nbsp; MDCCCXLIV.</span></p>
-</blockquote>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p81b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Statue to Bishop Butler"
-title=
-"Statue to Bishop Butler"
- src="images/p81s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p><a name="page82"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-82</span>Dispersed in various parts of the edifice will be found
-many monuments of modern date, some of which bear elegant
-inscriptions.</p>
-<p>The northernmost of the windows immediately above, is filled
-with stained glass representing our Blessed Saviour receiving
-young children, and figures of Charlemagne and Edgar below, and
-in the window adjoining, is the Adoration of the Magi, and
-figures of Alfred and David below, the latter the gift of Daniel
-Rowland, Esq. brother of the late Incumbent.</p>
-<p>On the exterior western wall of the tower are some quaint
-verses, recording the death of Robert Cadman, who, on 2nd
-February, 1739, rashly attempted to slide down on his breast
-along a rope, extended from the summit of the spire to the
-opposite side of the river.&nbsp; The rope being drawn too tight
-snapped asunder as he was passing over the Dominican Friars, and
-he fell lifeless on the ice-bound earth.</p>
-<p>On the south-west side of the church-yard lies Lieutenant
-Thomas Anderson, one of the last persons executed for adherence
-to the Stuart family.&nbsp; He was tried at Worcester for
-desertion, and shot here on 11th December, 1759.</p>
-<p>On the west side, &ldquo;grav&rsquo;d in the hollow
-ground,&rdquo; close to the tomb of the Rev. J. B. Blakeway, also
-repose the ashes of that amiable man, and indefatigable <a
-name="page83"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 83</span>antiquary,
-Mr. David Parkes, who died 8th May, 1833, of whom there is a
-mural tablet in the Trinity Chapel.&nbsp; And also on the
-north-east side, those of the late zealous incumbent, the Rev. J.
-O. Hopkins, M.A. over which is a stone bearing the following
-inscription:&mdash;</p>
-<blockquote><p style="text-align: center">JOHN OLIVER HOPKINS,
-M.A.<br />
-INCUMBENT OF THIS CHURCH, DIED AUGUST 1<span
-class="GutSmall">ST</span>, 1853,<br />
-IN HIS 43<span class="GutSmall">RD</span> YEAR.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">&ldquo;<span class="GutSmall">BE YE
-ALSO READY FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE THINK NOT</span>,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THE SON OF MAN COMETH.&rdquo;&mdash;MATT.
-XXIV. 44</span>.</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>Westward of the church-yard are</p>
-<h3>ST. MARY&rsquo;S ALMSHOUSES,</h3>
-<p>the safe asylum of feeble age and decent poverty.&nbsp; This
-foundation arose from the benevolence of the Worshipful Company
-of Drapers of this town, at a very early period; and was
-remodelled during the wardenship, of that company, of Degory
-Watur, a worthy burgess and draper of Shrewsbury, in the days of
-Henry IV., who, is believed (though whether on sufficient grounds
-is uncertain,) to have charitably devoted a portion of his
-substance to the erection and endowment of an almshouse, for
-thirteen poor persons of both sexes.&nbsp; This beneficent man is
-said to have &ldquo;dwellyd in the almeshowse hall amongst the
-poor,&rdquo; and a truly affecting sight must it have been to
-behold the pious old man, white with &ldquo;the silver livery of
-advised age,&rdquo; deprived of sight, and bowed with the weight
-of ninety-six years, daily accompanying <a
-name="page84"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 84</span>the
-participators of his bounty to St. Mary&rsquo;s church, where he
-&ldquo;wold kneele amongst them in a fayre longe pewe made for
-them and hym selfe,&rdquo; and offer up the grateful incense of
-thanksgiving to that Eternal Being, with whom there is no respect
-of persons.&nbsp; The good Degory</p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Even in the downfall of his mellowed
-years,<br />
-When Nature brought him to the door of death,&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>forgot not the objects of his charity, but in his will, dated
-on the day of his decease, 28th July, 1477, devised certain lands
-to the Wardens of the Drapers&rsquo; Company to
-&ldquo;sufficientlie susteyne poore people in St. Mary
-Allmeshowse.&rdquo;&nbsp; Other charitable individuals made
-subsequent additions to the endowment.</p>
-<p>The almshouses originally stood within the churchyard, and
-were confined, unwholesome, and highly incommodious to the
-thoroughfare.&nbsp; In 1825 they were entirely removed, and the
-present comfortable habitations erected on the opposite side of
-the street, by the Drapers&rsquo; Company, at an expense of
-nearly &pound;3000.&nbsp; The houses are sixteen in number, and
-the inmates, who must be parishioners of St. Mary&rsquo;s, are
-appointed by the Drapers&rsquo; Company, and supported by them,
-at an annual expense of upwards of &pound;100.</p>
-<p>In an ancient timber house in the south-west corner of the
-church-yard, is</p>
-<h3><a name="page85"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 85</span>THE
-DRAPERS&rsquo; HALL.</h3>
-<p>This curious and spacious apartment retains many features of
-the good old fashioned days.&nbsp; Elevated on a dais,
-&ldquo;richlie dyghte withe blazon&rsquo;d tyle,&rdquo; stands
-the massive oaken table at which the Company hold their meetings,
-and below at right angles, is another table, which in former
-times was wont to groan beneath the solid cheer, with which the
-worthy drapers feasted their tenants and dependents.&nbsp; A
-rudely carved muniment chest occupies the lower end, and
-portraits of the excellent Degory Watur and his spouse, and of
-King Edward IV.&nbsp; &ldquo;The Royal Founder of their
-Companie,&rdquo; decorate the dark and gloomy wainscot.</p>
-<p>The Drapers were incorporated by Charters of Edward IV. and
-James I. and their Company is recognized by several subsequent
-Acts of Parliament.&nbsp; Seven years&rsquo; apprenticeship to a
-member of the company is the necessary qualification for
-admission, though foreigners may be admitted on payment of a
-fine, at the discretion of the company.&nbsp; Their income, which
-chiefly arises from lands originally purchased by the voluntary
-contributions of the members, is considerable, and is expended in
-the support of the inmates of St. Mary&rsquo;s Almshouse, in
-liberal subscriptions to the charitable institutions of the town,
-and in relief to the widows and families of deceased members.</p>
-<p><a name="page86"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 86</span>The
-traffic in Welsh woollen-cloths, the staple trade of the place
-during three centuries, is now very inconsiderable, the market
-formerly held here every Thursday having been long since removed
-to Welshpool and Newtown in Montgomeryshire.</p>
-<p>The next object which demands our attention is</p>
-<h3>THE SALOP INFIRMARY. <a name="citation86"></a><a
-href="#footnote86" class="citation">[86]</a></h3>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Here all have kindness, most
-relief&mdash;for some<br />
-Is cure complete,&mdash;it is the <span
-class="smcap">Suffers&rsquo; Home</span>.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p86b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Salop Infirmary"
-title=
-"Salop Infirmary"
- src="images/p86s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p><a name="page87"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 87</span>This
-excellent institution was established in 1747, for the humane
-purpose of affording skilful medical assistance to the suffering
-poor, and is most munificently supported by the voluntary
-subscriptions and benefactions of the county.&nbsp; According to
-the last report the total number of persons who have received the
-benefit of this useful charity since its commencement,
-are,&mdash;In-patients 65204; whereof 32298 have been cured, and
-25156 relieved; Out-patients 138039, of whom 98376 have been
-cured, and 24700 relieved.&nbsp; The yearly number of patients is
-1277 in-patients, and 4835 out-patients.&nbsp; Several of the
-physicians and surgeons of the town most humanely afford their
-valuable advice and skill gratuitously; and in order that medical
-aid may always be ready in cases of emergency, a surgeon,
-retained at a salary, is constantly resident in the house.&nbsp;
-The pecuniary and ordinary concerns of the institution are
-superintended by a board of directors, consisting of eight
-trustees, the deputy treasurer, and secretary.&nbsp; The domestic
-economy is regulated by a matron.&nbsp; Two of the subscribers,
-weekly attend as house-visitors.&nbsp; The Chaplain the Rev. J.
-Lewis reads prayers daily and visits the sick in the wards.&nbsp;
-A treasurer is also annually appointed, who, on the anniversary
-day in the Hunt week, is accompanied to church by the subscribers
-and patrons of the charity, where, after a sermon, a collection
-is made in aid of the funds; the plates on this occasion, being
-held by two ladies and two gentlemen of rank or opulence.</p>
-<p><a name="page88"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 88</span>The
-house surgeon is allowed to take three pupils at a premium of 20
-Guineas to himself, and 200 Guineas to the Infirmary, which
-entitles the pupil to board and residence for five years.&nbsp;
-Attendance at this hospital is recognized by the Royal College of
-Surgeons, and the Apothecaries&rsquo; Company, London.</p>
-<p>There is a Library of about 3000 volumes, to which the best
-new medical works are yearly added by purchase.</p>
-<p>The present building was erected in 1830, on the site of the
-Old Infirmary, after a design by Mr. Haycock, of this town, at an
-expense of &pound;18,735 18s. 10d. of which &pound;12,994 1s. 3d.
-was raised by subscription, and the remainder disbursed from the
-funded property of the charity.</p>
-<p>It is constructed of freestone, in the Grecian style, is 170
-feet in length by 80 feet in height, and has a handsome portico
-in the centre, supported by Doric pillars.&nbsp; The disposition
-of the interior is adequate to the accommodation of from 150 to
-160 in-patients, and comprises four stories.&nbsp; The various
-offices, in number twenty-two, are arranged in the basement; the
-ground floor is appropriated to the board-room, dispensary, rooms
-for the admission of patients, the house-surgeon and
-matron&rsquo;s apartments, and two wards for surgical cases; the
-first floor has seven wards for male patients, with <a
-name="page89"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 89</span>day-room,
-scullery, and baths; the upper story contains a spacious
-operation room, with wards for female patients on each side; and
-in the attics are four other wards, with nurses&rsquo; rooms,
-&amp;c.&nbsp; A staircase, at either end, communicates with
-spacious galleries extending the length of each story.&nbsp; A
-proper ventilation is kept up through the whole structure, and an
-uniform temperature preserved by a patent hot-water apparatus,
-which likewise affords a constant supply of warm water.&nbsp; The
-walls of the board-room are decorated with the portraits of Sir
-Rowland Hill, Bart., General Lord Hill, and Lord Clive, the
-armorial bearings of the successive treasurers, and the tables of
-benefactions.</p>
-<p>The spacious terrace on the eastern side, commands an
-extensive view of unequalled richness and beauty.&nbsp; The eye,
-after dwelling on the nearer objects of the rugged declivities of
-the Castle Mount,&mdash;the Railway Viaduct over the
-Severn,&mdash;the majestic ruins of the Abbey,&mdash;the stately
-grandeur of the White Hall,&mdash;the elegant Column,&mdash;and
-the venerable church of St. Giles&mdash;wanders uninterruptedly
-over an extensive tract of fertile and finely wooded country,
-bounded by the long ridge of Haughmond Hill, the Wrekin, the
-Acton Burnell, Frodesley, and Stretton Hills.</p>
-<p>Opposite St. Mary&rsquo;s turnstile, at the corner of Church
-Street, stands</p>
-<h3><a name="page90"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-90</span>JONES&rsquo;S MANSION,</h3>
-<p>the front of which is now obscured by modern erections, though
-portions of its lofty gables are still visible from the
-street.&nbsp; This house was built by Thomas Jones, Esq., called
-the <i>Rich Jones</i>, (the uncle of Sir Thomas Jones, Lord Chief
-Justice of the Common Pleas,) who, after serving the office of
-Bailiff six times, was appointed by Charles I., in 1638, the
-first Mayor of Shrewsbury.&nbsp; In 1624 he also served the
-office of Sheriff of the county.&nbsp; Subsequently the mansion
-became the residence of the Chief Justice Jones.&nbsp; In 1642,
-during Charles I. stay in Shrewsbury, the Duke of York was lodged
-here, and Prince Rupert also made it his residence after the
-battle of Worcester.</p>
-<p>In the adjacent street, Dogpole, is</p>
-<h3>THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE,</h3>
-<p>instituted with the object of affording to the young men of
-the town the means of acquiring general and scientific knowledge,
-by the formation of a library, delivery of Lectures, and
-establishment of Classes for French, Germany Drawing, &amp;c.,
-and an opportunity of spending their leisure hours profitably in
-a Reading Room supplied with the London and local Newspapers, and
-several of the leading Reviews, Magazines, and periodicals
-devoted to mechanical and artistical subjects.&nbsp; There is, <a
-name="page91"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 91</span>also, a
-Debating Society connected with the Institution.&nbsp; The
-subscription is 15s. per annum, with free admission to the
-Lectures, Library, and Reading Room, the latter of which is open
-from 12 at noon to 10 o&rsquo;clock at night, every day, (Sundays
-excepted.)</p>
-<p>Behind the wainscot of the dining-room of a house situate a
-little below the Institute in Dogpole, now the property and
-residence of Dr. Henry Johnson, Senior Physician to the Salop
-Infirmary, and known in ancient documents by the name of</p>
-<h3>&ldquo;THE OLDE HOUSE,&rdquo;</h3>
-<p>was recently discovered an ancient painting, on canvas, fixed
-upon a board forming the mantelpiece over the fire-place of the
-room.&nbsp; In the centre is a shield of arms, France and England
-quarterly, surmounted by a royal crown, and on either side a
-pomegranate and Tudor rose (white and red conjoined), twice
-repeated.&nbsp; The ground of the whole dark-maroon, ornamented
-or damasked with white wavy feathery embellishments.&nbsp; Above,
-on the plaster of the wall, is a rude painting of heavy
-scroll-work ornaments; and it is thought that the rest of the
-walls, if the wainscot were removed, would be found covered with
-similar paintings.</p>
-<p>In the absence of all positive evidence, conjectures <a
-name="page92"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 92</span>can only be
-hazarded as to the cause of these arms, &amp;c. having been
-placed here.</p>
-<p>One thing, however, is certain that they are connected, in
-some way with Queen Mary, daughter of Henry VIII. and Queen
-Katherine of Arragon, inasmuch as the pomegranate was first
-introduced as a royal badge of England, upon Katherine&rsquo;s
-marriage with prince Arthur, son of Henry VII.&nbsp; Now if we
-consider this painting contemporary with an inscription on the
-wainscot of the adjoining drawing-room, &ldquo;PETRVS ROBERTS M M
-SECO 1553,&rdquo; and interpret it thus, &ldquo;PETRVS ROBERTS
-MARI&AElig; MATERNITATEM SECO, 1553.&nbsp; I Peter Roberts decide
-(the question of) the maternity or legitimacy of Mary,
-1553.&rdquo;&nbsp; Then we may regard it as a loyal demonstration
-on Mary&rsquo;s accession to the English throne by some one of
-those many friends and adherents who so warmly sympathised in her
-early adversity, in the unjustifiable degradation of her royal
-mother and her own consequent exclusion from the succession to
-the throne.</p>
-<p>If, however, the painting is considered to be anterior in time
-to the inscription on the wainscot, and such really appears to be
-the case from the style of the wainscot, then it may be connected
-with the possibility of the Court of the Marches of Wales, over
-which Mary presided in 1525, with the title of &ldquo;Princess of
-Wales,&rdquo; having been held <a name="page93"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 93</span>here, since the Council House, where
-the Court usually sat afterwards, was not built till 1530; or it
-may be the memorial of an unrecorded visit of Queen Mary to our
-town; or the residence of one of her household, or of some member
-of the Council, amongst both of whom were many Cambrian names,
-and the following,&mdash;Ap Rice, Baldwyn, Basset, Bromley,
-Burnell, Burton, Cotton, Dod, Egerton, Pigot, Rocke, Sydnour,
-Salter, more or less connected with Shrewsbury; or it may have
-been the mansion of one of the many Welsh families of
-distinction, with whom Mary formed an intimacy during her
-residence in the Marches; or, as the crest of the Rocke family
-still remains on the leaden water-piping, and who in later times
-are remembered to have resided therein, it may have been the
-mansion of Anthony Rocke, who was a servant of Queen Katherine,
-and a legatee in her will to the amount of &pound;20; and of whom
-the Princess Mary thus writes in one of her
-letters:&mdash;&ldquo;For although he be not my servant, yet
-because he was my mother&rsquo;s, and is an honest man, as I
-think, I do love him well, and would do him good.&rdquo;</p>
-<p>Which of these guesses may be the true solution, we are unable
-at present to decide.</p>
-<p>We now pass down Church Street to</p>
-<h3><a name="page94"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 94</span>ST.
-ALKMUND&rsquo;S CHURCH,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p94b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"St. Alkmund&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"St. Alkmund&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p94s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>founded in the early part of the 10th century, by <a
-name="page95"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 95</span>Ethelfleda,
-daughter of the great Alfred, and lady of Mercia, who endowed it
-with eleven manors.&nbsp; Edgar the Peaceable added other lands
-and possessions, and placed here a dean and ten prebends.&nbsp;
-At the time of Domesday the church held in Shrewsbury twenty-one
-burgesses, twelve houses for the canons, two of the hundred
-hides, for which the city paid Dane-geld, besides nine of the
-above manors, (the other two having been unjustly wrested from
-it, and fallen into lay hands,) in all, about 4020 acres, of
-which 620 were in demesne, and a rent of &pound;8 8s. 8d.
-received for the remainder, which, with other rents of the amount
-of 13s. 8d. produced a revenue rather exceeding &pound;500 of
-modern currency.&nbsp; Part of these estates, held of the church
-by Godebold, a Norman priest, and subsequently by his son,
-Robert, persons in great esteem with our Norman earls, were
-involved by some means in the confiscation of the property of the
-last Earl, Robert de Belesme, and fell into the hands of Richard
-de Belmeis, Bishop of London, to whom Henry I. had entrusted the
-government of Shropshire.&nbsp; On the death of this prelate in
-1127, the king granted them to the Bishop&rsquo;s nephew, Richard
-de Belmeis, also Bishop of London, and canon of this
-church.&nbsp; In his possession they did not long continue, for
-in 1147 he effected the dissolution of the college of St.
-Alkmund, and with the consent of King Stephen and Pope Eugenius
-III., transferred his own and all the other prebendal estates, to
-augment his brother Philip de <a name="page96"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 96</span>Belmeis&rsquo;s recent foundation of
-Lilleshall Abbey, in this county, by which means the benefice
-sank from a collegiate establishment into a poor vicarage.</p>
-<p>After the dissolution of Lilleshall Abbey, the vicarage
-continued in the crown until 1628, when Charles I. sold it to
-Rowland Heylin, Alderman of London, a zealous member of a society
-for founding lectureships in populous towns, and augmenting small
-livings.&nbsp; On the suppression of this society in 1663, on the
-supposition of its being favourable to puritanical principles,
-St. Alkmund&rsquo;s, with the other advowsons, purchased by the
-society, became vested in the crown, in whose patronage it still
-remains.</p>
-<p>The old church was a spacious structure, exhibiting specimens
-of ecclesiastical architecture, from the Anglo-Norman period to
-the middle of the sixteenth century.&nbsp; The original form was
-a cross with nave, side aisles, transept, chancel, and western
-tower, but from the subsequent erections of chauntry chapels, the
-external elevation was very irregular.&nbsp; On the sudden fall
-of St. Chad&rsquo;s Church, in this town, an unfounded
-apprehension of the instability of this curious building was
-excited and cherished in the breasts of the parishioners.&nbsp;
-Deliberations were speedily set on foot, and with ill-judged
-haste it was resolved to demolish the venerable structure, and
-erect a new church of more contracted dimensions on a part of the
-site.&nbsp; The strength and firmness of <a
-name="page97"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 97</span>the masonry
-of the ancient but undecayed walls presented almost
-insurmountable obstacles to the efforts of the workmen employed
-to rend them asunder, and convinced the parishioners, when too
-late, of their premature folly. <a name="citation97"></a><a
-href="#footnote97" class="citation">[97]</a></p>
-<p>The present church was opened for divine service on 8th
-November, 1795, and cost in the erection &pound;4000.&nbsp; It is
-of freestone, in the style usually denominated
-Modern-Gothic.&nbsp; The interior, though destitute of the solemn
-majesty of gothic edifices, is handsomely fitted up, and well
-arranged for the accommodation of a numerous congregation.&nbsp;
-In the gallery at the west end, is a small but well-toned organ,
-by Gray of London, erected by subscription in 1823.&nbsp; The
-east window contains some modern stained glass, emblematical of
-Evangelical Faith, painted by the elder Eglinton.</p>
-<p>Of the old church the only portion which escaped destruction
-was the western steeple, erected probably as late as the
-Dissolution.&nbsp; It consists of a slender, but
-well-proportioned square tower of three chambers, flanked by
-light double angular buttresses, gracefully diminishing in their
-ascent, and finished on the summit by broaches or semi-pyramidal
-abutments.&nbsp; From this rises a spire of the finest
-proportions, brought to an exquisitely taper point, and <a
-name="page98"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 98</span>crowned by an
-open flower.&nbsp; This has recently been repaired and restored
-by Mr. S. P. Smith.&nbsp; Under the tower, an elegant pointed
-arch, recessed within a square opening, leads to the interior; on
-each side are the remains of holy water niches.&nbsp; Above is a
-handsome pointed window, with delicate mullions, containing in
-ancient stained glass, preserved from the old church, the arms of
-France and England quarterly, and those of Richard Sampson,
-Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.&nbsp; The bell-story contains a
-light peal of eight bells, cast by Bryan of Hertford, in 1812,
-and is lighted by four semicircular windows.</p>
-<p>Of the ancient tombs and monumental brasses which abounded in
-the old edifice, none are preserved in the present structure,
-which contains no memorial worthy of note, with the exception of
-a tablet to Chief Justice Jones, and one to the late Rev. R.
-Scott, B.D.</p>
-<p>The parish comprises only a small part of the town, but
-contains many insulated portions of the neighbourhood.</p>
-<p>Strong foundations of red stone are extensively visible in the
-houses and walls on the north-west side of the church yard, which
-may possibly be the remains of the Saxon college.</p>
-<p>Immediately adjoining, at the top of the Double <a
-name="page99"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 99</span>Butcher Bow,
-is a lofty timber house, conjectured to have been</p>
-<h3>THE GUILD HOUSE OF THE FRATERNITY OF THE HOLY CROSS,</h3>
-<p>which anciently existed in the church of St. Alkmund.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p99b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Guild House of the Holy Cross"
-title=
-"Guild House of the Holy Cross"
- src="images/p99s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>This curious tenement, now occupied as several dwellings,
-forms two sides of a square, and with the exception of its square
-windows, entirely of Gothic architecture of the fifteenth
-century.</p>
-<p>The projecting stories are supported by elegant springers,
-enriched like the principal timbers, with carvings of small
-pointed arches, with trefoil and other ornaments.&nbsp; A
-cloister of obtusely pointed wooden arches, overspread with rich
-carvings and <a name="page100"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-100</span>delicate mouldings, runs along the ground-story of the
-front.</p>
-<p>Contiguous to St. Alkmund&rsquo;s is</p>
-<h3>ST. JULIAN&rsquo;S CHURCH.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p100b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"St. Julian&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"St. Julian&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p100s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p><a name="page101"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 101</span>of
-whose early foundation in the Saxon times, we possess no
-particulars.&nbsp; According to Domesday, it held before the
-Conquest half a hide of land in the city.&nbsp; It was a rectory
-and royal free chapel with a peculiar jurisdiction, and appears
-to have been annexed, at a very early period, to the chapel of
-St. Michael, in the castle.&nbsp; In 1410 the rectory was
-granted, amongst other things, by Henry IV., to augment his new
-foundation of Battlefield College, and thenceforth this living
-became a mere stipendiary curacy.&nbsp; On the dissolution of
-that college, St. Julian&rsquo;s was granted by the crown, in 3rd
-Edward VI. to John Capper and Richard Trevor, and after numerous
-subsequent transfers, passed into the family of Prince, from whom
-it has descended to the present patron, the Earl of
-Tankerville.</p>
-<p>The parish comprehends the Wyle, the Wyle Cop, and under the
-Wyle, and considerable disjointed portions extending wide into
-the country.</p>
-<p>The present church, erected in 1749, on the site of an ancient
-irregular structure which had become ruinous, is an oblong
-Grecian building of brick and stone.&nbsp; The interior is
-handsome and conveniently fitted up.&nbsp; Four Doric pillars on
-each side of the nave support the ceiling, which is curved and
-decorated with considerable effect with carved foliated bosses,
-preserved from the beams of the old church.&nbsp; Over the side
-aisles, and at the west end, are commodious <a
-name="page102"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 102</span>galleries,
-in the latter of which is an organ by Fleetwood and Bucer,
-erected by subscription in 1834.&nbsp; In the central light of
-the large Venetian window in the chancel, is a figure of St.
-James in ancient stained glass; and in the side lights are the
-royal arms, and those of Lichfield and Coventry impaling
-Cornwallis.&nbsp; The galleries on the north and south are
-lighted by large circular-headed windows, containing the arms of
-Queen Elizabeth, the town, and the families of Bowdler, Prynce,
-and Bennett.</p>
-<p>The only existing portion of the old church is the slender
-square tower at the west end.&nbsp; The basement is of red stone,
-and has on its eastern side a remarkably acute and lofty arch
-opening to the nave.&nbsp; From this rises a superstructure of
-grey stone in the style of the 16th century; the upper chamber of
-which is lighted on every side by a broad short pointed mullioned
-window.&nbsp; Above is a frieze of quatrefoil pannels, with
-grotesque water-spouts projecting from the angles.&nbsp; An
-embattled parapet, enriched with eight crocketed pinnacles,
-crowns the summit.&nbsp; In the tower are six bells.</p>
-<p>On the exterior of the south wall of the tower is a sculptured
-stone from the old church, representing St. Juliana within a
-foliated tabernacle.</p>
-<p><a name="page103"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 103</span>The
-south side of the church was, in 1846, stuccoed over, stone
-pillars inserted between the windows, and surmounted with a
-cornice and stone parapet.</p>
-<p>The church-yard next the street was also enclosed by a pierced
-parapet stone wall, and the entire structure substantially
-repaired at the expense partly of the parish and of the late Rev.
-R. Scott.</p>
-<p>The edifice contains only one monument of any antiquity; a
-coarse marble slab, inscribed in Longo-bardic capitals, to a
-member of the family of Trumwin, of Cannock, in
-Staffordshire.</p>
-<p>The modern memorials most worthy of remark, as recording men
-&ldquo;useful in their generation,&rdquo; are those to Mr. John
-Allatt, the beneficent founder of Allatt&rsquo;s School; Mr.
-Robert Lawrence, the public-spirited coach proprietor, to whose
-exertions we owe the great Holyhead Road, and the establishment
-of the first mail coach to this town;&mdash;and to the
-elegant-minded Hugh Owen, Archdeacon of Salop, one of the learned
-authors of the &ldquo;History of Shrewsbury.&rdquo;</p>
-<p>We now reach</p>
-<h3><a name="page104"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 104</span>THE
-TOP OF THE WYLE,</h3>
-<p>the upper part of the street now called &ldquo;The Wyle
-Cop,&rdquo; which is believed to have been the part first
-inhabited by the Britons, and was in the immediate vicinity of
-their Prince&rsquo;s palace, which occupied the site of Old St.
-Chad&rsquo;s church.&nbsp; After the Saxon invasion the town
-gradually increased towards the north, as is evident from the
-situation of the churches of St. Alkmund and St. Mary, the former
-founded in the beginning, and the latter at the end of the 10th
-century.</p>
-<p>On the right-hand side of the Wyle Cop, three doors below the
-Lion Hotel, is an</p>
-<h3>OLD TIMBER HOUSE,</h3>
-<p>in which Henry VII. is reported to have lodged during his
-short stay in the town, immediately previous to the battle of
-Bosworth.&nbsp; For the good services which Henry experienced
-from the burgesses on this occasion, he remitted, on his
-accession to the throne, ten marks annually for fifty years, of
-the fee farm at which they held their town, and exempted them
-from all taxes and contributions.&nbsp; The intercourse which had
-begun thus favourably was kept up in after years by Henry, who,
-with his queen and son, frequently visited this town, upon which
-occasions they were feasted by the Bailiffs in a most royal and
-hospitable manner.</p>
-<p><a name="page105"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-105</span>Opposite to St. Julian&rsquo;s church is</p>
-<h3>SHEARMANS&rsquo;, OR CLOTHWORKERS&rsquo; HALL,</h3>
-<p>an ancient red stone building, of whose original erection no
-particulars are now extant.&nbsp; The high gabled west end fronts
-the High Street, and displays a pointed window of the 14th
-century, long since deprived of its mullions.&nbsp; On the east
-and south sides are remains of similar windows.&nbsp; The
-interior, formerly in one apartment, is now converted into a
-dwelling-house and warehouses.</p>
-<p>The business of the Shearman consisted in dressing the Welsh
-webs, by raising the wool on one side.&nbsp; In the reign of
-Elizabeth great numbers were employed in this process; but
-subsequent discoveries proving it to be injurious to the texture
-of the cloth, it was gradually laid aside.&nbsp; Few, if any,
-Shearmen now remain in our town.&nbsp; The precise date of their
-incorporation is unknown, though doubtless it was at a very early
-period.</p>
-<p>From entries in their ancient books dated 7th, 8th, and 9th,
-Edward IV. we learn that the Company constituted the Guild or
-Fraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose chauntry was in the
-north aisle of St. Julian&rsquo;s Church.&nbsp; From the same
-documents we find that it was the custom on their festival day,
-to erect in front of their Hall, a May-pole or green tree, thence
-called &ldquo;the Shermen&rsquo;s Tree;&rdquo; the <a
-name="page106"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 106</span>bringing in
-and fixing of which was accompanied with much festivity and
-expensive jollity.&nbsp; The ceremonies observed on these
-occasions, doubtless bore considerable resemblance to those
-practised at the erection of the May-pole on May-day, as
-described by old writers, when</p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Forth goth all the court both most and
-lest,<br />
-To fetch the floures fresh, and braunch and blome.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>During the reign of Puritanism these pastimes caused great
-disgust to the professors of those principles, and strenuous
-efforts were used to suppress &ldquo;the Shermen&rsquo;s
-Tree.&rdquo;&nbsp; Disturbances consequently ensued, in which the
-Bailiffs of the town appear to have espoused the cause of the
-Puritans, and even directed their Public Preacher to deliver
-sermons against the merriment of our honest forefathers.</p>
-<p>Adjoining the south side of the Shearmen&rsquo;s Hall is a
-large and curious old timber house, called</p>
-<h3>THE OLD POST-OFFICE,</h3>
-<p>which forms with it a court, entered from the street by a
-gateway.&nbsp; These premises were erected in 1568 by George
-Proude, draper, bailiff in 1569, and member of a family formerly
-of considerable note in our town.</p>
-<p><a name="page107"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 107</span>We
-now approach the only remaining portion of</p>
-<h3>OLD ST. CHAD&rsquo;S CHURCH,</h3>
-<p>consisting of the Lady Chapel on the south side of the
-choir.&nbsp; The two semicircular arches, still visible in the
-masonry of the outer walls, communicated with the choir and south
-transept.&nbsp; The north-west angle is flanked by the great
-south-eastern pier of the central tower, and at the opposite
-corner are the remains of a staircase buttress.&nbsp; The
-southern and <a name="page108"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-108</span>eastern sides are each lighted by two pointed windows,
-three of which are divided by elegant trefoil tracery.&nbsp; The
-south-western window is plainer, and of an earlier date than the
-rest.&nbsp; On the outside of the north wall are three stone
-stalls, with groined roofs, originally on the southern side of
-the altar, and used by the officiating clergy during the
-celebration of the mass.&nbsp; The roof is of a plain oak
-panelling.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p107b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Old St. Chad&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"Old St. Chad&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p107s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>This chauntry chapel was first erected in 1496, but having
-subsequently fallen into decay was nearly re-edified in 1571, at
-the expense of Humphrey Onslow, Esq. of Onslow, in this parish,
-for the reception of the altar tomb, (now in the Abbey Church,)
-of his nephew the Speaker Onslow, who died at Onslow during a
-visit to his uncle.&nbsp; After the Reformation it acquired the
-name of the Bishop&rsquo;s Chancel, from being used as a
-consistory court at the visitations.&nbsp; Its present use is as
-a receptacle for the monumental memorials rescued from the wreck
-of the old church.</p>
-<p>This church, when perfect, was a plain heavy, solid pile,
-totally devoid of ornamental sculpture on the outer walls, and
-from its situation on a commanding eminence, presented from a
-distance, a fine, solemn, cathedral-like appearance.&nbsp; It was
-cruciform, and comprised a nave, side aisles, transept, choir, a
-broad low central tower, and chauntry chapels north and south of
-the choir.&nbsp; The architecture was <a name="page109"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 109</span>chiefly of the Anglo-Norman and
-lancet styles of the 13th century, with some subsequent additions
-of the 15th and 16th centuries. <a name="citation109"></a><a
-href="#footnote109" class="citation">[109]</a></p>
-<p>Early in the summer of 1788 considerable fissures were
-observed in the north-western pier of the tower, which continuing
-to increase, Mr. Telford was employed to examine and report the
-cause.&nbsp; On inspection, it was discovered that the
-foundations had been undermined by graves heedlessly made too
-near the walls, and that the pier, in consequence, had given way;
-that the tower and the whole of the north side of the nave were
-in a most dangerous state, and the chief timbers of the roof
-decayed.&nbsp; He recommended that the tower should be
-immediately taken down, the pier rebuilt, and the other parts of
-the fabric properly and substantially secured.&nbsp; This
-reasonable advice through ill-judged economy was fatally
-rejected, and a stonemason employed to cut away the infirm parts
-of the pier, and to underbuild it, without lessening any of the
-incumbent weight of the tower and bells.&nbsp; The workmen
-accordingly commenced, and proceeded in their operations for two
-days; but on the third morning, July 9th, 1788, just as the
-chimes struck four, the ruinous pier gave way, the tower was
-instantly rent asunder, and falling on the roofs of the nave and
-transept with <a name="page110"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-110</span>a tremendous crash, involved those parts in one
-indescribable scene of desolation and horror.&nbsp; Many portions
-of the building still remained standing but so great was the
-panic occasioned by the catastrophe that they were all
-immediately taken down, with the exception of the present
-chapel.</p>
-<p>The collegiate establishment of St. Chad consisted of a dean,
-ten secular canons, and two vicars choral, and was founded soon
-after the subjugation of Pengwern, in the 8th century, by Offa,
-king of Mercia, who, as tradition states, converted the palace of
-the kings of Powis into his first church.&nbsp; In Edward the
-Confessor&rsquo;s time, this church held twelve hides of land,
-which it retained at the compilation of Domesday.&nbsp; Between
-the years 1086 and 1326, other considerable possessions were
-acquired by the college, so that at the dissolution their
-revenues amounted to the clear yearly sum of &pound;49 13s.&nbsp;
-In 34th Henry VIII. on the apprehension of a dissolution, the
-last dean, Sir George Lee, granted a lease of the deanery, (with
-the exception of certain tithes previously disposed of) to
-Humphrey Onslow, Esq. for sixty-one years, at a rent of
-&pound;10, and a payment of &pound;4 6s. 8d. to a curate to
-celebrate divine service in the church.&nbsp; On the dissolution
-of colleges, 2nd Edward VI., the crown leased the collegiate
-property to George Beston, Esq. for a term of twenty-one years;
-and two years afterwards, without any notice being taken of that
-gentleman&rsquo;s interest, it was appropriated to the Free
-Schools, in which it is now vested.</p>
-<p><a name="page111"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 111</span>The
-living, though properly a curacy, has long been styled a
-vicarage, and is in the patronage of the crown.&nbsp; The
-incumbent is always the mayor&rsquo;s chaplain.</p>
-<p>This parish is by far the largest in the place, comprising
-very nearly half the town, and a great extent of the surrounding
-country.</p>
-<p>The day-spring of the Reformation early visited our
-town.&nbsp; In 1407, Master William Thorpe, a priest, came to
-Shrewsbury, and mounted the pulpit in St. Chad&rsquo;s church,
-from whence he boldly condemned the favourite tenets of
-popery.&nbsp; Thorpe was in consequence thrown into prison,
-subsequently conveyed to Lambeth, and after a confinement of
-several months convened before the Archbishop of Canterbury at
-Saltwood, on a complaint exhibited against him by &ldquo;the
-bailives and worshipful cominalte&rdquo; of this town.&nbsp; In
-his examination he candidly admitted the charges laid against
-him, but adhered to his opinions with manly and unshrinking
-steadiness.&nbsp; Of the result of the trial and his subsequent
-history we possess no account.</p>
-<p>In the year 1394, this church, which had at that time a wooden
-steeple covered with lead, was consumed by accidental fire, which
-extended its ravages to a great portion of the town, then chiefly
-consisting of timber houses with thatched roofs.&nbsp; The damage
-sustained was so considerable, that Richard II. <a
-name="page112"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 112</span>remitted
-the payment of the fee farm of the town for three years towards
-the repairs.</p>
-<p>In 1490, Henry VII., accompanied by his queen and son, Prince
-Arthur, kept the feast of St. George, (April 23,) in this
-church.&nbsp; In 1581, Sir Henry Sidney, President of the Council
-of the Marches, as a Knight of the Garter, kept the feast of St.
-George, (April 23,) in this town, with great splendour.&nbsp; He
-marched in solemn procession from the Council House to St.
-Chad&rsquo;s Church, the choir of which was fitted up in
-imitation of St. George&rsquo;s Chapel, Windsor, and the stalls
-decorated with the arms of the Knights of the Garter.&nbsp; Sir
-Henry sat in his proper stall, near that reserved for the Queen;
-in passing which he bowed with the same respect as if her Majesty
-had actually been present.&nbsp; On the conclusion of divine
-service Sir Henry devoted the afternoon to feasting the
-burgesses.</p>
-<h3>THE COLLEGE OF ST. CHAD</h3>
-<p>adjoined the south-western extremity of the church.&nbsp; Its
-buildings, now converted into three handsome houses, are so
-entirely modernized, that scarce a vestige is visible, except a
-portion of the wall adjacent to the church-yard.&nbsp; The outer
-walls of its precinct may be traced to a considerable distance in
-the neighbouring gardens.</p>
-<p>North of the church-yard, in a close passage called &ldquo;the
-Sextry,&rdquo; are some old timber buildings, once <a
-name="page113"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-113</span>communicating with the church by a covered passage over
-the street.&nbsp; These were, as is supposed, the dwellings of
-the Vicars Choral.&nbsp; In this old tenement the attendants of
-Henry VII. were lodged during his visit to the town in 1496, when
-the Bailiffs entertained him in almost sumptuous and royal
-manner.&nbsp; These premises were subsequently used as</p>
-<h3>THE MERCERS&rsquo; HALL,</h3>
-<p>though the Company have long since ceased to hold their
-meetings here.&nbsp; The Company of Mercers, on their union with
-the Ironmongers and Goldsmiths, received on May 11, 1480, a
-confirmation of their composition, from Edward V. then Prince of
-Wales, and resident in Shrewsbury.&nbsp; This fraternity were
-patrons of the Altar of St. Michael in St. Chad&rsquo;s
-Church.</p>
-<p>On the south side of the church-yard are</p>
-<h3>ST. CHAD&rsquo;S ALMSHOUSES,</h3>
-<p>wretched hovels, projecting considerably into the adjoining
-street of Belmont.&nbsp; They were founded in 1409, by Bennet
-Tipton, a public brewer, then residing at the College, who, so
-far as can be ascertained, did not make any provision for the
-support of the almspeople.&nbsp; An annual rent-charge of
-&pound;8, charged upon the Lythwood estate by the family of
-Ireland, and a payment of 2s. 2d. from the Mercers&rsquo; <a
-name="page114"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 114</span>Company,
-constitutes the whole endowment, which is distributed in
-allowances of 14s. 7&frac12;d. per annum to each of the
-inmates.&nbsp; These tottering habitations, from the want of a
-fund for judicious repairs, are capable of affording little
-comfort or accommodation to the infirm tenants, who are nominated
-by the proprietors of the Lythwood estate.</p>
-<p>Opposite to the almshouses are</p>
-<h3>THE JUDGES&rsquo; LODGINGS,</h3>
-<p>a handsome house, purchased by the county in 1821, and
-appropriated to the accommodation of the judges and their retinue
-during their attendance at the Assizes.</p>
-<p>Passing down College Hill, we have on our right the south
-elevation of the Public Rooms.&nbsp; In this spot previously
-stood the remains of</p>
-<h3>VAUGHAN&rsquo;S PLACE,</h3>
-<p>an ancient stone mansion, erected in the early part of the
-14th century, by Sir Hamo Vaughan, knight, of West Tilbury, in
-Essex, or by his father, Sir Thomas Vaughan, knight, of Stepney,
-members of an old Welsh family, probably of the illustrious
-lineage of Owen Gwyned.&nbsp; By marriage with Eleanor, daughter
-and heiress of Sir Hamo, Reginald de Mutton, member of a family
-conspicuous among our <a name="page115"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 115</span>early Bailiffs, acquired this
-property, which thenceforth became, for many generations, the
-town mansion of the Myttons, and by whose descendant, the late
-John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, it has been sold.&nbsp; The
-spacious hall and adjacent apartments now contain</p>
-<h3>THE MUSEUM</h3>
-<p>of the Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and
-Antiquarian Society.</p>
-<p>This Society was established on the 26th June, 1835, and has
-for its object the formation of a Museum and Scientific Library
-of Natural History, Antiquities, &amp;c. and the collection from
-every quarter, of accurate information respecting the Natural and
-General History of the important District of Shropshire and North
-Wales&mdash;its topography, statistics, climate, and
-meteorological phenomena&mdash;its geological structure, mineral,
-and organic fossils&mdash;its mines and collieries&mdash;its
-various animal and vegetable productions.</p>
-<p>In order to place the Institution on the most liberal basis,
-and to render it of the greatest possible public advantage, the
-property of the Society is vested in the Lords Lieutenant, (for
-the time being,) of the county of Salop, and of the several
-counties of North Wales, as Trustees for the permanent use and
-benefit of the district at large; by which <a
-name="page116"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 116</span>arrangement
-the perpetuity of the Institution is secured, and the possible
-dispersion of the Museum, at any future period, effectually
-guarded against.</p>
-<p>The affairs of the Society are under the management of a
-Council, consisting of a President, and other Officers, elected
-annually, and twelve Members, of whom six retire by rotation.</p>
-<p>All persons proposed to the Council by two Subscribers, and
-contributing One Guinea annually, are Members of the Society, and
-have the privilege of admission for themselves and families to
-the Museum and library, and of introducing Visitors.</p>
-<p>To diffuse a taste for Science, periodical meetings of the
-Society are held, at which scientific communications are read,
-and popular lectures on the various branches of Natural History
-delivered.</p>
-<p>In addition to the more local objects of the Society, the
-Museum is open to the reception of any specimens from distant
-localities, with which the friends of science in various quarters
-may be induced to enrich it, and which may serve to complete the
-series, and enhance the scientific value of those indigenous to
-the district.&nbsp; For this purpose the Council have authority
-to effect exchanges of the natural products of Shropshire and
-North Wales, for specimens furnished by the Cabinets <a
-name="page117"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 117</span>of
-Societies, or Individual Collectors in other parts of the
-world.</p>
-<p>A General Meeting of the Society is held in August, in each
-year, at which the officers are elected, the Annual Report of the
-progress of the Society is read, and an appropriate Address
-delivered by the President.</p>
-<p>The Museum and library are open every day, (Sunday excepted);
-during the summer months, from ten o&rsquo;clock in the morning
-until six o&rsquo;clock in the evening; but in the winter are
-closed at four o&rsquo;clock in the evening.</p>
-<p>In the same building is</p>
-<h3>THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN,</h3>
-<p>for the purpose of &ldquo;establishing classes for acquiring
-elementary instruction in Art, in connexion with existing Public
-Schools and Institutions, with a view of diffusing a knowledge of
-Art among all classes of the public, whether artisans,
-manufacturers, or consumers, and for preparing students for
-entering the Schools of Art heretofore known as Schools of
-Design.&rdquo;</p>
-<p>On some part of this property it is supposed the chapel,
-dedicated to St. Blase, formerly stood.</p>
-<p><a name="page118"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-118</span>Turning to the left we proceed down Swan Hill, near the
-bottom of which, on the right-hand side is</p>
-<h3>THE INDEPENDENT MEETING-HOUSE,</h3>
-<p>a brick building, of an oblong form, erected in 1767.</p>
-<p>Immediately adjoining is</p>
-<h3>ALLATT&rsquo;S CHARITY SCHOOL,</h3>
-<p>erected in 1800, pursuant to the will of Mr. John Allatt,
-thirty-eight years chamberlain of the Corporation, who died 2nd
-November, 1796, and bequeathed his property for the education and
-clothing of the children of the more respectable classes of poor
-persons resident in the town, and for providing coats and gowns
-for a considerable number of indigent men and women.&nbsp; The
-structure is of freestone, plain but elegant, and comprises
-commodious houses for the schoolmaster and mistress, connected by
-arcades with spacious school-rooms.</p>
-<p>The interest of the money unexpended in the building of the
-schools is applied to the maintenance of a master and mistress,
-who instruct twenty boys, and the same number of girls, in
-reading, writing, arithmetic, and the girls in sewing.&nbsp; They
-are clothed once a year, and at a proper age apprenticed.&nbsp;
-Twenty coats and eighty stuff gowns are also annually distributed
-to the poor.</p>
-<p><a name="page119"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-119</span>Proceeding on the left along Murivance, we soon arrive
-at</p>
-<h3>EBENEZER MEETING-HOUSE,</h3>
-<p>erected in 1834, by a congregation of seceders from the
-Wesleyan Methodists.</p>
-<p>Contiguous to this is the only remaining</p>
-<h3>TOWER ON THE TOWN WALLS,</h3>
-<p>It is square, embattled, of two stories, lighted by <a
-name="page120"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 120</span>narrow
-loops, the entrance to the upper being from the top of the wall,
-through a small plain pointed arch of the age of Henry IV.&nbsp;
-A similar arch forms the doorway of the lower story.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p119b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Tower on the Town Walls"
-title=
-"Tower on the Town Walls"
- src="images/p119s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The more accessible parts of the Town Walls, particularly on
-the south and south-western sides, were formerly strengthened by
-similar towers, all of which are now demolished.</p>
-<p>At a short distance further on, a considerable portion of</p>
-<h3>THE TOWN WALLS,</h3>
-<p>now reduced in height and stripped of its battlements, forms
-an useful and agreeable public walk.&nbsp; This and the Walls on
-the north side of the town, called Roushill Walls, extending from
-the Castle Gates to the Welsh Bridge, are all the existing
-remains of our ancient fortifications, which, when entire, could
-not have been much less than a mile and half in compass.</p>
-<p>At the end of the walls, on the left, is</p>
-<h3>THE ROMAN CATHOLIC MEETING-HOUSE,</h3>
-<p>a neat building, erected in 1776, and enlarged in 1825.&nbsp;
-The interior is fitted up with much taste and elegance.&nbsp; The
-altar rests on a sarcophagus, on the front of which is a painting
-of the Last Supper, after Leonardi da Vinci.&nbsp; Above is a
-figure of Christ on <a name="page121"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 121</span>the Cross, with the inscription
-&ldquo;Thus God loved the world.&rdquo;&nbsp; The roof is coved
-and rests on a broad cornice, consisting of angelic figures in
-relief united by wreaths and garlands of flowers.&nbsp; In the
-gallery is a small organ, and on each side the entrance an
-elegant white marble shell for the holy water.</p>
-<h3>BOWDLER&rsquo;S CHARITY SCHOOL</h3>
-<p>next demands our attention; a plain brick building, founded in
-1724, pursuant to the will of Mr. Thomas Bowdler, alderman and
-draper, for the instruction, clothing, and apprenticing poor
-children of St. Julian&rsquo;s parish.&nbsp; The dress of the
-children is blue, whence the school is sometimes called
-&ldquo;The Blue School.&rdquo;</p>
-<p>Passing at the bottom of the Wyle a curiously carved timber
-house, formerly the mansion of the highly respectable family of
-Sherar, we cross &ldquo;swift Severn&rsquo;s flood&rdquo; by</p>
-<h3>THE ENGLISH, OR STONE BRIDGE.</h3>
-<p>This elegant structure was completed in 1774, after a design
-of Mr. Gwynn, a native of the town, at an expense of
-&pound;15,710, of which &pound;11,494 was raised by voluntary
-subscriptions.&nbsp; It is of freestone, 400 feet in length, and
-comprises seven semicircular arches, the central one being sixty
-feet in width, and forty in height, and is crowned with a fine
-balustrade.&nbsp; The fronts are embellished with light and
-graceful ornaments.&nbsp; The ascent, owing to the height <a
-name="page122"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 122</span>of the
-central arch, is disagreeably steep, and the breadth of the
-thoroughfare, (only twenty-five feet,) highly inconvenient to the
-innumerable carriages and passengers which are continually
-passing over it.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p122b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"English Bridge"
-title=
-"English Bridge"
- src="images/p122s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The Old English Bridge, built probably by the Abbots and
-Burgesses conjointly, was taken down on the completion of the
-present one.&nbsp; It was constructed on seventeen arches, and
-extended over the main stream, and also an arm of the river now
-filled up, which crossing the road, flowed past the monks&rsquo;
-infirmary into the Meole Brook.&nbsp; The principal course of the
-river was extended by six large arches.&nbsp; Within two arches
-of the eastern extremity, was a gate <a name="page123"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 123</span>and strong embattled tower, with
-chamber and portcullis, and beyond a drawbridge.&nbsp; The
-thoroughfare was of the extremely narrow width of twelve feet,
-and was greatly encumbered with houses built on the northern
-parapet.</p>
-<p>We now enter the little hamlet of</p>
-<h3>MERIVALE,</h3>
-<p>where, on the left, are still seen several specimens of the
-timber architecture of our forefathers, and on the right
-stands</p>
-<h3>THE PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION CHARITY SCHOOL,</h3>
-<p>called also the &ldquo;Brown School,&rdquo; from the brown
-dress of the children, erected in 1778.&nbsp; Children from all
-quarters of the town are admissible on the recommendation of
-subscribers, and an useful religious education is afforded to
-them on the Madras system.</p>
-<p>The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway here crosses the street by
-an</p>
-<h3>IRON BRIDGE,</h3>
-<p>with pierced balustrades, springing from stone abutments.</p>
-<p>Our attention is next attracted by the venerable remains of <a
-name="page124"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 124</span></p>
-<h3>THE ABBEY OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL.</h3>
-<p>which owes its foundation to Roger de Montgomery, the first
-Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, and arose on the site of a small
-wooden church dedicated to St. Peter, built in the reign of
-Edward the Confessor, by Siward, a Saxon gentleman, then resident
-in Shropshire.&nbsp; The earl peopled his abbey with monks of the
-Benedictine rule, whom he invited over from a religious house
-founded on the estates of Mabel, his first Countess, at Seez, in
-Normandy.&nbsp; During his last illness the warlike founder
-entered himself a monk of his own foundation, and received the
-tonsure on the 14th July, 1094.&nbsp; He had previously obtained
-from the Abbey of Clugni, in Burgundy, the kirtle of St. Hugh,
-which holy vestment he occasionally wore, doubtless in anxious
-hope of its communicating some portion of the sanctity of its
-former possessor.&nbsp; Three days after his assumption of the
-monastic garb he breathed his last, and was honourably interred
-in the Lady Chapel, between the two altars.&nbsp; His son Hugh,
-the second earl, who was slain by Magnus, King of Norway, near
-Castell Aber Lleiniog, in Anglesea, in the year 1098, also
-received interment in the cloisters.</p>
-<p>On the confiscation of the Earldom of Shrewsbury, in the reign
-of Henry I., our Shrewsbury Abbots, became tenants in capite, and
-were thenceforth under the necessity, (as it was deemed in those
-days,) of attending the King in his Parliaments, as Barons or <a
-name="page125"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 125</span>Peers of
-Parliament, which honour was continued to them by Edward III.,
-who limited the number of mitred or Parliamentary Abbots to
-twenty-eight, and enjoyed by them down to the Dissolution.</p>
-<p>In 1137, during the Abbacy of Herbert the third Abbot, the
-monastery was enriched through the exertions of the prior, Robert
-Pennant, by the acquisition of the bones of the martyred Virgin
-St. Wenefrede, which were translated from their burial place at
-Gwytherin, in Denbighshire, and placed with becoming solemnity in
-a costly shrine, prepared for their reception in the Abbey
-church.&nbsp; To this shrine, countless numbers of pilgrims and
-diseased persons continually resorted to pay their devotions, and
-to experience cures, which, according to assertion, must have
-been little less than miraculous; and the wealthy vied with each
-other in the costliness of their offerings.&nbsp; In addition to
-these treasured bones, the Monks appear to have possessed, in the
-reign of Henry II., a most extensive and varied assortment of
-other reliques, doubtless of equal value and efficacy.&nbsp; In
-1486, the Abbot Thomas Mynde, incorporated the devotees, both
-male and female, of St. Wenefrede, into a religious Guild or
-fraternity founded by him in her honour.&nbsp; A great bell was
-also dedicated to her memory.</p>
-<p>During the various visits with which the English Sovereigns
-from time to time honoured our town, it <a
-name="page126"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 126</span>is highly
-probable that they took up their residence in the Abbey, and
-there can be little doubt that the Parliament of Edward I., 1283,
-<a name="citation126"></a><a href="#footnote126"
-class="citation">[126]</a> and that of Richard II., 1398, called
-the Great Parliament, were held within the spacious apartments of
-the monastery.</p>
-<p>The original endowment was very slender, but within a century
-and half after the foundation the abbatial property comprised
-seventy-one manors or large tracts of land, twenty-four churches,
-and the tithes of thirty-seven parishes or vills, besides very
-extensive and valuable privileges and immunities of various
-kinds.&nbsp; In 26 Henry VIII. their possessions were found to be
-of the yearly value of &pound;572. 15s. 5&frac34;d. equal to
-upwards of &pound;4700 in the present day.&nbsp; The monastery
-was dissolved on 24th January, 1539&ndash;40, and pensions
-assigned to the Abbot, Thomas Boteler, and the seventeen
-monks.</p>
-<p>On the dissolution the burgesses presented a petition to the
-crown that the Abbey might be converted into a college or free
-school, which request Henry <a name="page127"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 127</span>refused to accede to, alleging as a
-reason his intention of erecting Shrewsbury into one of his
-proposed thirteen new bishoprics.&nbsp; The diocese was to have
-comprehended the counties of Salop and Stafford, and the
-endowment to have consisted of the monastic revenues.&nbsp; We
-learn from undoubted authority that John Boucher, Abbot of
-Leicester, was actually nominated Bishop of Shrewsbury; <a
-name="citation127"></a><a href="#footnote127"
-class="citation">[127]</a> and hence doubtless arose the
-appellation of &ldquo;Proud Salopians,&rdquo; founded on the
-tradition that our townsmen rejected the offer of having their
-borough converted into a city, preferring to inhabit the First of
-Towns.</p>
-<p>On the 22nd July 1546, Henry VIII. granted the site of the
-dissolved Abbey to Edward Watson and Henry Herdson, who, the next
-day, conveyed the same to William Langley of Salop, tailor, in
-whose family it continued for five generations until 1701, when
-Jonathan Langley, Esq. devised it to his friend Edward Baldwyn,
-Esq., who by will dated in 1726, devised it to his sister
-Bridget, the wife of Thomas Powys, Esq. for life, with remainder
-successively in tail male to her sons Henry, Edward, and John <a
-name="page128"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-128</span>Powys.&nbsp; In 1810 the premises were sold by the
-Trustees of the will of Thomas, Jelf Powys, Esq. eldest son of
-the above named Edward Powys, to Mr. Simon Hiles, in whose
-devisees they are now vested.</p>
-<p>The living is a vicarage, and prior to the dissolution was in
-the presentation of the monastery, but after that event it
-remained in the crown, until 1797, when it was transferred to the
-Right Honourable Lord Berwick, in exchange for certain advowsons
-in Suffolk.</p>
-<p>From time immemorial certain lands in the Parish were given to
-and vested in the Churchwardens and their successors &ldquo;for
-the maintenance and repairing of the Churches of the Holy Cross
-and St. Giles, and of either of them.&rdquo;&nbsp; Consequently
-there has never been any need of a Church-rate.&nbsp; The lands,
-&amp;c. are chiefly let out upon long building leases, and the
-present annual income is about &pound;150, which upon the falling
-in of the several leases will of course be greatly
-increased.&nbsp; The Vicar and Churchwardens are a Corporation,
-with the power of making leases, &amp;c. of the landed
-possessions of the said Churches, and have a common seal which is
-appended to such documents.&nbsp; The seal is kept in a chest
-secured by three locks, and the keys are severally in the
-possession of the Vicar and the two Churchwardens.&nbsp; It is of
-brass, of the <i>vesica piscis</i> form, and has in the <a
-name="page129"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 129</span>centre a
-baton or mace, and on either side a clothed arm projecting
-towards the centre, that on the dexter side holding a pastoral
-crook, that on the sinister side, a naked sword: the ground-work
-studded with stars, and around the margin this inscription, * S
-COMMVNE DE FFORYATE MONACHOR&rsquo;.&nbsp; This seal was,
-according to an entry in the Parish Book, &ldquo;viewed and
-confirmed&rdquo; by the Heralds, 16 Sept. 1623, for which 10s.
-was paid.</p>
-<p>The site of the Abbey comprises ten acres.&nbsp; An embattled
-wall surrounded probably the whole.&nbsp; Of the once stately
-monastic buildings the remains are inconsiderable, and consist of
-the Church, the Infirmary, the Dormitory, the Reader&rsquo;s
-Pulpit of the Refectory, the Guesten Chamber, and the Cloister of
-the Abbot&rsquo;s Lodging.</p>
-<p>The space of ground on the east of the present church,
-containing 7300 square yards, known lately by the name of
-&ldquo;The Abbey Garden,&rdquo; whereon formerly stood the Choir
-and Lady Chapel of the monastery, was in 1840 consecrated as a
-public Cemetery.</p>
-<p>The present parochial church of <span class="smcap">The Holy
-Cross</span> embraces within its walls the nave, side aisles,
-north porch, and western tower of the Abbey church.&nbsp; It is
-principally constructed of red stone, and though bearing deep
-marks of mutilation, is still venerable <a
-name="page130"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 130</span>and
-spacious, and exhibits many curious and interesting features of
-ancient architecture.&nbsp; The principal entrance is at the west
-end under the tower, through a pointed doorway, richly laced with
-mouldings, skilfully inserted within a deeply recessed
-semicircular arch, the exterior rib of which springs on each side
-from a Norman pillar with indented capital.&nbsp; Immediately
-above rises a magnificent and elegantly proportioned window, its
-sides and arch enriched <a name="page131"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 131</span>with delicate mouldings; in the deep
-hollow soffits of which is a series of pannels, having foliated
-arch heads.&nbsp; The outer mouldings of the arch rise high above
-it, forming a spring canopy, enriched with crockets, and ending
-in a flower; from which again springs very elegantly a niche or
-tabernacle, with a high straight-sided canopy, flanked with a
-small pinnacle at each impost, containing a figure of Edward III.
-in complete armour.&nbsp; The body of the window to the spring of
-the arch contains two stories, divided horizontally by embattled
-transoms, and perpendicularly by six upright mullions into seven
-compartments.&nbsp; The two central mullions, as they approach
-the spring of the arch, bisect the head into smaller arches on
-each side, and these are further subdivided into others, which
-are uncommonly acute, the interstices of all filled with several
-tiers of small open pannelled tracery, mingled with trefoiled and
-quatrefoiled foliage, in beautiful and varied profusion.&nbsp; To
-the angles of the tower are attached square shallow piers, ending
-in pointed canopies, and midway of each is a niche, containing
-statues of St. Peter and St. Paul.&nbsp; Two small double windows
-light each side of the upper story of the tower, the summit of
-which is terminated by an unsightly battlement of brick.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p130b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Abbey Church, or Church of the Holy Cross"
-title=
-"Abbey Church, or Church of the Holy Cross"
- src="images/p130s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The eastern portion of the nave is separated on either side
-from the side-aisles by three semicircular arches, resting on
-short massive round pillars, with shallow bases and filletted
-capitals, in the plainest <a name="page132"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 132</span>and earliest Anglo-Norman
-style.&nbsp; Above, the remains of the triforium of the ancient
-church may be distinctly traced.&nbsp; The western portion has,
-on each side, two pointed arches in the pure Gothic of the 14th
-century, delicately lined with mouldings, and rising from
-well-proportioned clustered pillars, with capitals composed of a
-series of small horizontal mouldings.&nbsp; A clere-story,
-pierced with handsome Gothic windows, crowns this part of the
-edifice; and similar windows are continued along the north and
-south sides of the tower.</p>
-<p>A lofty and graceful pointed arch, springing from high
-clustered imposts, opens from the nave to the tower, and affords
-a view of the fine west window; the upper portion of which is
-filled with the armorial bearings of Richard II.; his uncles, the
-Dukes of Gloucester, Lancaster, and York; and the alliances of
-the noble families of Fitzalan and Stafford, Earls of Arundel and
-Stafford, and the lower part with those of the late Archbishop of
-Canterbury, Dr. Howley, William Lord Berwick, patron, the Rev. R.
-Lingen Burton, vicar, Dr. Butler, Bishop of Lichfield, Archdeacon
-Bather, and Rev. Richard Scott, (the donor).&nbsp; The whole area
-of the tower is occupied by a capacious gallery, erected in 1817,
-for the accommodation of the children of the National School, in
-which stands a fine-toned organ, made by Gray of London, and
-purchased by subscription.</p>
-<p>The eastern extremity of the nave is terminated <a
-name="page133"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 133</span>by a wall,
-built between the two great western piers which once supported
-the central tower, in which is inserted a fine triple Norman
-window, <a name="citation133"></a><a href="#footnote133"
-class="citation">[133]</a> elaborately adorned with mouldings,
-containing figures of David, <a name="page134"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 134</span>Solomon, St. John, St. James, St.
-Peter, and St. Paul, executed by Mr. David Evans with his usual
-taste.&nbsp; Underneath this window is a stone altar screen,
-composed of an arcade of five Norman arches, with rich and varied
-mouldings, surmounted by a pierced balustrade.&nbsp; The central
-arch contains a painting of the Angels appearing to the Women at
-the Sepulchre, by Mr. John Bridges, of London.&nbsp; The holy
-table is fenced by a <span class="GutSmall">STONE RAILING</span>,
-uniform in style.&nbsp; The whole of the stone work of the
-eastern portion, together with the windows on the south aide of
-the church, were designed and executed by Messrs. Carline and
-Dodson of this town, through the pious liberality of the late
-Rev. R. Scott, B.D.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p133b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Abbey Church, eastern end"
-title=
-"Abbey Church, eastern end"
- src="images/p133s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The western ends of the side aisles are separated from the
-church, and used as a vestry and schoolroom.&nbsp; At their
-eastern extremities are the arches which communicated with the
-transept, now blocked up and pierced with square-headed windows,
-in which are some ancient shields of arms, in stained glass,
-preserved from the monastic buildings.&nbsp; The north-east
-window of the north aisle contains a large figure of St. Peter,
-the arms of the See of Lichfield, of <a name="page135"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 135</span>Lord Berwick the donor, and of
-thirteen incumbents since the Reformation.&nbsp; The opposite
-window of the south aisle is of a rich mosaic design, enclosing
-shields of the marriages of the family of Rocke.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p134b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Stone Railing, Abbey Church"
-title=
-"Stone Railing, Abbey Church"
- src="images/p134s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The remnant of the screen of a chauntry chapel, in the north
-aisle, decorated with a series of small foliated niches, each
-divided by a buttress and finial, and containing traces of
-sculptured imagery, appears to indicate the situation of the
-chauntry of the guild of St. Wenefrede.</p>
-<p>The ancient and curious font originally belonged to the church
-of High Ercall, in this county.&nbsp; In the pavement, near the
-vestry-door, are many interesting specimens of emblazoned tiles;
-and a font, the basin of which, representing an open flower,
-wound with drapery festooned from the mouths of grotesque heads,
-was found among the ruins of the Abbey, and is fixed on a
-pedestal formed of the upper part of the ancient cross, called
-the &ldquo;Weeping Cross,&rdquo; and sculptured with the
-Visitation, the Virgin and Child, the Crucifixion, and a figure
-in the attitude of devotion.</p>
-<p>Communicating with the north aisle by a fine semicircular
-arch, overspread with massy round mouldings, rising from
-clustered piers, is the spacious vaulted north porch.&nbsp; The
-exterior portal is formed by a deeply recessed square opening,
-the mouldings <a name="page136"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-136</span>of which fall over the angles far down the sides,
-ending in mutilated busts.&nbsp; Within this is a graceful
-pointed arch, rising from a round column on each side.&nbsp;
-Above are two chamber stories, each lighted by a small
-window.&nbsp; On the right and left, a tabernacled niche, extends
-the whole height of the upper stories.&nbsp; An ill-designed
-stone parapet crowns the gable.</p>
-<p>And now</p>
-<blockquote><p style="text-align: center">&ldquo;let&rsquo;s talk
-of graves, of tombs and epitaphs;&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>of which many ancient ones, either found among the ruins, or
-removed hither on the demolition of other sacred edifices in the
-town and county, are preserved in the ample side-aisles; the more
-remarkable of which, we shall briefly enumerate in the order of
-their supposed dates:&mdash;</p>
-<p>
-<a href="images/p136.jpg">
-<img class='floatright' alt=
-"Monument to Roger de Montgomery, Abbey Church"
-title=
-"Monument to Roger de Montgomery, Abbey Church"
- src="images/p136.jpg" />
-</a>Under an arch in the south aisle, a mutilated figure of a
-warrior in the costume of the reign of King John, found among the
-ruins, and said to represent the founder, Earl <span
-class="smcap">Roger de Montgomery</span>.</p>
-<p>In the north aisle, a cumbent figure, brought from St.
-Chad&rsquo;s, of a person in the robes and coif of a judge.</p>
-<p><a name="page137"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 137</span>In
-the south aisle, a monument brought from St. Giles&rsquo; church,
-of the shape en <i>dos d&rsquo;ane</i>, and probably of the early
-part of the thirteenth century.&nbsp; The sculpture consists of a
-rich foliated cross, in high relief: under which is a figure in
-priestly vestments with uplifted hands, also in relief, and the
-insignia of the priestly office, the chalice, bell, book, and
-candle, in outline.&nbsp; Round the edge of the stone are the
-letters, T : M : O : R : E : U : A.</p>
-<p>Opposite to the last, a cumbent effigy of a cross-legged
-knight, in linked armour and surcoat, removed from the priory
-church of Wombridge, in this county, and conjectured, from the
-tradition of that neighbourhood, to commemorate Sir Walter de
-Dunstanville, the third lord of Ideshale, a great benefactor of
-that priory, who died 25th Henry III., 1240.</p>
-<p>In the north porch, two very singular figures, which
-originally lay on a large double altar-tomb in the style of the
-fifteenth century, in old St. Alkmund&rsquo;s church.&nbsp; One
-represents a knight in plate-armour of the fifteenth century,
-partly covered with the monastic dress, and the other a person in
-the dress of a hermit of the Romish church.</p>
-<p>Near the founder&rsquo;s tomb in the south aisle, an alabaster
-altar-tomb, bearing recumbent figures of a man, &ldquo;plated in
-habiliments of war,&rdquo; and his wife, originally erected in
-Wellington church, in this <a name="page138"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 138</span>county, to William Charlton, Esq. of
-Apley Castle, who died the 1st July, 1544, and Anne his wife, who
-died the 7th June, 1524.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p138.1.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Altar-tomb of Richard Onslow, Esq., Abbey Church"
-title=
-"Altar-tomb of Richard Onslow, Esq., Abbey Church"
- src="images/p138.1.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>At the eastern extremity of the north aisle, a large
-altar-tomb with cumbent effigies, to the memory of <span
-class="smcap">Richard Onslow</span>, Esq.&nbsp; Speaker of the
-House of Commons in the 8th Elizabeth, who died 1571, and his
-lady Katherine Harding; formerly in the Bishop&rsquo;s Chancel of
-Old St. Chad&rsquo;s Church.</p>
-<p>In a corresponding situation in the south aisle, an altar-tomb
-of alabaster, in the Grecian style of the age of James I.,
-bearing two cumbent figures; an alderman in his civic &ldquo;robe
-and furr&rsquo;d gown,&rdquo; and a lady in the scarlet gown
-formerly worn by the lady-mayoresses of our town, commemorating
-<span class="smcap">Wm. Jones</span>, Esq. who died the 15th
-July, 1612, and Eleanor his wife, who died 26th February, 1623;
-the grand-father and grand-mother of Chief Justice Jones.&nbsp;
-This was removed from St. Alkmund&rsquo;s.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p138.2.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Altar-tomb to Alderman Jones and his wife"
-title=
-"Altar-tomb to Alderman Jones and his wife"
- src="images/p138.2.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p><a name="page139"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 139</span>Above
-Speaker Onslow&rsquo;s monument, a mural monument, from St.
-Chad&rsquo;s, in the Grecian taste of the seventeenth century,
-representing a gentleman in a ruff and long gown, and a lady with
-a long veil thrown back, kneeling under two escallopped arches:
-above, a lady in a richly laced habit and coif, and a little girl
-kneeling;&mdash;inscribed to the memory of Thomas Edwardes, Esq.,
-who died 19th March, 1634, and of Mary, the wife of his son,
-Thomas Edwardes, Esq., died July 18th, 1641.</p>
-<p>Above Jones&rsquo;s monument, a mural monument, from St.
-Alkmund&rsquo;s, with the figure of an alderman as low as the
-waist, with falling band, representing John Lloyd, Esq., Alderman
-of Shrewsbury, who died 16th June, 1647.</p>
-<p>Near the vestry is a mural monument to the Rev. R. Scott, with
-the following inscription:&mdash;</p>
-<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall">AS A MARK OF GRATITUDE TO</span><br />
-THE REVEREND RICHARD SCOTT, B.D.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WHOSE OWN WORKS ARE BETTER
-PRAISE</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THAN THE WORDS OF OTHERS,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THIS MEMORIAL IS PLACED HERE BY THE
-PARISHIONERS</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">OF THE HOLY CROSS AND ST. GILES.</span><br
-/>
-<span class="GutSmall">HE REBUILT THE EASTERN WINDOW OF THIS
-CHURCH, ADDING</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">A PART OF THE STAINED GLASS TO
-IT.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HE GAVE THE ALTAR SCREEN AND STONE RAIL,
-THE SERVICE</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">OF COMMUNION PLATE, WITH THE BOOKS, AND
-ALL</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">OTHER FURNITURE OF THE ALTAR.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HE REPEWED BOTH THE AISLES, THE NORTHERN
-BEING GIVEN</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">FOR THE USE OF THE POOR.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HE BUILT THE SIX WINDOWS IN THE SOUTH
-AISLE, AND THE</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">TWO SMALLER WINDOWS AT THE WESTERN END OF
-THE</span><br />
-<a name="page140"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 140</span><span
-class="GutSmall">CHURCH, ADDING STAINED GLASS TO THE</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">GREAT WESTERN WINDOW.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HE GAVE NEW FIGURES OF ST. PETER AND ST.
-PAUL TO BE</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">PLACED WHERE THE OLD HAD BEEN AT THE
-WESTERN</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">FRONT OF THE TOWER.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HE RESTORED THE ARCH OF THE WESTERN
-ENTRANCE.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HE ALSO GAVE MANY OTHER LESSER GIFTS TO
-THIS CHURCH.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HE RESTORED ST. GILES&rsquo;S CHURCH,
-MAKING IT AGAIN</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AVAILABLE FOR THE SERVICE OF
-GOD.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HE GAVE TO THE SAME CHURCH, PARTLY IN HIS
-LIFE TIME AND</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">PARTLY BY BEQUEST, THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND
-POUNDS</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">VESTED IN THE PUBLIC FUNDS, AS AN
-ENDOWMENT</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">TOWARDS THE SUPPORT OF A CURATE.</span><br
-/>
-<span class="GutSmall">HE DIED ON THE 6TH OF OCTOBER,
-1848.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD
-FROM</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HENCEFORTH; YEA, SAITH THE SPIRIT, THAT
-THEY MAY REST FROM</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THEIR LABOURS AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW
-THEM.</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><span class="GutSmall">REVELATION
-XIV. 13.</span></p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>Numerous other mural monuments and inscriptions of more modern
-dates, many of which are chaste and elegant, record deceased
-members of the principal families of the parish.</p>
-<p>Southwestward of the church, on the margin of the Meole Brook,
-stands,</p>
-<h3>THE MONK&rsquo;S INFIRMARY,</h3>
-<p>where &ldquo;crepytude and age a laste asylume
-founde.&rdquo;&nbsp; The building is of red stone, in length
-about 130 feet, and originally consisted of two oblong wings,
-with high gable ends, pierced with round arched windows,
-connected by an embattled building resting on rude Norman arches,
-and lighted by three square headed windows between strong
-shelving buttresses.&nbsp; One of these wings next the street was
-in 1836 taken down, and modern houses erected on its site.</p>
-<p><a name="page141"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 141</span>On
-the south side of the church are the remains of a long building,
-now converted into stables, formerly the <span
-class="smcap">Dormitory</span>, <span class="smcap">or
-Dorter</span>.</p>
-<p>Of the spacious Refectory no portion exists, with the
-exception of</p>
-<h3>THE READER&rsquo;S PULPIT,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p141b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Reader&rsquo;s Pulpit, Abbey Church"
-title=
-"Reader&rsquo;s Pulpit, Abbey Church"
- src="images/p141s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>the admiration of every antiquary and person of taste.&nbsp;
-<a name="page142"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 142</span>Its plan
-is octagonal; some broken steps lead to the interior through a
-narrow flat-arched door, on the eastern side.&nbsp; The southern
-half rests on the ruined walls, and originally looked into one of
-the outer courts.&nbsp; Its arches are open, unadorned with
-sculptured pannels, and bear marks of having been glazed.&nbsp;
-The corresponding moiety, which projected considerably within the
-hall, rests on a bracket enriched with delicate mouldings, which
-springs from a corbel.&nbsp; The western side is a blank
-wall.&nbsp; Six narrow pointed arches with trefoil heads support
-the conical stone roof, which is internally vaulted on eight
-delicate ribs, springing out of the wall, and adorned at their
-intersection in the centre, by a very fine boss, representing an
-open flower, on which is displayed a delicate sculpture of the
-Crucifixion, with St. John and the Virgin Mary at the foot of the
-cross.&nbsp; The three northern arches, which were within the
-hall, are filled up, to the height of two feet from the floor,
-with stone embattled pannels, sculptured into crocketed
-tabernacles, with intervening buttresses terminating in
-pinnacles.&nbsp; On the central pannel is the Annunciation; the
-right-hand one bears figures of St. Peter and St. Paul; and that
-on the left, St. Wenefrede and the Abbot Beuno.&nbsp; The
-architecture of this elegant structure is referred to the
-fifteenth century.&nbsp; Much conjecture has arisen amongst the
-most eminent antiquaries respecting its probable use, but there
-can be little doubt, that it originally projected from the wall
-<a name="page143"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 143</span>within
-the Refectory, and was used as a pulpit, from whence one of the
-junior brethren of the monastery, in compliance with the rule of
-the Benedictine order, daily, read, during meal times, some book
-of divinity to the Monks, seated at the tables below in the
-hall.</p>
-<p>Southward of the pulpit is a large range of red stone
-building, now incorporated with the Abbey House, ending on the
-west with a high gable terminated by a flower, supposed to have
-been the <span class="smcap">Guesten Hall</span>.</p>
-<p>To the south-east of this is the <span
-class="smcap">Abbot&rsquo;s Lodging</span>; of which the only
-remnant is a portion of the cloister, consisting of three pointed
-arches, on the piers of which, are indications of the corbels and
-springers of an elegant groined roof.&nbsp; A similar fragment
-adjoins this at right angles.</p>
-<p>North of the Abbey Church is the beautiful</p>
-<h3>HOSPITAL OF THE HOLY CROSS,</h3>
-<p>erected and endowed in 1852, by Daniel Rowland, Esq., in
-memory of his brother, the late Rev. W. G. Rowland, M.A., a
-native of Shrewsbury, who resided during a long life, in a house
-on the spot, and who for 32 years officiated as Curate of the
-Abbey Church, until his subsequent appointment to the living of
-St. Mary, which he held until his death, November 28th,
-1851.&nbsp; The edifice comprises five <a
-name="page144"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 144</span>houses, and
-was designed and executed by Mr. S. P. Smith.&nbsp; The
-appointment is vested in the Ministers of the Abbey and St. Mary,
-and the Head Master of the Free School, as Trustees.&nbsp; The
-Hospitallers must be widows, those residing in the Abbey and St.
-Mary&rsquo;s parishes having a preference, and receive from the
-endowment an annual sum of &pound;10. 8s. 0d.</p>
-<p>A raised walk, formerly overshadowed by a venerable avenue of
-umbrageous horse-chesnut trees, but now flanked with modern
-houses, and called &ldquo;Whitehall Place,&rdquo; and
-&ldquo;Tankerville Place,&rdquo; conducts us to <span
-class="smcap">The White Hall</span>.</p>
-<p>This stately mansion acquired this appellation from the
-conspicuous appearance which its white-washed walls present from
-many points of the adjacent neighbourhood.&nbsp; It is,
-constructed of freestone; in plan is square and lofty, the
-summits of the walls broken into numerous pointed gables, and the
-roof adorned with highly ornamented chimneys, and crowned with a
-central octagonal turret.&nbsp; The gatehouse still remains, and
-opens through its arched portal to a small court in front of the
-house.&nbsp; The interior is spacious, and adapted by subsequent
-alterations to the modern notions of comfort and
-convenience.&nbsp; The walls of the extensive gardens are clothed
-with many curious and choice fruit trees; and at the back of the
-house is a fine Walnut-tree, magnificent in umbrageous expanse,
-apparently coeval <a name="page145"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-145</span>with the mansion.&nbsp; This fine and perfect specimen
-of the domestic architecture of the reign of Queen Elizabeth was
-built in 1578, by Richard Prince, Esq. a native of Shrewsbury,
-who, by skill and integrity in the honourable and lucrative
-profession of the law, raised himself and his family to
-distinguished eminence.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p145b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"White Hall"
-title=
-"White Hall"
- src="images/p145s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p><a name="page146"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 146</span>In
-the adjacent fields is</p>
-<h3>THE RACE COURSE,</h3>
-<p>formed in 1833.</p>
-<p>Constituting part of the race-ground is a field bearing the
-name of &ldquo;The Soldiers&rsquo; Piece,&rdquo; which &ldquo;old
-folks, time&rsquo;s doting chronicles,&rdquo; point out as the
-spot on which the unfortunate Charles I., when at Shrewsbury in
-1642, drew up his army and addressed the assembled gentry of the
-county on the subject of his distresses.</p>
-<p>A short walk now brings us to <span class="smcap">The
-Column</span>, erected by the voluntary subscriptions of the
-grateful inhabitants of the town and county of Salop, to
-commemorate the brilliant victories and achievements of that
-distinguished warrior, their countryman, Lieutenant General Lord
-Hill.&nbsp; This fine Doric pillar, considered to be the largest
-in the world, was completed on 18th June, 1816, the anniversary
-of the glorious Battle of Waterloo, at an expense of
-&pound;5,973.&nbsp; The design was furnished by Mr. Edward
-Haycock, and the masonry executed by Mr. John Straphen, both of
-Shrewsbury.&nbsp; The height, including the statue, is 132 feet,
-and the weight 1120 tons.&nbsp; The chastely fluted shaft ascends
-from a square pedestal, raised on two steps, and flanked by
-angular piers, bearing lions couchant, and is surmounted by a
-cylindrical, pedestal, supporting a statue of his <a
-name="page147"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-147</span>Lordship.&nbsp; Appropriate inscriptions are engraved
-on the panels of the basal pedestal.&nbsp; A beautiful spiral
-staircase of stone, the munificent donation of the spirited
-builder, Mr. Straphen, winds round the interior of the shaft, and
-opens on the summit, at the base of the pedestal of the statue,
-from whence the delighted visitor will enjoy a panoramic view
-over <a name="page148"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 148</span>the
-fertile plain of Shropshire, unrivalled in extent and
-splendour:&mdash;</p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Ten thousand landscapes open to the
-view,<br />
-For ever pleasing, and for ever new.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p147b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Column in honour of Lord Hill"
-title=
-"Column in honour of Lord Hill"
- src="images/p147s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>Near the column, in a neat Doric stone cottage, dwells the
-attendant who shows it.</p>
-<p>At a few paces&rsquo; distance in a peaceful and retired spot
-stands the only ecclesiastical structure of the town, with</p>
-<h3>ST. GILES&rsquo;S CHURCH,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p148b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"St. Giles&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"St. Giles&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p148s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p><a name="page149"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 149</span>the
-exception of St. Mary&rsquo;s church, which has descended to our
-times in an entire state.&nbsp; Of its foundation we possess no
-record, though it has been conjectured that its erection did not
-long precede the year 1136, when Robert, Prior of Shrewsbury,
-rested here with the bones of St. Wenefrede, previous to their
-translation to her shrine in the Abbey; and some confirmation is
-afforded to this conjecture by the arches of the northern and
-southern doors, the oldest existing portions of the structure,
-being of the architecture of that &aelig;ra.&nbsp; It was
-doubtless used as the chapel of the hospital for lepers, which
-formerly stood at the west end, but of which all traces have long
-been swept away.&nbsp; The edifice consists of a nave, chancel,
-and north aisle, with an open stone bell-turret, pierced for two
-bells.&nbsp; The nave is entered by plain semicircular doorways
-on the north and south sides, and is divided from the side-aisle
-by three pointed arches on plain round pillars; attached to the
-north sides of which are massive square piers, having fillets
-above and on a level with the capitals, singularly adorned with
-sunk quatrefoils.&nbsp; A handsome pointed arch of the fourteenth
-century communicates with the chancel, in the flat-arched eastern
-window of which are spirited figures of the Evangelists under
-rich canopies, with their characteristic emblems above, and
-representations of the Visitation, the Wise Men&rsquo;s Offering,
-and the Presentation, all most exquisitely executed in stained
-glass by Mr. David Evans.&nbsp; The small lancet window <a
-name="page150"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 150</span>on the
-north side also contains a figure of the patron saint, St. Giles,
-in ancient stained glass.</p>
-<p>In the floor are several ancient stones bearing crosses,
-probably memorials of the masters of the hospital.&nbsp; At the
-east end of the north aisle is a font originally in the Abbey
-Church, formed of a Norman capital.</p>
-<p>According to entries in the Parish Books of the date 1665,
-this church originally possessed a &ldquo;steeple&rdquo; at the
-western end, probably an open stone bell-turret, somewhat similar
-to the present one, springing from corbels, which were visible in
-the western wall previous to its being rebuilt in 1852, and a
-porch before the south door.&nbsp; In the &ldquo;steeple&rdquo;
-was a &ldquo;great bell&rdquo; and two smaller ones, which were
-taken down in 1672, and used in the following year, with four
-lesser bells and the great &ldquo;Wenefrede&rdquo; Bell, in the
-recasting of the present ring of eight of the Abbey Church.</p>
-<p>In 1740, a considerable sum raised by subscription was
-expended in a thorough repair of St. Giles&rsquo;s Church, when
-probably the &ldquo;steeple&rdquo; and the porch were removed, a
-bell-turret and single bell erected, and the whole brought into
-the state in which it continued down to the recent
-restoration.</p>
-<p>In 1827 this curious edifice was, through the laudable
-exertions and entirely at the expense of the <a
-name="page151"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 151</span>Rev. W. G.
-Rowland, the liberal donor of the beautiful east window,
-thoroughly and judiciously repaired, and happily rescued from
-that ruin and decay to which its previous neglected condition was
-fast hastening.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p151b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Interior of St. Giles&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"Interior of St. Giles&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p151s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The primitive rude and massive oak benches in the nave were
-subsequently removed, and replaced with new ones.&nbsp; A new
-pulpit, reading-pew, and altar-screen, of oak, beautifully carved
-and in unison <a name="page152"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-152</span>with the architecture, were added, and the whole
-building fitted up for divine service by the pious munificence of
-the late Rev. Richard Scott, B.D.&nbsp; Divine Service, which had
-previously been celebrated only on two Sunday evenings in the
-year, has, since June 1836, been regularly offered up every
-Sunday.</p>
-<p>In the church-yard is a large stone with a cavity on the upper
-side, (doubtless the base and socket of the cross) termed
-&ldquo;the <span class="GutSmall">PEST BASIN</span>,&rdquo; which
-tradition states to have been used during the time of the plague
-for holding water, in which, to avoid the spread of the disease,
-the towns-people deposited their money in their bargains for
-provisions with the country-folk.&nbsp; A portion of the head of
-this cross was discovered under the west wall of the church
-during the repairs in 1852.&nbsp; It is now placed in the north
-aisle, and displays sculptures of the Crucifixion, St. Giles,
-Virgin and Child, and St. Michael.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p152.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"&ldquo;Pest-Basin,&rdquo; in St. Giles&rsquo;s Churchyard"
-title=
-"&ldquo;Pest-Basin,&rdquo; in St. Giles&rsquo;s Churchyard"
- src="images/p152.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>Our town has been many times visited with those severe
-scourges of Heaven, the dreadful pestilential diseases of the
-sweating sickness and the plague.&nbsp; The former desolated the
-town in the reign of Edward III. in 1349, and again in that of
-Henry VII., in the years 1485 and 1551; and the latter raged here
-with <a name="page153"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-153</span>frightful fury in the years 1537, 1575, 1630, 1632, and
-1634.&nbsp; In the years 1832 and 1849, also, many of the
-inhabitants fell victims to the cholera.</p>
-<p>For the support of the Hospital of Lepers, Henry II. granted
-thirty shillings yearly out of the rent of the County of Salop,
-and a handful of two hands of every sack of corn, and a handful
-of one hand of every sack of flour, exposed for sale in
-Shrewsbury market.&nbsp; Henry III. also in 1232 gave them a
-horse-load of wood, daily, from his wood of Lythwood.</p>
-<p>The appointment of the Master was vested in the Abbot and
-Convent of Shrewsbury, who, a short time previous to the
-Dissolution, granted a long lease of it to Richard Lee, Esq. of
-Langley, who assigning his interest to the family of Prince, of
-the White Hall, it passed with their other estates into the
-Tankerville family.&nbsp; The Earl of Tankerville still annually
-receives from the Sheriff the thirty shillings granted by Henry
-II. and nominates the four hospitallers, who now live in the
-adjoining comfortable cottages, and to each of whom his Lordship
-pays 1s. 6d. per week, 3s. at Midsummer for coal, and 12s. 6d. at
-Christmas for a garment. <a name="citation153"></a><a
-href="#footnote153" class="citation">[153]</a></p>
-<p><a name="page154"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 154</span>Near
-St. Giles&rsquo;s is a handsome edifice of brick, built by
-government in 1806, at an expense of &pound;10,000, after a
-design by Wyatt, and intended as</p>
-<h3>A DEP&Ocirc;T</h3>
-<p>for containing the arms of the volunteer corps in this and the
-adjoining counties.</p>
-<p>The principal building is 135 feet by 39 feet, divided into an
-upper and lower story, and is surrounded by an oblong enclosure,
-within which are 13 small neat houses.&nbsp; Little use having
-for many years been made of this structure, it has, by purchase,
-become the property of the present Lord Berwick.&nbsp; Recently
-it has been adapted as the Military Dep&ocirc;t of the Shropshire
-Militia. <a name="citation154"></a><a href="#footnote154"
-class="citation">[154]</a></p>
-<p><a name="page155"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 155</span>We
-now return along the suburb of the Abbey Foregate,</p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;A long great streate, well builded large
-and faire,<br />
-In as good ayre, as may be wisht with wit.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>to the English Bridge.</p>
-<p>Turning on the left we enter the suburb of Coleham, and soon
-arrive at</p>
-<h3><a name="page156"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 156</span>THE
-CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p156b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Trinity Church"
-title=
-"Trinity Church"
- src="images/p156s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>consecrated August 25, 1837, for the accommodation of the
-numerous inhabitants of Coleham, by voluntary subscriptions,
-aided by grants from the Church Building Societies, at a cost of
-nearly &pound;1900.&nbsp; Adjoining is a large cemetery for the
-whole parish of St. Julian, and also commodious school
-rooms.&nbsp; The church, which was made a district parish church
-in 1841, contains 812 sittings, of which 504 are free.&nbsp; In
-the <a name="page157"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-157</span>gallery is a small organ, by Bishop; in the window over
-the altar are figures in stained glass of the Evangelists, and
-St. Peter and St. Paul; and in two of the windows in the body of
-the church are various scriptural medallions in stained glass,
-which, together with a handsome service of communion plate, were
-presented by the piety of the late Rev. Richard Scott, B.D.</p>
-<p>Near to Belle Vue is the Dissenters&rsquo; Cemetery. <a
-name="citation157"></a><a href="#footnote157"
-class="citation">[157]</a></p>
-<p>Having passed the English Bridge we turn on the left, and
-following the course of &ldquo;the sandy-bottom&rsquo;d
-Severn,&rdquo; soon arrive at the remains of</p>
-<h3><a name="page158"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 158</span>THE
-FRANCISCAN, OR GREY, FRIARS,</h3>
-<p>founded at an early period of the 13th century.&nbsp; Hawise
-Gadarn, (born 1291,) the heiress of the ancient Princes of Powis
-Gwenwynwyn, and wife of Sir John de Cherleton, was a great
-benefactress of this religious house, and contributed to the
-friars considerable aid in the erection of their church, which it
-is conjectured she adorned with the fine stained glass now in the
-east window of St. Mary&rsquo;s church.&nbsp; This patronage was
-continued to them by her son Sir John de Cherleton.&nbsp; The
-corporation of the town also appear at all times to have regarded
-these friars with an eye of peculiar favour, and to have bestowed
-upon them various sums of money towards the repairs of their
-buildings.&nbsp; In the reign of Henry VIII. the greater part of
-the house was rebuilt by Dr. Francis Duff hill, at that time
-Warden.&nbsp; This and the other friaries of the town were on
-their dissolution granted by Henry VIII. in 1543, to Richard
-Andrewes, and Nicholas Temple.&nbsp; Portions of the friary
-converted into houses still exist.&nbsp; On the side next the
-river is a <span class="GutSmall">MULLIONED WINDOW</span>, and on
-the other side a doorway, both of the obtusely pointed arch of
-the reign of Henry VIII.&nbsp; The walls of the garden may be
-traced far into the adjoining meadow.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p158.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Window in Franciscan Friary"
-title=
-"Window in Franciscan Friary"
- src="images/p158.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p><a name="page159"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 159</span>The
-Lady Hawise, according to Leland, &ldquo;lyith buried under a
-flate marble by Chorleton&rsquo;s tumbe,&rdquo; in the church,
-and several members of her ancient family received interment
-here.&nbsp; The path on the &ldquo;gentle Severn&rsquo;s sedgy
-bank&rdquo; soon leads us to</p>
-<h3>THE QUARRY,</h3>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Whose walks are ever pleasant; every
-scene<br />
-Is rich in beauty, lively, or serene.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p159b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"The Quarry"
-title=
-"The Quarry"
- src="images/p159s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p><a name="page160"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 160</span>This
-fine public promenade occupies a rich sloping meadow of about
-twenty acres, and derives its name from a disused stone quarry,
-nearly in the centre, which supplied a considerable part of the
-red sandstone visible in the older portions of the walls and
-churches of the town.&nbsp; Its site has long been designated
-&ldquo;the Dingle,&rdquo; and is planted with a bold clump of
-most magnificent horse-chesnut and lime trees.&nbsp; A noble
-avenue of lofty lime trees, gracefully unite their topmost boughs
-into a rich embowered arch, and with their lower branches
-feathering to the gentle windings of the beauteous river, forms
-the principal walk; to the middle and each end of which, three
-other shaded walks lead from various streets of the town.&nbsp;
-The still retirement and pleasing gloom of this delightful grove,
-from which the noise of the busy town, and even a prospect of its
-buildings, are almost entirely excluded,&mdash;the refreshing
-coolness of its shade,&mdash;the rich verdure which ever clothes
-its meadows,&mdash;the fine sweep of its umbrageous
-arch,&mdash;and the majestic flow of the river, which here</p>
-
-<blockquote><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;with
-gentle murmur glides,<br />
-And makes sweet music with th&rsquo; enamel&rsquo;d stones;<br />
-Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge<br />
-He overtaketh in his pilgrimage.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>all combine to render it the favourite and constant resort of
-the inhabitant, and a principal attraction to the stranger.&nbsp;
-The ground was laid out and planted in 1791, during the mayoralty
-of Henry <a name="page161"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-161</span>Jenks, Esq., by Mr. Wright, a celebrated and
-intelligent nursery-man, resident in the adjacent village of
-Bicton.</p>
-<p>On the west side of the Quarry, in the Dingle, called the Dry
-Dingle, are the remains of a rude amphitheatre, with ascending
-seats cut in the bank, where the Friars of the adjacent Convent
-performed the ancient religious Mysteries, or Miracle-plays, so
-famous in the days of our ancestors.&nbsp; Here, also, during the
-reign of Elizabeth many plays were exhibited in which the
-scholars of the Free Schools sustained the principal
-characters.</p>
-<p>Close adjoining to the Quarry are</p>
-<h3>THE AUSTIN FRIARS,</h3>
-<p>of which the only remnant is the lower part of a square red
-stone building, probably the refectory, with two pointed
-doorways, and the bases of a range of handsome windows.&nbsp; We
-find these friars here as early as the year 1235, when they
-obtained from Henry III. a grant of a spot of ground outside the
-walls, which had been used as a burial-place when the kingdom was
-under an interdict, in the reign of King John.&nbsp; Upon this
-small space they erected their chapel and buildings, which they
-were enabled to enlarge and extend in the year 1295, by the piety
-of Geoffrey Randolf, a burgess of the town, who granted them a
-contiguous plot of ground for that <a name="page162"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 162</span>purpose.&nbsp; At subsequent periods
-various portions of the lands in the immediate neighbourhood of
-the convent were successively added to their precinct.&nbsp; The
-corporation also were not wanting in frequent and liberal
-contributions to these, as well as to the other friars of the
-town.&nbsp; Still they never appear to have been either rich or
-numerous, and at the Dissolution their buildings were in a most
-deplorable state of ruin, inhabited only by a dissolute Prior,
-and two Friars not of the foundation, who had greatly and
-disgracefully wasted the conventual property.&nbsp; In 1403,
-several persons of note, who fell at Battlefield, are said to
-have found interment in the cemetery of this convent.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p163b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"St. Chad&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"St. Chad&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p163s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>At the top of the Quarry stands the <span class="smcap">Church
-of St. Chad</span>, a structure, which, notwithstanding its many
-and glaring defects, must still be pronounced handsome and
-commodious.&nbsp; The body is circular, and consists of a rustic
-basement with square windows, on which reposes a superstructure,
-containing a series of large arched windows; between each of
-which are coupled Ionic pilasters, resting on the basement, and
-supporting a bold cornice, crowned with an open balustrade.&nbsp;
-Attached to the body is a smaller circle, similarly decorated; at
-the extremity of which is the steeple, which consists of three
-stories: a square rustic basement, from which rises an octagonal
-belfry, enriched with Ionic pilasters, and above, a small cupola,
-supported on a heavy cylinder, surrounded by eight <a
-name="page163"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 163</span>slender
-Corinthian pillars.&nbsp; A heavy cross and vane crowns the
-summit.&nbsp; On each side of the tower is a plain square wing,
-which contains a vestry-room.&nbsp; Beneath a handsome portico of
-four Doric pillars <a name="page164"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-164</span>supporting a pediment, is the chief entrance, which
-opens into a circular vestibule beneath the tower; beyond which
-is a kind of ante-church, comprising the staircases leading to
-the galleries and communicating with the body of the
-church.&nbsp; The interior is not a complete circle, a segment
-having been taken off for two smaller staircases, and for the
-shallow oblong recess forming the chancel.&nbsp; A bold arch,
-resting on four rich composite pillars, marks the division of the
-body and chancel.&nbsp; Above the altar, (which contrary to
-ancient usage, is placed on the north side,) in a broad Venetian
-window is a representation, in stained glass, of the
-&ldquo;Descent from the Cross,&rdquo; after Rubens, the
-Salutation, and the Presentation in the Temple, executed by Mr.
-David Evans of this town, whose skill and taste have also been
-exercised in four other windows of this church, of which the
-subjects are, the Raising of Lazarus, Christ receiving little
-children, the Healing of the Sick, and the Tribute Money, all
-presented by the late Rev. R. Scott, B.D.&nbsp; One of the other
-windows of the Church contains a memorial in stained glass to E.
-Muckleston, Esq.&nbsp; A deep and capacious gallery, decorated in
-front with a handsome balustrade, surrounds the whole church,
-except the chancel, and reposes on a double range of short
-pillars, with Ionic capitals.&nbsp; From these a corresponding
-tier of slender fluted shafts, resembling the Corinthian order,
-rises to the ceiling, which is adorned with a glory in the <a
-name="page165"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 165</span>centre, and
-a rich cornice, consisting of angels with wings interlaced.&nbsp;
-Over the chief entrance is a large and fine organ built by Gray
-of London, in 1794, and enlarged and improved by Gray and
-Davidson, in 1848.&nbsp; It has 30 stops, and comprises 1325
-pipes.</p>
-<p>This edifice, though possessing too much of the theatrical
-air, is handsomely and conveniently furnished, and by the
-ingenuity of the circular arrangement, all the congregation can
-distinctly hear and most see the officiating clergyman during the
-whole of the services.&nbsp; It will accommodate, in the pews
-below, 1000 persons, and in the gallery 750, besides 400 free
-sittings provided for the poor.</p>
-<p>
-<a href="images/p165b.jpg">
-<img class='floatright' alt=
-"Font in St. Chad&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"Font in St. Chad&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p165s.jpg" />
-</a><span class="smcap">The font</span> formerly belonged to the
-parish church of Malpas, Cheshire; and is that in which the late
-Bishop Heber was baptized.</p>
-<p>The principal monuments are:&mdash;an oblong Grecian tablet,
-with an elegant Latin inscription to the Rev. <a
-name="page166"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 166</span>Francis
-Leighton, his lady, and two grandchildren; a handsome pannelled
-marble tablet, supporting a fine bust of the deceased, by
-Chantrey, inscribed to Mr. John Simpson, the eminent architect
-and builder; and a similar tablet and bust, by Chantrey, to
-William Hazledine, Esq., the builder of the Menai Bridge; and in
-the Vestibule a marble mural monument to the Officers and
-Privates of the 53rd or Shropshire Regiment, who were killed on
-10th February 1846, in the battles of Subraon, Aliwal, and the
-relief of Loodhiana on the Sutluj.</p>
-<p>This church also contains a monument to the Rev. R. Scott,
-with the following inscription:&mdash;</p>
-<blockquote><p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall">SACRED</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">TO THE MEMORY OF</span><br />
-THE REV. RICHARD SCOTT, B.D.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">ON THE 6TH OCTOBER, 1848,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">IN THE 68TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS NEPHEW
-WILLIAM SCOTT,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AS A TOKEN OF REGARD AND AFFECTION
-TO</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HIS LATE RELATIVE.</span></p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>In the vestry is a carved figure of <a
-name="page167"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 167</span><span
-class="smcap">St. Chad</span> in his episcopal robes, preserved
-from the old church.</p>
-<p>
-<a href="images/p167b.jpg">
-<img class='floatright' alt=
-"Figure of St. Chad in St. Chad&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"Figure of St. Chad in St. Chad&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p167s.jpg" />
-</a>This church is used on most public occasions.&nbsp; The plan
-was furnished by Mr. Geo. Stewart, and the cost of erection
-amounted to &pound;17,752; the greater part of which sum still
-remains a heavy debt on the parish.&nbsp; In the tower is a peal
-of twelve melodious bells, cast by Messrs. Meares of London,
-purchased by subscription, and inscribed with appropriate
-mottos.&nbsp; The deep-toned tenor, of the weight of forty-one
-cwt. on which the clock strikes, may be heard at a distance of
-several miles.</p>
-<p>Turning on the left, we proceed down St. John&rsquo;s Hill,
-and pass</p>
-<h3>THE QUAKERS&rsquo; MEETING-HOUSE,</h3>
-<p>a plain brick structure, built in 1746, and enlarged in
-1807,&mdash;and</p>
-<h3>ST. JOHN&rsquo;S, OR THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS&rsquo;
-MEETING-HOUSE,</h3>
-<p>a spacious and commodious brick building, erected in <a
-name="page168"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 168</span>1804, and
-subsequently enlarged and decorated in a handsome style.</p>
-<p>Besides these, there are meeting-houses for the Calvinistic
-Methodists, and Sandemanians, or Scotch Baptists, in Hill&rsquo;s
-Lane;&mdash;for the Baptists and Independents, in Doglane and
-Castle Forgate; and for the Unitarians, in High Street.</p>
-<p>At the bottom of St. John&rsquo;s Hill is</p>
-<h3>THE THEATRE,</h3>
-<p>the fine and lofty stuccoed front of which has a bold and
-imposing effect, and constitutes the principal ornament of the
-street.&nbsp; The central part comprises a range of excellent
-shops; at each end of which is a comfortable dwelling-house, with
-entrance doors to the Theatre.&nbsp; The interior is handsomely
-decorated, and adapted for the comfortable accommodation of a
-numerous audience.&nbsp; The scenery, properties, and other
-ornaments, are entirely new, and in a superior style.</p>
-<p>The remains of an embattled stone mansion, called Charlton
-Hall, the residence of the ancient family of Charlton, Lords of
-Powis, previously occupied the site of the Theatre.</p>
-<p>Opposite to the Theatre, in Barker Street, is</p>
-<h3><a name="page169"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 169</span>THE
-BELL STONE,</h3>
-<p>a red stone structure, surrounding three sides of a small
-quadrangle, erected in 1582, by Edward Owen, alderman and draper
-of Shrewsbury, but lately modernized, and completely re-cast, and
-now occupied as the banking-house of a Branch of the National
-Provincial Bank of England.&nbsp; The mansion derives its name of
-the Bell or Bente Stone, from a large block of Chert or
-Hornstone, which originally lay in the street, at the north angle
-of the outer wall, and which is still preserved in the court,
-whither it was removed during the late alterations.&nbsp; The
-derivation of the name and its connexion with the Stone have
-hitherto baffled the ingenuity and researches of antiquaries.</p>
-<p>Passing onwards through Shoplatch, we have on our right a mass
-of red stone buildings, communicating with the street by a
-passage,&mdash;which conjecture has assigned, either as the
-remains of the town house of the Abbots of Haughmond, (that
-monastery having possessed property in this immediate locality,)
-or as the residence of the ancient and extinct family of Shutt,
-the name of Shutt Place being supposed to be preserved in the
-name of the adjoining street, Shoplatch.</p>
-<p>We now proceed down Mardol, about the centre of which, on the
-left-hand side, is Hill&rsquo;s Lane, in which stands</p>
-<h3><a name="page170"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-170</span>ROWLEY&rsquo;S MANSION, OR HILL&rsquo;S MANSION,</h3>
-<p>said to have been the first brick building erected in
-Shrewsbury.&nbsp; From dates still visible on the leaden pipes,
-it appears to have been built in 1618, by William Rowley, an
-eminent brewer.&nbsp; This gentleman was a favourer of
-Puritanism, and an intimate friend of Richard Baxter the
-Nonconformist, and is stated to have been instrumental in
-strengthening the prejudices of the latter against the
-church.&nbsp; He amassed a large property by fortunate
-speculations in Barbadoes, and is related to have planted
-Rowley&rsquo;s Islands in the Caribbees.&nbsp; His son, Roger
-Rowley, Esq. was of Gray&rsquo;s Inn, and was the first person in
-this town who kept his carriage.&nbsp; His eldest daughter and
-co-heiress Priscilla married John Hill, Esq. of Shrewsbury, who
-made this mansion his residence, and gave to it, and the street
-in which it stands, their present names.</p>
-<p>At the bottom of Mardol are extensive Quays and Warehouses, at
-which the numerous vessels which navigate the Severn load and
-unload their burdens.&nbsp; Here also is</p>
-<h3>THE CIRCUS,</h3>
-<p>a spacious building, used occasionally for equestrian
-performances, but more constantly as a depository for the immense
-quantities of butter and cheese which are brought to the town for
-sale at the monthly fairs.</p>
-<h3><a name="page171"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 171</span>THE
-WELSH BRIDGE,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p171b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Welsh Bridge"
-title=
-"Welsh Bridge"
- src="images/p171s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>called also in old times St. George&rsquo;s Bridge, from the
-hospital of Saint George, which once stood adjacent to it,
-crosses the Severn at this point.&nbsp; It is a convenient,
-substantial, and handsome structure, consisting of five elegant
-arches, the length being 266 feet, the breadth thirty, and the
-height thirty, and was erected in 1795, after a design by Messrs.
-Tilly and Carline of this town, at an expense of &pound;8,000,
-raised by subscription.</p>
-<p>The old bridge which formerly stood here was removed on the
-erection of the present one, and though highly inconvenient and
-ruinous, was a most interesting monument of antiquity, and
-consisted of <a name="page172"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-172</span>seven arches, with massive gate towers at each
-extremity, in the finest style of castellated building.&nbsp; It
-is described in his usual quaint style by the accurate Leland,
-who visited Shrewsbury in 1539, &ldquo;as the greatest, fayrest,
-and highest upon the stream, having 6 great arches of
-stone.&rdquo;&nbsp; &ldquo;This bridge,&rdquo; he further says,
-&ldquo;standeth on the west syde of the towne, and hath at the
-one end of it a great gate to enter by into the towne; and at the
-other end towardes Wales a mighty stronge towre to prohibit
-enemies to enter on the bridge.&rdquo;</p>
-<p>Having passed the Welsh Bridge we enter</p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;An auncient streate cal&rsquo;d Franckwell
-many a day:<br />
-To Ozestri, the people passe through this,<br />
-And unto Wales, it is the reddie way.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>The suburb of Frankwell, was in 1234, during the wars of Henry
-III. and Llewellin Prince of Wales, reduced to ashes by the Welsh
-army.</p>
-<p>Shrewsbury was the first place in England in which that
-dreadful epidemic, the Sweating Sickness, broke out in the year
-1551; and there is a tradition that it made its first appearance
-in a passage in Frankwell, called the White Horse Shut.&nbsp;
-This disease again appeared in this suburb in the early part of
-June 1650, and continued its ravages throughout the town until
-the middle of the January following.&nbsp; It is said that the
-Butchers escaped the pestilence; and the fact of there being
-fewer entries of burials in the register of St. Alkmund&rsquo;s,
-the parish in which <a name="page173"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 173</span>they chiefly resided during that
-time, tends greatly to confirm the tradition.</p>
-<p>About the middle of Frankwell on the right hand side,
-stands</p>
-<h3>ST. GEORGE&rsquo;S CHURCH.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p173b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"St. George&rsquo;s Church"
-title=
-"St. George&rsquo;s Church"
- src="images/p173s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>This neat structure was erected in 1829, on a site <a
-name="page174"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 174</span>presented
-to the parish by Richard Drinkwater, Esq. and designed as a
-chapel of ease to St. Chad&rsquo;s Church.&nbsp; It is
-constructed of free-stone, in the lancet style of architecture,
-and comprises a nave, transept, chancel, and western tower.&nbsp;
-The interior is fitted up with due regard to elegance and
-convenience, and will contain a congregation of 750 persons, for
-460 of whom free kneelings are provided.&nbsp; By the pious
-liberality of the late Rev. Richard Scott, B.D. of this town, the
-chancel has been graced with a carved altar screen and chairs of
-an architectural Gothic design, the gallery with a small organ by
-Fleetwood, and the triple lancet windows filled with most
-brilliant and spirited figures of Isaiah, St. Matthew, and St.
-Mark, in stained glass, in the execution of which, that ingenious
-artist Mr. D. Evans has, if possible, surpassed his previous
-elegant productions.&nbsp; The windows of the transept likewise
-contain fine stained glass of a rich and elaborate mosaic
-pattern, by which a mellowed and devotional gloom is shed over
-this portion of the fabric, which contributes considerably to the
-imposing effect of the splendid east window.</p>
-<p>The edifice was designed by Mr. Edward Haycock, and erected by
-Messrs. Joseph Birch and Sons of this town, at a cost of nearly
-&pound;4000, raised by the voluntary subscriptions of the
-parishioners.&nbsp; The township of Frankwell has been assigned
-as a district parish to this church.</p>
-<p><a name="page175"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 175</span>The
-adjoining eminence is crowned by</p>
-<h3>MILLINGTON&rsquo;S HOSPITAL,</h3>
-<p>founded in 1734, by Mr. James Millington of Shrewsbury,
-draper, and endowed with the greater part of his ample
-fortune.&nbsp; This charitable institution consists of a
-school-master and mistress, who have each a house and salary, and
-instruct twenty poor boys and as many girls, natives of
-Frankwell.&nbsp; These children are completely clothed twice in
-every year, and at the age of fourteen are clothed and
-apprenticed with a small premium, and at the expiration of their
-first year&rsquo;s apprenticeship rewarded with a gratuity, upon
-their producing a certificate of good conduct.&nbsp; Twelve poor
-men or women selected from the single housekeepers of Frankwell,
-or the nearest part of St. Chad&rsquo;s parish, reside in the
-Hospital, to each of whom are allotted two comfortable rooms and
-a small garden, with an allowance of &pound;6 per annum, a gown
-or coat on St. Thomas&rsquo;s day, and a load of coals on All
-Saints&rsquo; day.&nbsp; Gowns or Coats and forty shillings each
-are also dispensed every year to ten poor single housekeepers
-resident in Frankwell, the eldest of which pensioners in time,
-succeeds to a vacancy in the hospital.&nbsp; The hospitallers and
-out-pensioners receive likewise two twopenny loaves weekly.&nbsp;
-A chaplain daily attends and reads prayers.</p>
-<p>Two exhibitions of &pound;40 a year each are founded for
-students of Magdalen College, Cambridge, to <a
-name="page176"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 176</span>which,
-scholars originally on the hospital foundation have the
-preference, or in default of such, two born in Frankwell,
-educated at the Free Schools, and having been one year in the
-upper form in the head school are most eligible.</p>
-<p>The hospital is a plain brick building.&nbsp; The central
-portion surmounted by a pediment and clock turret comprises the
-chapel and school-room, and the houses of the master and
-mistress, and in the wings on each side are the apartments of the
-hospitallers.&nbsp; A lodge has recently been erected and the
-ground in front enclosed from the street by an iron railing. <a
-name="citation176"></a><a href="#footnote176"
-class="citation">[176]</a></p>
-<p>We now continue our walk along the undulating eminence, which
-rises abruptly from the Severn opposite the Quarry, until we
-arrive at</p>
-<h3>KINGSLAND,</h3>
-<p>a large tract of ground, the common property of the Burgesses,
-studded with small enclosures and buildings called
-&ldquo;Arbours,&rdquo; to which the several incorporated trading
-companies of the town annually resort in procession on the second
-Monday after Trinity Sunday, accompanied by bands of music,
-flags, devices emblematical of their crafts, and preceded by
-&ldquo;a king&rdquo; on horseback, gaily dressed with
-&ldquo;crownlets <a name="page177"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-177</span>and gauds of rare device,&rdquo; either representing
-the monarch who granted their charters, or some principal
-personage of their trades.&nbsp; The Mayor and Corporation,
-attended by many of the respectable inhabitants of the place,
-visit the several Companies, and <a name="page178"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 178</span>partake of refreshments prepared in
-their respective arbours:&mdash;</p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Whilst the merry bells ring round,<br />
-And the jocund rebecks sound,<br />
-To many a youth and many a maid<br />
-Dancing in the chequered shade;<br />
-And young and old come forth to play<br />
-On this sunshine holiday,<br />
-Till the live-long day-light fail.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>The pageant of &ldquo;Shrewsbury Show&rdquo; originated, no
-doubt, in the procession which took place on Corpus Christi day,
-one of the most splendid festivals of the Romish Church.&nbsp;
-The several Companies, preceded by their Masters and Wardens,
-attended the Bailiffs and Corporation, who with the Abbot and
-dignified Ecclesiastics of the Abbey, Friaries, and Churches of
-the town, clad in their splendid robes, and bearing the Holy
-Sacrament under a rich canopy, lighted with innumerable wax
-tapers, proceeded in solemn order to a stone cross called the
-Weeping Cross, without the town.&nbsp; Here having bewailed their
-sins, and offered up petitions for a joyous harvest, they
-returned in the same order to St. Chad&rsquo;s church, and
-attended the celebration of High Mass.&nbsp; Three days of
-unbounded jollity and recreation followed this magnificent
-festival.&nbsp; On the Reformation of religion this ceremonious
-procession was of course discontinued, and the present single day
-of relaxation and amusement substituted in its stead by the
-authorities of the place.</p>
-<p><a name="page179"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 179</span>While
-on the subject of our ancient customs, we must not omit the
-popular one of <i>Heaving</i>, formerly prevalent over most of
-the kingdom, but latterly confined to Shropshire.&nbsp; Heaving
-is performed on Easter-Monday, by men who perambulate the
-streets, and call at the houses with chairs gaily adorned with
-ribbons and flowers, in which they sportively hold down any young
-woman they meet, and heaving her up three times, turn her round
-and set her down again.&nbsp; The ceremony invariably concludes
-with a hearty kiss, to which is often added by the more opulent
-of the inhabitants a small present of money.&nbsp; On
-Easter-Tuesday the young women perform the same ceremony to the
-men.&nbsp; This custom is supposed to have originated in the
-usage of binding persons in chairs, anciently practised on Hock
-Tuesday, or Binding Tuesday, designed to represent the stratagems
-employed by the English women to aid their husbands in
-massacreing the Danes on St. Brice&rsquo;s day, 1002.&nbsp; At
-the Reformation, this, with many other old customs, of which the
-origin was imperfectly remembered, was <i>spiritualized</i>, and
-intended to represent the Resurrection of our Lord.&nbsp; For
-more particulars of the custom of Heaving we would refer the
-reader to Brand&rsquo;s Popular Antiquities, i. 155, and
-Hone&rsquo;s Every Day Book; in which latter excellent work there
-is a spirited engraving of the ceremony.</p>
-<p>On the north side of Kingsland is</p>
-<h3><a name="page180"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 180</span>THE
-HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.</h3>
-<p>which crowns the steep eminence above the river, from whence a
-prospect of the town and environs, more pleasing and
-comprehensive than can be obtained from any other station, bursts
-upon the view.</p>
-<p>This handsome brick building was erected in 1765, at an
-expense of &pound;12,000, and used for a few years as a Foundling
-Hospital, until the funds becoming inadequate to the support of
-the charity, it was shut up in 1774.&nbsp; It was afterwards
-employed during the American War, as a prison for Dutch
-prisoners, until 1784, when it was purchased by the several
-parishes of the town, and appropriated to the use of their infirm
-and helpless poor, who in their declining years here find a
-comfortable shelter from the pitiless compassion of the world,
-and are supplied with the decent and wholesome necessaries of
-life.</p>
-<p>Descending the eminence, we cross the river by the ferry,
-proceed up the Quarry, down St. John&rsquo;s Hill, and passing
-the Talbot Buildings, re-enter the Market Square, from whence we
-commenced our perambulation.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><a name="page181"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 181</span>And now, traveller,<br />
-our tale is told,<br />
-and in sending you onward on your way,<br />
-we would heartily bid you &ldquo;good speed,&rdquo;<br />
-with a sincere hope that when in after years,<br />
-amid the storms and sunshine<br />
-which checquer the great journey of life,<br />
-thy restless memory in the stillness of reflection<br />
-shall recur to the few incidents which,<br />
-like oases in the desert,<br />
-have ministered to thy happiness,<br />
-recollection may long and fondly dwell<br />
-on those pleasing hours<br />
-you spent amid<br />
-<b>the antient walls of</b><br />
-<b>Shrewsbury</b>.</p>
-<h2><a name="page182"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-182</span>EMINENT NATIVES OF SHREWSBURY;</h2>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">WITH
-REFERENCES TO WORKS IN WHICH THEIR BIOGRAPHIES ARE
-DETAILED.</span></p>
-<blockquote><p style="text-align: center">&ldquo;There is a
-history in all men&rsquo;s lives.&rdquo;</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="smcap">Shakspeare</span>.</p>
-</blockquote>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">Name.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">Distinction.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">Born.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">Died.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: center">References.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Adams, Wm.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>divine,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1706</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1789</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Owen and Blakeway&rsquo;s History of Shrewsbury, ii.
-218.&nbsp; Gent. Mag. March, 1789.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Armstead, T.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>author,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1662</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p>Wood&rsquo;s Athen&aelig; Oxon. iii. 661.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Arnway, John,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>divine and author,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1601</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1653</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Wood&rsquo;s Athen&aelig; Oxon. iii. 307.&nbsp;
-Walker&rsquo;s Sufferings of the Clergy.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Benbow, John,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>admiral,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1650</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1702</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Owen and Blakeway&rsquo;s History of Shrewsbury, ii.
-390.&nbsp; Biographia Britannica.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Blakeway, J. Brickdale,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>divine and topographical historian,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1765</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1826</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Gent. Mag. xcvi. pt. 1. p. 277.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Bowers, John,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bishop of Chichester,</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p>1724</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Bowen, James,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>genealogist,</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p>1774</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Bowen, John,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>genealogist,</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p>1832</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Gent. Mag. cii. pt. 2. p. 185.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page183"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-183</span>Burney, Chas.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>historian of music, 1726</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1726</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1814</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Gent. Mag. 1814.</p>
-<p>Owen and Blakeway&rsquo;s Hist. of Shrewsbury, ii. 388.&nbsp;
-Life by his daughter, Madame d&rsquo;Arblay.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Churchyard, Thomas,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>poet,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1520</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1604</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Wood&rsquo;s Athen&aelig;. Oxon.&nbsp; Life prefixed to
-Chalmers&rsquo; edit. of Churchyard&rsquo;s Chips.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Costard, Geo.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>divine, biblical critic, &amp; mathematician,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1709</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1782</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Biographia Britannica.&nbsp; Owen and Blakeway&rsquo;s
-Hist. of Shrewsbury, ii. 388.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Cresset, Edw.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bishop of Llandaff</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1697</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1755</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Davies, Sneyd,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>divine and poet,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1709</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1769</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Owen and Blakeway&rsquo;s Hist. of Shrewsbury. ii.
-387.&nbsp; Nichols&rsquo;s Illustrations, i. 485.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Farmer, Hugh,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>presbyterian divine and author,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1714</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p>Life by Hugh Dodson, Biogr. Brit. v. 664.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Greisley, Hen.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>divine and poet,</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p>1678</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Wood&rsquo;s Athen&aelig;. Oxon, iii. 1167.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Gwynn,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>architect,</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td></td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Haynes, Jos.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>artist and engraver,</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p>1830</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Gent. Mag. c. pt. 1. p. 379.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Jones, Sir, Thomas,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1614</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1692</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Onslow, Rich.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Speaker of the House of Commons,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1528</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1571</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Owen and Blakeway&rsquo;s Hist. of Shrewsbury, ii.
-167.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Orton, Job,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Non-conformist divine</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1717</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1783</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Life by S. Palmer, prefixed to his Letters.&nbsp; Owen and
-Blakeway&rsquo;s Hist. of Shrewsbury, ii. 478.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page184"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-184</span>Owen, Hugh,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>divine and topographical historian,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1760</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1827</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Gent. Mag. xcviii. pt. 1. p. 478.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Parkes, James,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>artist,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1794</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1828</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Gent. Mag. xcviii. pt. 1. p. 376.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Pemberton, Thomas,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>lawyer and author,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1763</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1833</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Gent. Mag. ciii. pt. 1. p. 377.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Phillips, Ambrose,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>poet,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1674</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1749</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Owen and Blakeway&rsquo;s Hist. of Shrewsbury, ii.
-284.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Plantagenet, Rd. Duke of York,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>2nd son of Edwd. IV.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1473</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1483</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Plantagenet, George,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>youngest son of Edw. IV.</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td></td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Price, Samp. D.D.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>divine, and chaplain to James I. and Charles I.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1585</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1630</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Owen and Blakeway&rsquo;s Hist. of Shrewsbury, ii.
-212.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Price, Daniel, D.D.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>divine,</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p>1631</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Wood&rsquo;s Athen&aelig;. Oxon.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Scott, John,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Non-conformist divine,</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td></td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Scott, Jona. Dr.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>oriental professor and author,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1753</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1829</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Gent. Mag. xcix. pt. 1. p. 470.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury, Ralph,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bishop of Bath and Wells,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="GutSmall">elect&rsquo;d</span> 1329</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1363</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury, Robert,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Biographer of St. Wenefrede,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="GutSmall">flo.</span> 1140</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury, Robert,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bishop of Bangor,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="GutSmall">consecrated</span> 1197</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1215</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Owen and Blakeway&rsquo;s Hist. of Shrewsbury, ii. 98.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Talbot, Thos.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>antiquary,</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p>1538</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Talbot, Robt.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>antiquary,</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p>1558</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page185"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-185</span>Taylor, John,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>editor of Demosthenes,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1704</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1776</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Some Account of the antient and present State of
-Shrewsbury, p. 371.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Thomas, Jno.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bishop of Salisbury,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="GutSmall">translated</span> 1761</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1766</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Some Account of the antient and present State of
-Shrewsbury, p. 374.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Tomlins, Thomas,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>musician and composer,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1778</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1847</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Turner, John,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>lawyer and author,</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p>1680</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Wood&rsquo;s Athen&aelig;. Oxon. iii. 1269.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Waring, John Scott,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>friend and defender of Warren Hastings, and author,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1749</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1819</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Wooley, Edw.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bishop of Clonfert,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p><span class="GutSmall">consecrated</span> 1665</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-<td><p>Wood&rsquo;s Fasti, 54.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<h2><a name="page186"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-186</span>BIRDS</h2>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">SEEN IN THE
-NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SHREWSBURY.</span></p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;And now is Mirthe therein, to here<br />
-The birdes how they singen clere,<br />
-The manis and the nightingale,<br />
-And other jollie birdes smale.&rdquo;</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><i>Chaucer&rsquo;s Romaunt of the
-Rose</i>.</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p style="text-align: center">THE NAMES AND ARRANGEMENT ARE THOSE
-OF BEWICK.</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Falco Buteo,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Buzzard,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond Hill; Grinshill; Wrekin.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Milvus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Kite,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere Pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; cyaneus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Hen Harrier,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>meadows about Berwick.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Pygargus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Ringtail,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Westfelton Moors.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Tinnunculus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Kestrel,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury; Wrekin.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Nisus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sparrow-hawk,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>near Castle Foregate; Old Heath.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Strix Otus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Long-eared Owl,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Westfelton, but rarely.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; flammea,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Yellow Owl,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>meadows;&mdash;Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; stridula,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Tawny Owl,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>very common.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Lanius Excubitor,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Ash-coloured Shrike,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Babin&rsquo;s Wood, near Whittington.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Collurio,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Red-backed Shrike,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Wolf&rsquo;s Head; Shottaton; Lowe Bank.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Corvus Corax,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Raven,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Wrekin; Aston.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Corone,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Crow,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>every where.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Cornix,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Hooded Crow,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Weston Lullingfield.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; frugilegus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Rook,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common;&mdash;Whittington Castle.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Monedula,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Jack-daw,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common;&mdash;Nesscliffe.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Pica,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Magpie,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; glandarius,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Jay,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park; Berwick.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Ampelis Garrulus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Chatterer,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>nr. Oswestry, occasionally.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sturnus vulgaris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Starling,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common; Westfelton.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page187"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-187</span>Turdus viscivorus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Missel Thrush,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury Castle.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; musicus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Throstle,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; pilaris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Fieldfare,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; iliacus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Redwing,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Merula,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Blackbird,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; torquatus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Ring Ouzel,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Breidden Mountains.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Cuculus canorus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Cuckoo,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common:&mdash;Fairyland, Westfelton.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Yunx Torquilla,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Wryneck,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury Quarry and Meole Brace.</p>
-<p>(on the authority of Robert Griffith Temple, Esq. Barrister at
-Law.)</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Picus viridis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Green Woodpecker,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; major and medius,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Pied Woodpecker,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury Quarry, occasionally.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; minor,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Barred Woodpecker,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury Quarry and Westfelton.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sitta europ&aelig;a,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Nuthatch,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury Quarry.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Upupa Epops,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Hoopoe,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Rednall, a pair, only once seen.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Certhia familiaris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Creeper,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury Quarry.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Loxia curvirostra,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Cross-bill,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>on larch trees, occasional visitors.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Coccothraustes,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Grosbeak,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>farm-yards; at Nesscliffe, in company with sparrows.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Enucleator,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Pine Grosbeak,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Nesscliffe Hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Chloris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Green Grosbeak</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common in gardens.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Pyrrhula,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bullfinch,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common in gardens.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Emberiza Miliaria</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bunting,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>hedges and lanes, common.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Citrinella,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Yellow Bunting</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common in high-roads.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Sch&oelig;niclus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Black-headed Bunting,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Raven Meadow; Dorsett&rsquo;s Barn, Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Fringilla domestica,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sparrow,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>every where.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; c&aelig;lebs,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Chaffinch,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common in gardens.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Carduelis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Goldfinch,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common in fields.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Spinus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Siskin,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Westfelton, in flights, but rarely.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; cannabina,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Greater Red-pole.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>near mountains;&mdash;Pimhill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page188"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-188</span>Fringilla linaria,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Lesser Redpole,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>on gravel walks.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; linota,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Linnet,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>not uncommon.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Muscicapa Atricapilla,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Pied Flycatcher</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Westfelton; one pair, annually.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Grisola,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Spotted Flycatcher</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>very common; about houses.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Alauda arvensis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Lark,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>very common in fields.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; pratensis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Titlark,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common in fields.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; arborea,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Woodlark,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common; Westfelton.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Motacilla alba,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Pied Wagtail</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>pools and brooks.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Boarula,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Grey Wagtail,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>farm-yards.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; flava,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Yellow Wagtail</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>rather common; ploughed fields.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Luscinia,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Nightingale,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sutton Spa; and Westfelton once.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Rubecula,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Redbreast,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>every where.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Ph&oelig;nicurus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Redstart,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common; orchards and farm-steads.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sylvia hortensis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Garden Warbler Ruckler,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common in high leafy-sycamores.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Motacilla passerina,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Passerine Warbler,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>gardens.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; modularis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Hedge Warbler,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>every where; near houses.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Salicaria,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Reed Warbler,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>New Inn, near Dorsett&rsquo;s Barn.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Atricapilla,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Black-cap</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common;&mdash;low bushes and gardens.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Sylvia,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>White-throat,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common;&mdash;woods.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Trochilus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Yellow Wren,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash;</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Willow Wren, (Bewick, vol. i. p. 257, 6th ed.)</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Motacilla,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Chiff Caff, (Bewick, vol. i. p. 258, 6th ed.)</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common, and generally the first arrival.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Trochilus minor,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Least Willow Wren,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Marsh Hall.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Motacilla Regulus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Golden-crested Wren,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>not uncommon;&mdash;firs and yews.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Troglodytes,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Wren,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common;&mdash;out-buildings.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Oenanthe,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Wheatear,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond Hill and Dovaston.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Rubetra,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Whinchat,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common on gorse bushes.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Rubicola,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Stonechat,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sharpstones Hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page189"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-189</span>Parus major,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Greater Titmouse,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>very common.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; c&aelig;ruleus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Blue Titmouse,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>very common.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; ater,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Coal Titmouse,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>not uncommon.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; caudatus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Long-tailed Titmouse,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>hedges and bushes.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; palustris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Marsh Titmouse</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>near Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Hirundo rustica,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Swallow,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common;&mdash;chimneys.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; urbica.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Martin,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common;&mdash;churches.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; riparia,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sand Martin,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common;&mdash;Shelton rough</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Apus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Swift,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>common;&mdash;eaves.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Caprimulgus europ&aelig;us,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Night-jar,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Nesscliffe;&mdash;Haughmond Hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Columba Palumbus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Ring Dove,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park; Berwick; Shelton.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Turtur,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Turtle Dove,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>nr. Preston Boats; Westfelton.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Phasianus Colchicus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Pheasant,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>woods, parks;&mdash;Aston.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Tetrao Perdix,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Partridge,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>stubble fields.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Coturnix,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Quail,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shotton and Sandford.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Charadius Pluvialis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Golden Plover,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>very rare; once at Westfelton.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Ardea major,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Heron,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Isle: Sandford Pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; stellaris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bittern,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sandford Pool; and on Vyrnwy River.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Scolopax Arquata,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Curlew,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Source of the Morda, above Oswestry, in summer.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Rusticola</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Woodcock,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>woods;&mdash;Treflach.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Gallinago,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Snipe,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>wet bogs and springs.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Gallmula,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Judcock,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>bogs and wet meadows.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Tringa Vanellus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Lapwing,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Ensdon; Twyford Vownog.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Hypoleucos,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Common Sandpiper,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>occasionally on the margins of large pools.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>H&aelig;matopus Ostrolegus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Oyster-catcher,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>near Oswestry, occasionally in the winter.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sturnus Cinclus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Water Ouzel,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Meole brook and Morda.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Alcedo Ispida,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Kingfisher,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Meole brook; Ellesmere Canal.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Rallus aquaticus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Water Rail,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>very uncommon.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Gallinula Crex,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Land-rail,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>in long growing hay &amp; corn.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; chloropus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Common Gallinule,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>pools, common.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page190"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-190</span>Fulica atra,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Coot,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>large pools: Sandford.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Podiceps minor,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Little Grebe,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>weedy pools, not uncommon.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Larus canus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Common Gull,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>occasionally in flight.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Procellaria pelagica,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Stormy Petrel,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Prees&mdash;found dead.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Anas Anser ferus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Grey Lag Goose,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>large waters: Baggymore.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Boschas,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Mallard,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>pools; Woodhouse.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Penelope,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Wigeon,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>pools: Halston.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Crecca,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Teal,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>river Severn.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Pelecanus Carbo,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Cormorant,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Isle; Montford Bridge.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p>For the foregoing list, we are indebted to the kindness of the
-late <span class="smcap">John F. M. Dovaston</span>, Esq. A.M. of
-Westfelton, near Shrewsbury, the Friend and Biographer of Bewick;
-a gentleman who, with enthusiastic ardour, devoted many years of
-unceasing attention and observation, to an accurate investigation
-of the varieties and habits of the feathered tribes.</p>
-<h2><a name="page191"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-191</span><span class="GutSmall">A FEW OF THE</span><br />
-RARER SPECIES OF PLANTS<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">GROWING IN A WILD STATE IN THE IMMEDIATE
-VICINITY OF SHREWSBURY.</span></h2>
-<p style="text-align: center">The Arrangement adopted is that of
-the Natural System, and the<br />
-Nomenclature from Babington&rsquo;s Manual of British Botany.</p>
-<blockquote><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;what skill, what force
-divine,<br />
-Deep felt, in these appear!&rdquo;</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="smcap">Thomson</span>.</p>
-</blockquote>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Ranunculus Lingua,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere and Hancott pools.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; auricomus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond Hill; Shelton Wood.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; arvensis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>corn-fields.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; parviflorus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>near Red-barn: Pulley; Sharpstones Hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Berberis vulgaris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sharpstones Hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Papaver Argemone,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>fields, near Bank farm.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Corydalis claviculata,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Pimhill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Fumaria micrantha,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>near Harwood&rsquo;s Boat-house.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Nasturtium palustre,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>banks of Severn.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; sylvestre,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>banks of Severn.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Turritis glabra,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Berwick Knolls.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Cardamine amara,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>banks of Severn between Preston Boats and Uffington.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Diplotaxis tenuifolia,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury Abbey ruins.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Cochlearia Danica,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Dominican Friary, Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Thlaspi arvense,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>corn-fields near Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Teesdalia nudicaulis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond and Sharpstones hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Viola palustris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere and Almond Park pools.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; sylvatica,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Weir Coppice.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Drosera longifolia,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Elatine hexandra,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Dianthus plumarius,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond Abbey.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; deltoides,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sharpstones Hill and Downton.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page192"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-192</span>Saponaria officinialis and var: flore pleno,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond Abbey.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>M&oelig;nchia erecta,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond Hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Alsine rubra,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Pimhill; Haughmond Hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Hypericum elodes,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere and Oxon pools.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; humifusum,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>near Sundorne.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; maculatum,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond hill and Meole Brace.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; pulchrum,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sharpstones hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Geranium Pyrenaicum,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>road-side near Bicton Grove.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; columbinum,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Pulley.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; lucidum</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>near the Lea; Wrentnall.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Rhamnus Frangula,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Ulex nanus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Kingsland; Sharpstones hill; Haughmond hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Genista Anglica,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Vicia sylvatica,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shelton rough.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Lathyrus sylvestris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>near Pimley; Shelton rough.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Orobus tuberosus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sharpstones hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Geum rivale,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>old course of Severn, under Cross hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Comarum palustre,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere, Berrington, and Hancott pools.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Rubus suberectus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; fissus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; plicatus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shawbury Heath.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; affinis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shawbury Heath.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; nitidus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>generally about Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; tenuis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>about Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; corylifolius and var.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>London-road; Coleham; Flash.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; cordifolius and var.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; discolor,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>generally about Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; &mdash; &delta;. argenteus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Berwick.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; leucostachys &beta;. vestitus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Crowmeole; Almond Park.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; &mdash; y. argenteus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Copthorn.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; sylyaticus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; carpinifolius,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; macrophyllus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Rubus macrophyllus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&beta;. Schlechtendalii,</p>
-</td>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Babingtonii,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; rudis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>hedges &amp; woods about Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; &beta;. Leightonii,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond hill; Cross hill; Berwick-road.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page193"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-193</span>&mdash; fusco-ater,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>hedges generally</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; &mdash; &gamma;. echinatus.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; hirtus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; glandulosus, &gamma;. rosaceus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Schleicheri,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Flash; Haughmond hill; Red hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; nemorosus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond hill; Weir Coppice.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; c&aelig;sius &alpha;. aquaticus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Flash.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; &mdash; &delta;. ferox,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>hedges near Greenfields.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Rosa villosa,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>near Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Crat&aelig;gus Oxyacantha, &alpha;.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>hedges near Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Pyrus Malus, &alpha;. &amp; &beta;.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>hedges near Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Peplis Portula,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Myriophyllum alterniflorum,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Berrington pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Montia fontana,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Cotyledon Umbilicus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sedum Telephium,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Forsterianium,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; reflexum,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury Abbey walls.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Saxifraga granulata,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>near Harwood&rsquo;s Boat-house.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Chrysosplenium alternifolium,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shelton wood.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Smyrnium Olusatrum,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury Castle mound.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sambucus Ebulus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Exford Green,</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Valerianella dentata,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>fields near Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Inula Conyza,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Nobold.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Artemisia Absinthium,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Cichorium Intybus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Welbatch.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Hieracium boreale,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bickley Coppice.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Lobelia Dortmanna,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere and Berrington pools.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Campanula patula,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>banks of Severn, near Bickley Coppice; Berrington.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Vaccinium Oxycoccus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Hyoscyamus niger,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond Abbey.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Lathr&aelig;a squamaria,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Council-house garden.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Linaria Cymbalaria,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Council-house walls;&mdash;naturalized.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Elatine,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>near Sharpstones hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Orobanche major,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sharpstones hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Limosella aquatica,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Shelton rough.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Veronica scutellata,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; montana,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park; Shelton wood.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; polita,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>cultivated ground, Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Galeopsis versicolor,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Calcott.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page194"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-194</span>Ballota ruderalis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Lamium amplexicaule,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Lyth hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Calamintha officinalis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Red hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Scutellaria minor,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond hill; Oxon pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Utricularia minor,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Hottonia palustris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool; near Albright Hussey.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Lysimachia vulgaris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond park pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Anagallis c&aelig;rulea,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>near Shotton.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; tenella,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Haughmond hill; Abbot&rsquo;s Betton pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Littorella lacustris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Plantago Coronopus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Lyth hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Chenopodium Bonus Henricus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Uffington, &amp;c.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Rumex maritimus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Hancott pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; pratensis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Hancott pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Hydrolapathum,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>New Park.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Polygonum Bistorta,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sutton; Meole Brace.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Euphorbia exigua,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>fields near Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Lathyris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>cultivated ground, Shrewsbury.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; amygdaloides,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Almond Park: Lyth hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Butomus umbellatus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>river Severn, and canal.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Alisma ranunculoides,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Berrington pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; natans,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Hancott pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sagittaria sagittifolia,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Canal between Shrewsbury and Uffington.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Scheuchzeria palustris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Zannichellia palustris,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Habenaria viridis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere woods.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; chlorantha,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere woods.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Epipactis latifolia,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere woods.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Convallaria majalis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Pimhill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Colchicum autumnale,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>fields near Dorsett&rsquo;s barn; Sutton.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Typha angustifolia,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Berrington pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Potamogeton oblongus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; rufescens,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>pit near Sharpstones hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; heterophyllus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Berrington pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sparganium natans,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; simplex,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Berrington pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Rhynchospora alba,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Eriophorum vaginatum,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere and Hancott pools.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Carex curta,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; ovalis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page195"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-195</span>Carex muricata var: &beta;. (<i>Smith</i>.)</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Sharpstones hill.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; divulsa,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Cloud Coppice, Berrington.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; teretiuscula,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; pseudo-cyperus,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere and Hancott pools; Canal.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; limosa,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; vesicaria,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; ampullacea.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere pool.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; filiformis,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Bomere and Berrington pools.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Phalaris arundinacea,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>banks of Severn.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Brachypodium sylvaticum,</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>woods and hedge banks.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<div class="gapspace">&nbsp;</div>
-<p>For more ample details of the Botany of Shrewsbury and its
-vicinity, the reader is referred to Leighton&rsquo;s Flora of
-Shropshire.</p>
-<h2><a name="page196"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-196</span>INDEX.</h2>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td></td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="GutSmall">PAGE</span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><span class="smcap">Abbey</span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page124">124</a></span>&mdash;founded, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page124">124</a></span>&mdash;endowment, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page126">126</a></span>&mdash;dissolution, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page126">126</a></span>&mdash;present remains of, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page129">129</a></span>&mdash;church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page129">129</a></span>&mdash;western window, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page130">130</a></span>&mdash;armorial bearings in, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page131">131</a></span>&mdash;tower, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page131">131</a></span>&mdash;altar
-screen, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page134">134</a></span>&mdash;font, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page135">135</a></span>&mdash;north
-porch, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page135">135</a></span>&mdash;tombs in, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page136">136</a></span>&mdash;patronage of the living,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page128">128</a></span>&mdash;descent of the abbatial
-property, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page127">127</a></span>&mdash;church estate</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page128">128</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Abbey-foregate</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page155">155</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Abbots of Shrewsbury attended Parliaments</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page124">124</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Abbot&rsquo;s lodging</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page143">143</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Acton Burnell, Parliament of, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page126">126</a></span>&mdash;Statute of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page126">126</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Agricultural Shows</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page51">51</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Aldermen</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Alkmund&rsquo;s, St. church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page94">94</a></span>&mdash;old church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page96">96</a></span>&mdash;new
-church</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page97">97</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Allatt, Mr. John, monument to</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page103">103</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash;&rsquo;s Charity school</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page118">118</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Almond Park</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page53">53</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Almshouses, St. Mary&rsquo;s</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page83">83</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; St. Chad&rsquo;s</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page113">113</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; St. Giles&rsquo;s</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page153">153</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Evans&rsquo;s, (Meole)</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page157">157</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Anderson&rsquo;s tomb</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page82">82</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Antiquities in Free School Library</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page46">46</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&ldquo;Arbours&rdquo;</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page176">176</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Ashton, Thomas, first head master of Free School</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page27">27</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Atcham village, church, and bridge</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page154">154</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Attingham Hall</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page154">154</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Bailiffs</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Baptists&rsquo; Meeting-house</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page168">168</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Barker Street</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page168">168</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Barker, Thomas, birth-place of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page157">157</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash;&rsquo;s Delight, or the Art of Angling</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page157">157</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Baths, Royal</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page52">52</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page197"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-197</span>Battlefield, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page56">56</a></span>&mdash;college and church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page56">56</a></span>&mdash;monument in</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page56">56</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Battle of Shrewsbury, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page61">61</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page175">175</a></span>&mdash;execution of prisoners,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page17">17</a></span>&mdash;interments of slain, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page61">61</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page162">162</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Beechey&rsquo;s, Sir William, portrait of Lord Hill</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page7">7</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Bell Stone Mansion</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page169">169</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Belle Vue</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page157">157</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Belmont</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page113">113</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Benbow Place</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page52">52</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Admiral, birth-place of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page52">52</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; monument to</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page78">78</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page7">7</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Bennette&rsquo;s Halle</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page15">15</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Bernard, St. life of, stained glass</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page74">74</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Berwick house, chapel, and hospital</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page53">53</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Bevan&rsquo;s &ldquo;Records of the Salop
-Infirmary&rdquo;</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page86">86</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Billiard Room</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Birds</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page186">186</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Bishopric of Shrewsbury</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page127">127</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Blakeway, Rev. J. B. monument to</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page72">72</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Blase St. Chapel of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page117">117</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Blue School</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page121">121</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&ldquo;Boards&rdquo; of Shrewsbury School</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page33">33</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Bomere Pool</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page157">157</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Boucher, John, Bishop of Shrewsbury</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page127">127</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Bowdler&rsquo;s Charity School</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page121">121</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Brick building first erected in Shrewsbury</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page170">170</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Bridge, English or Stone</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page121">121</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; old</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page122">122</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Welsh</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page171">171</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; old, or St. George&rsquo;s, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page11">11</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page171">171</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Railway, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page47">47</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page52">52</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page53">53</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page59">59</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page123">123</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>British fortress, remains of, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page23">23</a></span>&mdash;princes, palace of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page110">110</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Britons, first inhabited by</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page104">104</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Broadwell</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page52">52</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Brown School</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page123">123</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Butler, Bishop, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page32">32</a></span>&mdash;armorial bearings</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page71">71</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; statue to</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page81">81</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page46">46</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Butcher Row, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page16">16</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page99">99</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Butter Cross, old, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page16">16</a></span>&mdash;new</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page16">16</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Cadman&rsquo;s monument</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page82">82</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Canal, Shrewsbury and Ellesmere</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page198"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-198</span>Carline&rsquo;s, Mr. John, skill in Gothic
-architecture, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page67">67</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page73">73</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page134">134</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Catherine&rsquo;s, St., Chapel</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page76">76</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Castle Street</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page18">18</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Castle <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page23">23</a></span>&mdash;situation of, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page23">23</a></span>&mdash;founded
-by Roger de Montgomery, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page25">25</a></span>&mdash;gateway of, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page21">21</a></span>&mdash;keep,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page23">23</a></span>&mdash;rebuilt by Edward I., <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page26">26</a></span>&mdash;besieged in the civil wars</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page26">26</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Gates, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page11">11</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page47">47</a></span>&mdash;Foregate</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page54">54</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Cemetery, Abbey</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page129">129</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Cemetery, Dissenters&rsquo;</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page157">157</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Chad&rsquo;s, Saint, Church, remains of old, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page107">107</a></span>&mdash;burnt, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page111">111</a></span>&mdash;fall
-of, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page109">109</a></span>&mdash;collegiate establishment</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page110">110</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; New Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page162">162</a></span>&mdash;College</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page112">112</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Almshouses, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page113">113</a></span>&mdash;figure of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page167">167</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Chantry Chapels in St. Mary&rsquo;s church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page70">70</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page76">76</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Charles I. portrait of, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page14">14</a></span>&mdash;lodged at the Council House,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page21">21</a></span>&mdash;received Sacrament at St.
-Mary&rsquo;s, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page64">64</a></span>&mdash;addresses army</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page146">146</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Charles II. portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page7">7</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Charlotte, Queen of George III, portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page7">7</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Charlton Hall</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page168">168</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Charleton, Lords of Powis, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page75">75</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page168">168</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Charters</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Cholera</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page153">153</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Christ Church, Oxon.</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page177">177</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Church Street</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page93">93</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Church of England Literary and Scientific Institute</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page90">90</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Circus</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page170">170</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Clive, Lord, portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page89">89</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Coal Dep&ocirc;t of Railway</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page50">50</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; &mdash; Shropshire, and Staffordshire</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page50">50</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; &mdash; Welsh</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page50">50</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; wharfs</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Coleham</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page155">155</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>College Hill</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page114">114</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Column, Lord Hill&rsquo;s</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page146">146</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Corbet Monument in Battlefield Church</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page56">56</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Corn Market</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page11">11</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Corporation</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Corpus Christi procession</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page176">176</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Coton Hill</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page53">53</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Council House, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page20">20</a></span>&mdash;gateway, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page19">19</a></span>&mdash;hall
-and great chamber</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page20">20</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; of the Marches of Wales</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page20">20</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page199"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-199</span>Councilmen</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>County Goal</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Courts of Assize</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page6">6</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Cross, High, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page17">17</a></span>&mdash;Street</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page54">54</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Crucifixion, sculpture of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page142">142</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&ldquo;Dana,&rdquo; the</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page59">59</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>David, last British Prince of Wales, trial of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page126">126</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; execution of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page17">17</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Dep&ocirc;t, the</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page154">154</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Dingle</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page160">160</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Dogpole</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page91">91</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Dominican, or Black Friars</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page60">60</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Dormitory, Monks&rsquo;</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page141">141</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Douglas, Earl, death of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Drapers&rsquo; Company</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page85">85</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page85">85</a></span>&mdash;curious apartment in, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page85">85</a></span>&mdash;portraits in</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page85">85</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Dry Dingle, remains of amphitheatre in</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page161">161</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Durer, Albert, stained glass by</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page74">74</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Ebenezer Meeting-house</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page119">119</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Edward I., keep of the Castle erected by</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page24">24</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; rebuilds Castle</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page24">24</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Edward III., statue of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page131">131</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Edward IV., portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page85">85</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; occasional residence of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page60">60</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Queen of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page61">61</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Edward VI., portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page46">46</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Eleanor&rsquo;s (Queen) Bower</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Elizabeth, Queen, armorial bearings of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page10">10</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Evans&rsquo;s Almshouses</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page157">157</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Evans, Mr. D., skill in glass staining, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page55">55</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page71">71</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page79">79</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page134">134</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page149">149</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page164">164</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page174">174</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Evans, R. Esq., portrait of Admiral Owen</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page7">7</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Exchequer</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page5">5</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Fairs for Cattle <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page11">11</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page51">51</a></span>,&mdash;Horses</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page52">52</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Farm yard, existence of an ancient</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page5">5</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Farquhar, George</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page18">18</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Flora of Shropshire</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page191">191</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Fonts, in St. Mary&rsquo;s church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page76">76</a></span>&mdash;Abbey,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page135">135</a></span>&mdash;St. Giles, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page163">163</a></span>&mdash;St.
-Chad&rsquo;s</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page165">165</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Foundation of Shrewsbury by the Britons</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page2">2</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Frankwell, suburb of, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page172">172</a></span>&mdash;sweating sickness in</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page172">172</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Freehold Land Society</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page200"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-200</span>Free Schools, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page26">26</a></span>&mdash;endowment and revenues, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page27">27</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page28">28</a></span>&mdash;scholarships and exhibitions,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page29">29</a></span>&mdash;masters, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page31">31</a></span>&mdash;instruction, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page31">31</a></span>&mdash;school
-rooms, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page43">43</a></span>&mdash;chapel, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page44">44</a></span>&mdash;library, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page45">45</a></span>&mdash;eminent
-men educated at, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page31">31</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page45">45</a></span>&mdash;&ldquo;boards&rdquo; of, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page33">33</a></span>&mdash;gateway</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page43">43</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Friars, Austin, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page161">161</a></span>&mdash;Dominican, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page60">60</a></span>&mdash;Franciscan or Grey</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page158">158</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Gas-works</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Gates of the Town&mdash;Waterlane, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page60">60</a></span>&mdash;Castle
-Gates, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page11">11</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page47">47</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Gateway of the Castle, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page22">22</a></span>&mdash;Council House</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page19">19</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&ldquo;Genealogy of Christ from Jesse,&rdquo; stained
-glass</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page74">74</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>George&rsquo;s, St. Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page173">173</a></span>&mdash;stained glass in</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page174">174</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>George I., portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page7">7</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>George II., portrait of, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page7">7</a></span>&mdash;III., portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page7">7</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Giles&rsquo;s, St. Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page148">148</a></span>&mdash;stained glass in, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page149">149</a></span>&mdash;tombs
-in, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page150">150</a></span>&mdash;font, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page150">150</a></span>&mdash;cross, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page152">152</a></span>&mdash;restoration</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page151">151</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Hospital, endowment of, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page153">153</a></span>&mdash;appointment of master</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page153">153</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Glass, stained, in St. Michael&rsquo;s Church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page60">60</a></span>&mdash;in St.
-Mary&rsquo;s Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page69">69</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page71">71</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page74">74</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page75">75</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page77">77</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page79">79</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page82">82</a></span>&mdash;in St. Alkmund&rsquo;s Church,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page97">97</a></span>&mdash;in St. Julian&rsquo;s Church,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page102">102</a></span>&mdash;in Abbey Church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page132">132</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page133">133</a></span>&mdash;in
-St. Giles&rsquo;s Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page149">149</a></span>&mdash;in Trinity Church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page157">157</a></span>&mdash;in
-St. Chad&rsquo;s Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page164">164</a></span>&mdash;in St. George&rsquo;s
-Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page174">174</a></span>&mdash;in Free School Library</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page45">45</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Goods Dep&ocirc;t of Railway</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Government, local</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Government School of Art and Design</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page117">117</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Guesten Hall of Abbey</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page143">143</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Guild Hall, ancient</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page4">4</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; merchant</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; House of the Fraternity of the Holy Cross</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page99">99</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; of St. Wenefrede, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page125">125</a></span>&mdash;Ditto of B. V. Mary</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page105">105</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Hazledine, Wm., bust of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page166">166</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Haughmond Hill, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span>&mdash;Abbey, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page57">57</a></span>&mdash;origin
-of the name</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Abbots of, town house of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page169">169</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Head masters of Free Schools, portraits of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page46">46</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Heaving, custom of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page179">179</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Henry I., privilege conferred by</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; II., first charter granted by</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; III., guild merchant recognized by charter of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; VII., house in which he lodged</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page104">104</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; VIII., portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page46">46</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>High Street</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page14">14</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page201"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-201</span>Hill, Lord, portrait of, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page7">7</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page89">89</a></span>&mdash;Column in honour of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page146">146</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Hill, Sir Rowland, Bart., portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page89">89</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Hill&rsquo;s Lane</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page169">169</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Mansion</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page170">170</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>History of Shrewsbury</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page3">3</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Holy Cross, Church of the</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page129">129</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Hospital for lepers, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page162">162</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page167">167</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Hospital of the Holy Cross</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page143">143</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>House of Industry</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page180">180</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Howard Street</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Bust of, by Bacon</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page58">58</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Independent Meeting-house, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page47">47</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page118">118</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page168">168</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Infirmary, Salop, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page86">86</a></span>&mdash;view from terrace of, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page89">89</a></span>&mdash;Monks&rsquo;</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page140">140</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Inscription on Blakeway&rsquo;s Monument</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page73">73</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Inscription on Bishop Butler&rsquo;s do. <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page81">81</a></span>&mdash;on
-Wigram&rsquo;s do.</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page80">80</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; on Benbow&rsquo;s ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page78">78</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Ireland&rsquo;s Mansion, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page14">14</a></span>&mdash;family, armorial bearings
-of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page15">15</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>James II. kept his Court at Council House</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page21">21</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>John&rsquo;s, St. Hill</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page167">167</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; or Wesleyan Methodist Meeting-house</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page167">167</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Jones&rsquo;s Mansion</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page90">90</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Lord Chief Justice, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page90">90</a></span>&mdash;monument of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page98">98</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Jones, Thomas, Esq., first Mayor of Shrewsbury</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page90">90</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Judges&rsquo; Lodgings</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page114">114</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Julian&rsquo;s, St., Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page100">100</a></span>&mdash;stained glass in, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page102">102</a></span>&mdash;tombs
-in</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page103">103</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Juliana, St., ancient sculpture of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page102">102</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Kingsland</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page176">176</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Keep of the Castle</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page24">24</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Kennedy, Rev. B. H., D.D.</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page32">32</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Knights of the Shire, ceremony relative to</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page25">25</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Laura&rsquo;s Tower</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page24">24</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Lawrence, Mr. Robert, monument to</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page103">103</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Leaton Shelf</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page53">53</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Lepers, Hospital of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page153">153</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Leybourne Chapel, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page78">78</a></span>&mdash;Monument</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page79">79</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Lilleshall Abbey</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page96">96</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Llewellyn, Prince of Wales</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page64">64</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Longner Hall</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page155">155</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Lunatic Asylum</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page177">177</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Magistrates</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Manufactures of Shrewsbury</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page2">2</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page202"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-202</span>Manufactory of Linen Thread</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Mardol</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page169">169</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Market Square, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span>&mdash;antique appearance of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; House, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span>&mdash;Cattle, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page51">51</a></span>&mdash;Corn,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page11">11</a></span>&mdash;General, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page11">11</a></span>&mdash;New
-Butter and Cheese, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span>&mdash;Vegetable</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Mary, Queen, accession, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page92">92</a></span>&mdash;President of
-Marches,&mdash;<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page92">92</a></span> armorial bearings</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page92">92</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Mary&rsquo;s, Saint, Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page62">62</a></span>&mdash;collegiate buildings, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page17">17</a></span>&mdash;Royal
-Peculiar, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page63">63</a></span>&mdash;patronage, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page63">63</a></span>&mdash;extent
-of parish, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page64">64</a></span>&mdash;architecture of, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page64">64</a></span>&mdash;dimensions, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page65">65</a></span>&mdash;tower
-and spire, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page65">65</a></span>&mdash;porches, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page66">66</a></span>&mdash;nave,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page66">66</a></span>&mdash;organ screen, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page67">67</a></span>&mdash;carved
-wooden ceiling, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page67">67</a></span>&mdash;ancient choir, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page70">70</a></span>&mdash;stone
-pulpit, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page70">70</a></span>&mdash;triple lancet window, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page74">74</a></span>&mdash;transept, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page70">70</a></span>&mdash;stained
-glass in, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page69">69</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page71">71</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page74">74</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page76">76</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page77">77</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page79">79</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page82">82</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page89">89</a></span>&mdash;font, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page76">76</a></span>&mdash;monuments, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page71">71</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page77">77</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page79">79</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page80">80</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page82">82</a></span>&mdash;chancel, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page73">73</a></span>&mdash;chantry
-chapels, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page73">73</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page77">77</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Mary&rsquo;s, St., Almshouses, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page83">83</a></span>&mdash;Turnstile</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page89">89</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Mayor</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Mechanics&rsquo; Institute</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page11">11</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Meole Brace Village, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page157">157</a></span>&mdash;Bridge, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page157">157</a></span>&mdash;Brook</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page157">157</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Mercer&rsquo;s Company</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page113">113</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Mercers&rsquo; Hall</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page113">113</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Merivale</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page123">123</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Methodists&rsquo;, Wesleyan, Meeting-house, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page167">167</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Calvinist, Meeting-house</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page168">168</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Michael&rsquo;s, St., Chapel in the Castle</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page25">25</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Michael&rsquo;s, St., Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page54">54</a></span>&mdash;stained glass in</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page55">55</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; schools</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page55">55</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Millington&rsquo;s Hospital</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page175">175</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Monk&rsquo;s Dormitory</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page141">141</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Infirmary</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page140">140</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Montgomery, Roger de, statue of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page24">24</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; founder of the castle</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page25">25</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Monuments in St. Mary&rsquo;s church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page71">71</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page72">72</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page77">77</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page78">78</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page79">79</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page80">80</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page82">82</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; St. Julian&rsquo;s church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page103">103</a></span>&mdash;St.
-Chad&rsquo;s church</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page165">165</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; St. Alkmund&rsquo;s church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page98">98</a></span>&mdash;Abbey
-church</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page136">136</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Murivance</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page119">119</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Museum of the Shropshire and North Wales Natural History
-and Antiquarian Society</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page115">115</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Music Hall</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Mysteries, or Miracle Plays</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page161">161</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Mytton, family of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page114">114</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page203"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-203</span>Name, Saxon, of Shrewsbury</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page2">2</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Natives, eminent</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page182">182</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Natural History and Antiquarian Society</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page115">115</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>News Room</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Nicholas, St., Chapel of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page18">18</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Norman Earls of Shrewsbury</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; fortress, remains of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page21">21</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&ldquo;Olde House,&rdquo; <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page91">91</a></span>&mdash;ancient paintings in</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page91">91</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; inscription in</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page92">92</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Ordericus Vitalis</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page154">154</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Organs in Music Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span>&mdash;St. Mary&rsquo;s Church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page68">68</a></span>&mdash;St.
-Michael&rsquo;s, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page55">55</a></span>&mdash;St. Alkmund&rsquo;s, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page97">97</a></span>&mdash;St.
-Julian&rsquo;s, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page102">102</a></span>&mdash;Abbey, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page152">152</a></span>&mdash;Trinity, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page157">157</a></span>&mdash;St.
-George&rsquo;s, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page174">174</a></span>&mdash;St. Chad&rsquo;s</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page165">165</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Organ Screen in St. Mary&rsquo;s Church</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page67">67</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Owen, Admiral, portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page7">7</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Archdeacon, Monument of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page103">103</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Owens of Condover</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page20">20</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Paintings at Sundorne Castle</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page56">56</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Palace of the British Princes</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page110">110</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Parliament of Shrewsbury, called the Great</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page126">126</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Edward I., 1283, held in the Abbey</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page126">126</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Pavement, High</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page17">17</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Percy, Earl of Worcester, corpse of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page79">79</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Persons eminent, educated at the Free Schools, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page31">31</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page33">33</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&ldquo;Pest-basin&rdquo;</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page152">152</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Plague, visitations of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page152">152</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Plantagenet, Geo., son of Edward IV.</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page61">61</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Plants, wild</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page191">191</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Platforms, Railway</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page49">49</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Police Station</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Population of Shrewsbury</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page2">2</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Portraits in Free School Library</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page46">46</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; at the Infirmary, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page97">97</a></span>&mdash;Town Hall</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page7">7</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Post Office Old</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page106">106</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Post Office</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Poultry Market</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page16">16</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Pride Hill</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page17">17</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; family of, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page17">17</a></span>&mdash;mansion <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page17">17</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page17">17</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Prince, Richard, Esq.</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page145">145</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Prisoners at Battle of Shrewsbury</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page17">17</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Prison Charities</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page58">58</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page204"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-204</span>&ldquo;Proud Salopians,&rdquo; origin of the term</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page127">127</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Public Rooms</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page12">12</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Pulpit, Stone, in the Abbey Refectory</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page141">141</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Quakers&rsquo; Meeting-house</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page167">167</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Quarry, the</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page159">159</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Quays</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page170">170</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&ldquo;Queen Eleanor&rsquo;s Bower&rdquo;</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Race Course</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page146">146</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Railway, Shrewsbury and Birmingham</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page51">51</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Railway, Shrewsbury and Chester</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page51">51</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Shrewsbury and Hereford</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page51">51</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Bridge, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page47">47</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page52">52</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page53">53</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page59">59</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page123">123</a></span>&mdash;Viaduct, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page59">59</a></span>&mdash;Station</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page47">47</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Platforms, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page49">49</a></span>&mdash;Goods, &amp;c. Dep&ocirc;t</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page50">50</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Raven Inn</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page18">18</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Raven Meadow</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page51">51</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&ldquo;Recruiting Officer,&rdquo; Comedy of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page18">18</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Reformation of Religion</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page111">111</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Richard, Duke of York, Statue of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page10">10</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Roger de Montgomery, Statue of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page24">24</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Roman Antiquities in Free Schools Library</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page46">46</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Catholic Meeting-house</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page120">120</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Roushill Walls</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page120">120</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Rowland, Rev. W. G., pious munificence of, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page55">55</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page67">67</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page151">151</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Rowley&rsquo;s Mansion, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page170">170</a></span>&mdash;Memorial, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page70">70</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page71">71</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Rupert, Prince</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page90">90</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sandemanians, or Scotch Baptists&rsquo;, Meeting-House</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page168">168</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Scott, Rev. R., pious munificence of, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page103">103</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page134">134</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page139">139</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page152">152</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page157">157</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page164">164</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page174">174</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; monuments to, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page98">98</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page139">139</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page166">166</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Seal of Churchwardens of Abbey</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page128">128</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Severn, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page1">1</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page157">157</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&ldquo;Sextry,&rdquo; the</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page112">112</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sharpstones Hill</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page157">157</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Shearman&rsquo;s Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page105">105</a></span>&mdash;Company</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page105">105</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Shelton Oak, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page177">177</a></span>&mdash;Shelton</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page177">177</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sherar&rsquo;s Mansion, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page121">121</a></span>&mdash;&ldquo;Shermen&rsquo;s
-Tree,&rdquo; the</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page105">105</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Shoplatch</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page169">169</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Shrewsbury, situation of, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page1">1</a></span>&mdash;Saxon name of, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page2">2</a></span>&mdash;population, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page2">2</a></span>&mdash;manufactures, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page2">2</a></span>&mdash;foundation, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page3">3</a></span>&mdash;history,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page3">3</a></span>&mdash;siege, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page6">6</a></span>&mdash;intended
-to be made a bishopric</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page127">127</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Show</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page178">178</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Richard, Duke of York</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page61">61</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page205"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-205</span>Shutt Place</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page169">169</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sidney, Sir Henry</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page112">112</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Simpson, Mr., bust of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page166">166</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Smith, Mr. S. Pountney, skill in Ecclesiastical
-Architecture, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page66">66</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page70">70</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Smithfield</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page51">51</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&ldquo;Soldier&rsquo;s Piece&rdquo;</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page146">146</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Spire of St. Mary&rsquo;s Church</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page66">66</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; St. Alkmund&rsquo;s Ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page97">97</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Stamp Office</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Station, Railway</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page47">47</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Street Act Office</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Suffragan Bishops</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page127">127</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sundorne Castle, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page56">56</a></span>&mdash;paintings in</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page56">56</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sutton Spa</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page153">153</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Swan Hill</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page118">118</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Sweating Sickness, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page152">152</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page172">172</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Talbot Buildings</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Tankerville Place</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page144">144</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Taylor, Dr. John</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page27">27</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Theatre</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page168">168</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Thomas Lewis, Suffragan Bishop of Salop</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page127">127</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Thorpe, Master William</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page111">111</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Timber Houses, ancient, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page16">16</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page19">19</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page99">99</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page104">104</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page106">106</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page123">123</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Tomb of Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page79">79</a></span>&mdash;Earl
-Roger de Montgomery, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page136">136</a></span>&mdash;a Judge, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page136">136</a></span>&mdash;a
-Priest, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page137">137</a></span>&mdash;Sir Walter de Dunstanville,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page137">137</a></span>&mdash;a Hermit, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page137">137</a></span>&mdash;Charlton family, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page137">137</a></span>&mdash;Onslow family, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page138">138</a></span>&mdash;Jones&rsquo;s family, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page138">138</a></span>&mdash;Edwardes&rsquo;s family,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page139">139</a></span>&mdash;Alderman Lloyd, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page139">139</a></span>&mdash;Rev.
-R. Scott, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page139">139</a></span>&mdash;Masters of St. Giles&rsquo;s
-Hospital, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page150">150</a></span>&mdash;&ldquo;Confessor
-Burton,&rdquo; <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page155">155</a></span>&mdash;Lady Hawise Charleton</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page159">159</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Tower on Town Walls</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page119">119</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Town, armorial bearings of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page11">11</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Town Walls, remains and former extent of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page120">120</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page4">4</a></span>&mdash;old, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page5">5</a></span>&mdash;new</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page6">6</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Trade in Welsh woollen cloths</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page86">86</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Trinity Church</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page156">156</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Trinity aisle</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page78">78</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Unitarian Meeting-house</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page168">168</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Uriconium, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page2">2</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page155">155</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Vaughan&rsquo;s Mansion, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page14">14</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page114">114</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p><a name="page206"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-206</span>Vegetable Market</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Viaduct, Railway</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page59">59</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>View from Terrace of Infirmary</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page89">89</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>View from Coton Hill Railway Bridge</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page53">53</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Vineyard, Abbots&rsquo;</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page61">61</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Walls, Town, remains of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page120">120</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Walnut Tree at White Hall</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page144">144</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Wards</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page8">8</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Water works</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page52">52</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Water-lane</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page60">60</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Water-lane Gateway</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page60">60</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Watur, Degory, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page83">83</a></span>&mdash;portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page85">85</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Weeping Cross, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page135">135</a></span></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page177">177</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Wenefrede, St., <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page125">125</a></span>&mdash;translation of, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page125">125</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page149">149</a></span>&mdash;chantry</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page135">135</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>White Hall</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page144">144</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>White Hall Place</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page144">144</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>William III., portrait of</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page7">7</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Wrekin</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page156">156</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Wroxeter, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page3">3</a></span>, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page155">155</a></span>&mdash;church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page155">155</a></span>&mdash;tombs
-in</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page156">156</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Wyle, top of the</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page104">104</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>&mdash; Cop</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: bottom'><p style="text-align:
-right"><span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page104">104</a></span></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<div class="gapspace">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">THE END.</p>
-
-<div class="gapspace">&nbsp;</div>
-
-<div class="gapmediumline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">Printed by <span class="smcap">John
-Davies</span>, High Street, Shrewsbury.</p>
-<h2><a name="pagei"></a><span class="pagenum">p. i</span>STREETS.
-<a name="citationi"></a><a href="#footnotei"
-class="citation">[i]</a></h2>
-<p><i>Names</i>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><i>Principal Objects in</i>.</p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Abbey Foregate</span>&mdash;Abbey Church,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page129">129</a></span>&mdash;Reader&rsquo;s Pulpit, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page141">141</a></span>&mdash;Hospital of Holy Cross,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page143">143</a></span>&mdash;White Hall, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page144">144</a></span>&mdash;Lord
-Hill&rsquo;s Column, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page146">146</a></span>&mdash;St. Giles&rsquo;s Church,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page148">148</a></span>&mdash;Dep&ocirc;t, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page154">154</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Barker Street</span>&mdash;Austin Friars,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page161">161</a></span>&mdash;Bell Stone Mansion, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page169">169</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Belmont</span>&mdash;Old St. Chad&rsquo;s
-Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page107">107</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Butcher Row</span>&mdash;Timber Mansion,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page16">16</a></span>, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page99">99</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Castle Street</span>&mdash;Raven Inn,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page18">18</a></span>&mdash;St. Nicholas&rsquo;s Chapel,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page18">18</a></span>&mdash;Council House, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page19">19</a></span>&mdash;Castle,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page21">21</a></span>&mdash;Free Schools, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page26">26</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Castle Gate</span>&mdash;Railway Station,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page47">47</a></span>&mdash;Smithfield, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page51">51</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Castle Foregate</span>&mdash;St.
-Michael&rsquo;s Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page54">54</a></span>&mdash;Linen Manufactory, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Church Street</span>&mdash;St.
-Alkmund&rsquo;s Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page94">94</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Coleham</span>&mdash;Trinity Church, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page156">156</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">College Hill</span>&mdash;Vaughan&rsquo;s
-Mansion, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page114">114</a></span>&mdash;Museum, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page115">115</a></span>&mdash;School of Art, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page117">117</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Coton Hill</span>&mdash;Water Works, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page52">52</a></span>&mdash;Benbow
-Place, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page52">52</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Dogpole</span>&mdash;St. Mary&rsquo;s
-Almshouses, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page83">83</a></span>&mdash;Jones&rsquo;s Mansion, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page90">90</a></span>&mdash;Church
-Institute, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page90">90</a></span>&mdash;&ldquo;Olde House,&rdquo;
-<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page91">91</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Frankwell</span>&mdash;St. George&rsquo;s
-Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page173">173</a></span>&mdash;Millington&rsquo;s Hospital,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page175">175</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">High Street</span>&mdash;Ireland&rsquo;s
-Mansion, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page14">14</a></span>&mdash;Old Post Office, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page106">106</a></span>&mdash;Shearman&rsquo;s Hall, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page105">105</a></span>&mdash;Unitarian Meeting-House,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page168">168</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Hill&rsquo;s
-Lane</span>&mdash;Rowley&rsquo;s Mansion, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page170">170</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Howard Street</span>&mdash;Cheese and
-Butter Market Hall, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page57">57</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">St. John&rsquo;s Hill</span>&mdash;St.
-John&rsquo;s Wesleyan Methodist Meeting-House, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page167">167</a></span>&mdash;Quakers&rsquo;
-Meeting-House, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page167">167</a></span>&mdash;Charleton Mansion, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page168">168</a></span>&mdash;Theatre, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page168">168</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Mardol</span>&mdash;Welsh Bridge, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page171">171</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Market Square</span>&mdash;Market Hall,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page9">9</a></span>&mdash;Town Hall, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page4">4</a></span>&mdash;Mechanics&rsquo; Institution,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page11">11</a></span>&mdash;News Room, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page13">13</a></span>&mdash;Police
-Station, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span>&mdash;Public Rooms, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page12">12</a></span>&mdash;Post
-Office, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page13">13</a></span>&mdash;Music Hall, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page13">13</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">St. Mary&rsquo;s Place</span>&mdash;St.
-Mary&rsquo;s Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page62">62</a></span>&mdash;Drapers&rsquo; Hall, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page85">85</a></span>&mdash;Infirmary, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page86">86</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Merivale</span>&mdash;Brown School, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page123">123</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Murivance</span>&mdash;Allatt&rsquo;s
-School, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page118">118</a></span>&mdash;Ebenezer Meeting-House,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page119">119</a></span>&mdash;Tower on Town Walls, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page119">119</a></span>&mdash;Roman
-Catholic Meeting-House, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page120">120</a></span>&mdash;Bowdler&rsquo;s School,
-<span class="indexpageno"><a href="#page121">121</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Pride
-Hill</span>&mdash;&ldquo;Bennette&rsquo;s Halle,&rdquo; <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page15">15</a></span>&mdash;Butter
-Cross, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page16">16</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Quarry Terrace</span>&mdash;St.
-Chad&rsquo;s Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page162">162</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Shoplatch</span>&mdash;Abbot of
-Haughmond&rsquo;s Mansion, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page169">169</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Swan Hill</span>&mdash;Independent
-Meeting-House, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page118">118</a></span></p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Wyle Cop</span>&mdash;St. Julian&rsquo;s
-Church, <span class="indexpageno"><a
-href="#page100">100</a></span>&mdash;English Bridge, <span
-class="indexpageno"><a href="#page121">121</a></span></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h2><a name="page2_1"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 1</span>The
-Shrewsbury Guide Advertiser.</h2>
-<p style="text-align: right"><i>August</i>, 1855.</p>
-
-<div class="gapmediumline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>W. WOOLRICH&rsquo;S<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">COMMERCIAL DINING AND GENERAL</span><br />
-Refreshment Rooms,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WITHIN TWO MINUTES WALK OF THE RAILWAY
-STATION,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall"><i>On the same side at the Royal Free
-Grammar School</i></span><span class="GutSmall">,</span></h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">CASTLE STREET, SHREWSBURY.</p>
-<p>The above Establishment possesses all the advantages, comforts
-and convenience of an Inn and General Boarding House, rendering
-every accommodation and great facility to commercial travellers
-and visitors, being situate at equal distances between the Market
-and Railway Station, in the immediate vicinity of the Castle, the
-Grammar School, and St. Mary&rsquo;s Church, three of the
-principal ornaments of the town.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">&#8594; AN ORDINARY EVERY DAY AT
-ONE O&rsquo;CLOCK.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Prime Shropshire
-Ale.&mdash;Well-aired Beds</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>T. HARRIS,<br />
-Wholesale and Retail Confectioner,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">Corner of the School Lane, Castle
-Street, Shrewsbury,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Manufacturer of the celebrated
-<span class="smcap">Shrewsbury Cakes</span>, Bride Cakes,<br />
-and every kind of Biscuits and Confectionery.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Dealer in British Wines</i>,
-<i>Fruits</i>, <i>Potted Meat</i>, <i>&amp;c.</i>
-<i>&amp;c.</i></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">A comfortable Private Room is kept
-to accommodate visitors wishing<br />
-to sit down and partake of any of the above articles.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_2"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 2</span><span
-class='gutoutline'>LONDON HOUSE</span>,<br />
-General Stay &amp; Bonnet Establishment.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>HERBERT&rsquo;S</b><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WHOLESALE AND RETAIL</span><br />
-LINEN AND WOOLLEN DRAPERY,<br />
-Silk Mercery, Hosiery, Haberdashery,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AND</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class='gutoutline'>GLOVE
-ESTABLISHMENT,</span><br />
-PRIDE HILL, SHREWSBURY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">A LARGE
-ASSORTMENT OF</span><br />
-<b>MANTLES</b>, <b>MILLINERY</b>, <b>BABY LINEN</b>,<br />
-STRAW BONNETS AND STAYS.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">&mdash;<i>o</i>&mdash;</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Gloves</b>, <b>Ribbons</b>,
-<b>Flowers</b>, <b>Blonds</b>, <b>Lace</b>, <b>and every other
-article</b><br />
-<b>in the Drapery and Millinery Trade</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">&mdash;<i>o</i>&mdash;</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS IN GREAT
-VARIETY.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>A great variety of Widows&rsquo;
-Caps always on hand</i>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Funerals completely
-Furnished</b>, <b>Family Mourning</b>, <b>&amp;c.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><a name="page2_3"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 3</span>
-<a href="images/pa3b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Picture of three archers"
-title=
-"Picture of three archers"
- src="images/pa3s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<h3>SAMUEL HULME,<br />
-<span class='gutoutline'>HAIR CUTTER &amp; PERFUMER,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY,</span></h3>
-<p>Begs to inform the Nobility and Public in general, that he has
-on hand an assortment of all kinds of Archery from the first
-manufacturers in London, also Cricket Bats, Balls, and Wickets;
-Umbrellas, Oiled Silks and Bathing Caps; Combs of all kinds,
-Hair, Tooth, Cloth, and Nail Brushes, Turkey and Honey-Comb
-Sponges; Ornamental Hair, of the newest fashion; Toys, Writing
-Desks, Work Boxes, and genuine Perfumery.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Only Agent in Salop for the
-improved TURKISH HAIR DYE.<br />
-<i>The whole of the Stock is now Selling Off at Reduced
-Prices</i>.<br />
-S. H. returns thanks for past favours.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">CABINET, UPHOLSTERY, &amp; PAPER
-HANGING<br />
-ESTABLISHMENT,<br />
-9, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY,<br />
-LATELY OCCUPIED BY MESSRS. T. &amp; S. POOLE.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>HENRY PROBERT,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">PROPRIETOR,</span></h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Paper Hangings of the newest
-London and Parisian</b><br />
-<b>Designs</b>, <b>at moderate charges</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Experienced Hands sent to any part
-of Town or Country.<br />
-Chairs, Sofas, Dining and Loo Tables, Feather Beds,
-Mattresses,<br />
-Patent Floor Cloths, Rugs, Mats, Matting, &amp;c.<br />
-Furniture and Cabinet Work of first-rate quality, and every<br />
-Article connected with the Trade.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_4"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 4</span>HENRY
-ATKIN,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT,</span></h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Sole Agent for the sale
-of</i></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">ALLSOPP&rsquo;S EAST INDIA, PALE,
-AND<br />
-OTHER BURTON ALES,<br />
-REID &amp; Co&rsquo;s SUPERIOR LONDON STOUT<br />
-PORTERS, AND<br />
-GUINNESS, SONS &amp; Co.&rsquo;s DUBLIN STOUT,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>In Wood and Bottle</i>,
-<i>Wholesale and Retail</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>Bull&rsquo;s Head Commercial Inn, &amp; Posting House,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">CASTLE GATES, SHREWSBURY.</span></h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">ROBERT GLOVER</p>
-<p>Respectfully invites the attention of Commercial Gentlemen,
-Farmers, Dealers and others, to the above old established Inn,
-where they will find superior accommodation combined with
-moderate charges.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Post Horses, Flys, Gigs, &amp;c. on
-the shortest notice.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Good Stabling.&nbsp; Lock-up Coach
-Houses.&nbsp; Well-aired Beds.<br />
-<i>An Ordinary every Saturday at One o&rsquo;clock</i>.<br />
-Observe&mdash;BULL&rsquo;S HEAD INN, adjoining the Railway
-Station, within<br />
-One Minutes walk of the Cattle Market.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>The late J. F. M. Dovaston, Esq.&nbsp; M.A.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">In 8vo. sd.&nbsp; Price 8d.</p>
-<p>THREE POPULAR LECTURES; <span class="GutSmall">ONE</span> on
-<span class="smcap">Natural History</span>, and <span
-class="GutSmall">TWO</span> on <span class="smcap">National
-Melody</span>, By John F. M. Dovaston, Esq. M.A.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">Published by <span
-class="smcap">John Davies</span>, 15, High Street,
-Shrewsbury.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><a name="page2_5"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 5</span>
-<a href="images/pa5.1.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Royal coat of arms"
-title=
-"Royal coat of arms"
- src="images/pa5.1.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<h3>W. ARMSTRONG,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WOOLLEN DRAPER,</span><br />
-Tailor &amp; Habit Maker,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">11, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">WATERPROOF TWEED, AND MELTON CLOTH
-CLOAKS.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>JOHN CALCOTT,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">(<i>From Grieves&rsquo;</i>,
-<i>Bond Street</i>,)</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>BOOT AND SHOE MAKER</b>,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">No. 4, HIGH STREET,<br />
-<b>SHREWSBURY</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pa5.2.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Royal coat of arms"
-title=
-"Royal coat of arms"
- src="images/pa5.2.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<h3>SHREWSBURY ROYAL BATHS.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION.</span></h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: right"><b>W. EBREY</b>,
-<b>PROPRIETOR</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_6"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 6</span><span
-class='gutoutline'>LEEDS HOUSE</span>,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">WHOLESALE
-AND RETAIL</span><br />
-WOOLLEN CLOTH<br />
-<b>Establishment,</b><br />
-MARKET SQUARE,<br />
-<b>SHREWSBURY</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>J. A. MEARA</b>,
-<b>PROPRIETOR</b>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">13, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>THOMAS ANDREW,<br />
-HOSIER, GLOVER, AND SHIRT MAKER.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">BERLIN AND FANCY REPOSITORY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">Agent to Messrs. H. J. &amp; D.
-<span class="smcap">Nicoll</span>, Regent Street, London.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">41, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>CHARLES J. HANMER,<br />
-BOOT &amp; SHOE MANUFACTURER.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">A large assortment of
-Ladies&rsquo;, Gentlemen&rsquo;s, and Children&rsquo;s<br />
-Boots and Shoes on Sale, for ready money.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Agent to the Plate Glass
-Assurance Company</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><a name="page2_7"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 7</span>
-<a href="images/pa7.1.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Royal coat of arms"
-title=
-"Royal coat of arms"
- src="images/pa7.1.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<h3>SHROPSHIRE HAT MANUFACTORY,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Wholesale and Retail</i>,<br />
-TOP OF PRIDE HILL, SHREWSBURY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">Craston and Co.&rsquo;s Celebrated
-Hats,<br />
-Manufactured upon the most improved principles.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p>The great and increasing demand for these Hats, afford real
-and unmistaken proof of their superiority.&nbsp; Encouraged by
-this proof of public favour, we shall proceed with the improving
-spirit of the age in carrying out, in all its integrity, that
-mode of business which we have so successfully originated in the
-County of Salop.</p>
-<p>Hats made to order on the shortest notice from 3&frac14; oz.
-by the most experienced workmen.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Cloth and Travelling Caps</i>,
-<i>Hat Cases</i>, <i>Carpet Bags</i>, <i>&amp;c.</i>
-<i>&amp;c.</i></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>
-<a href="images/pa7.2b.jpg">
-<img class='floatleft' alt=
-"Coat of Arms, Honi Soit Mal y Pense"
-title=
-"Coat of Arms, Honi Soit Mal y Pense"
- src="images/pa7.2s.jpg" />
-</a>ROYAL<br />
-SHREWSBURY CAKES.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>VINCENT CRUMP</b>,<br />
-(<i>By Special Appointment</i>,)<br />
-<span class='gutoutline'>CONFECTIONER</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">TO</span><br />
-HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WYLE COP AND PRIDE HILL,</span><br />
-<span class='gutoutline'>SHREWSBURY</span>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_8"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 8</span>THE
-CELEBRATED SHREWSBURY CAKES,</h3>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Whose honour&rsquo;d name the inventive
-city owns,<br />
-Rendering through Britain&rsquo;s isle Salopia&rsquo;s praises
-known.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Are Manufactured by</i><br />
-<b>DANIEL DAVIES</b>,<br />
-CONFECTIONER AND BRIDE CAKE MAKER,<br />
-<i>Castle Gates</i>, <i>adjoining the Entrance to the Railway
-Station</i>, <i>Shrewsbury</i>.<br />
-RICH BRIDE CAKES,<br />
-Always on hand, or made to order, at the shortest notice.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>MR. THOMAS EDWARDS,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">Auctioneer, Appraiser, and
-Valuer,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">MARDOL HEAD, SHREWSBURY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>MR. C. J. ARBLASTER,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">Dispensing and Family Chemist,<br
-/>
-<span class="GutSmall"><b>CASTLE STREET,
-SHREWSBURY,</b></span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">(<i>Within two minutes walk from
-the Railway Station</i>.)</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>EDWARD EDWARDS,<br />
-<span class='gutoutline'>HOSIER,</span><br />
-Haberdasher, and General Small Ware Dealer,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">58, MARDOL, SHREWSBURY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Crochet Cotton</i>, <i>and
-Berlin Wools</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_9"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-9</span>CHARLES SAXELBY,<br />
-Tailor, Trouser and Breeches&rsquo;<br />
-<span class='gutoutline'>MAKER,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">CASTLE STREET, SHREWSBURY.</span></h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Ladies&rsquo; and
-Gentlemen&rsquo;s Waterproof Tweed Cloaks and Coats</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>MRS. LONGMORE,<br />
-BAZAAR &amp; FANCY REPOSITORY,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">18, HIGH STREET,</span><br />
-SHREWSBURY.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>TIMOTHY POWELL,<br />
-BAKER AND CONFECTIONER,<br />
-58, MARDOL, SHREWSBURY.</h3>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Rich Bride Cakes</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1s. 8d. per lb.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Dover Cakes</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>0s. 8d. per lb.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Fruit Cakes</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>0s. 8d. &bdquo;</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Rich Citron ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>1s. 4d. &bdquo;</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p class="gutindent">Fancy Biscuits of every description 6d. to
-2s. per lb.</p>
-<p class="gutindent">A great variety of Confectionery, 1s. to 3s.
-6d. &bdquo;</p>
-<p class="gutindent">Genuine Shrewsbury Cakes ... 1s. 8d. per
-box.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Orders executed at the shortest
-notice</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>MRS.&nbsp; HORTON&rsquo;S<br />
-Millinery and Baby Linen<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">ESTABLISHMENT,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">19, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.</span></h3>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><a name="page2_10"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 10</span>
-<a href="images/pa10.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Royal coat of arms"
-title=
-"Royal coat of arms"
- src="images/pa10.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<h3>REDMAYNE AND CO.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">MARKET SQUARE, SHREWSBURY,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Silk Mercers and Linen</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span
-class='gutoutline'>DRAPERS.</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">ALSO
-AT</span><br />
-20, NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, &amp; HARROWGATE.<br />
-<b>Funerals Furnished.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>R. DODSON&rsquo;S<br />
-<span class='gutoutline'>STATUARY, MASONRY,</span></h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span
-class="GutSmall">AND</span><br />
-GENERAL BUILDING WORKS,<br />
-ST. MARY&rsquo;S PLACE, CASTLE STREET,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">SHREWSBURY.</span></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>THE SHOW ROOMS</b><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">CONTAIN UPWARDS OF</span><br />
-One Hundred Marble and Stone Chimney Pieces,<br />
-Monuments, Tombs, Head Stones,<br />
-FONTS, FOUNTAINS, VASES, &amp;c. &amp;c.<br />
-<i>Designs forwarded for inspection</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_11"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 11</span>J.
-HANNY,<br />
-CLOCK AND WATCH MAKER,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">OPPOSITE THE
-LION HOTEL,</span><br />
-WYLE COP, SHREWSBURY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">CLOCKS AND WATCHES of every
-description, made or<br />
-obtained to older, cleaned and repaired, on the shortest
-notice.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>CHURCH</b>, <b>TURRET</b>, &amp;
-<b>HOUSE CLOCKS</b><br />
-KEPT IN A GOOD GOING STATE, AT PER ANNUM.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">GOLD WEDDING RINGS.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>R. STEPHENS,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>BOOT AND SHOE
-ESTABLISHMENT,</b><br />
-MARDOL HEAD, SHREWSBURY.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Register Office for Families and
-Servants, conducted by<br />
-Mrs. <span class="smcap">Stephens</span>, Mardol Head,
-Shrewsbury.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">AGENT
-FOR</span><br />
-THE TIMES FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY.<br />
-<i>Plate and other Glass Insured against Breakage</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>E. ROBERTS,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class='gutoutline'>TAILOR AND
-DRAPER,</span><br />
-<b>SHOPLATCH</b>, <b>SHREWSBURY</b>,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">OPPOSITE THE GEORGE HOTEL.</span></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_12"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 12</span>JOHN
-MORGAN,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">MARKET STREET,<br />
-SHREWSBURY,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Guano, Seed, and Coal
-Merchant,</b><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AGENT FOR</span><br />
-<b>LAWES&rsquo; PATENT SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIME,</b><br />
-DEALER IN LIME, SALT, LINSEED CAKE, <br />
-<i>BANGOR SLATE</i>, <i>BROSELY TILE</i>, <i>&amp;c.</i></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>DEP&Ocirc;TS,</b><br />
-<b>Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Stations, Salop, and</b><br />
-<b>the Stations on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>F. H. WORTH,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">(FORMERLY
-ACTON AND WORTH,)</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class='gutoutline'>COACH
-BUILDER,</span><br />
-OPPOSITE WELSH BRIDGE, SHREWSBURY.<br />
-<span class='gutoutline'><b>HERALDRY,</b></span><br />
-HATCHMENTS AND BANNERS.<br />
-<b>COACH AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTER.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><a name="page2_13"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 13</span>In one handsome volume, 8vo. with
-nineteen Plates, cloth, 8s.</p>
-<h3>A FLORA<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">OF</span><br />
-SHROPSHIRE,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">By the Rev. W. A. LEIGHTON, B.A.,
-F.B.S.E.</p>
-<p>We cannot too strongly recommend it to the notice of our
-readers.&nbsp; For though as a local Flora, it professes to treat
-only of the plants of a single county, that county produces more
-than half the number of species of flowering plants indigenous to
-the Kingdom.&nbsp; The descriptions are unusually full and
-carefully drawn up.&nbsp; We have good ground for saying that the
-Flora of Shropshire should be in the hands of every one who feels
-interested in the botanical productions of the British
-Isles.&mdash;<i>Phytologist</i>.</p>
-<p>We look upon the appearance of this work as being a great step
-in advance in the progress of British indigenous botany&mdash;for
-although it is professedly confined to the description of the
-plants of a single county, yet as clearly shewing the
-incorrectness of the idea &ldquo;that a New Flora in the true
-sense or the term has become impossible,&rdquo;&mdash;it is
-indispensable to every botanist who desires to obtain a thorough
-knowledge of our native plants.&mdash;<i>Jardine&rsquo;s Annals
-of Natural History</i>.</p>
-<p>Highly interesting work.&nbsp; The &ldquo;Index to the
-Localities,&rdquo; where each plant may be found in Shropshire,
-is very elaborate.&mdash;<i>Shrewsbury Chronicle</i>.</p>
-<p>We were struck with the very correct manner in which he (Mr.
-Leighton) has systematically arranged, the perspicuous accuracy
-with which he has described, and the discriminating tact with
-which he has distinguished all and every of our Salopian
-flowering herbs and trees; the whole interspersed frequently with
-their medicinal and chemical powers, ancient and modern customs,
-local anecdotes, scraps of poetry and fanciful
-illustrations.&nbsp; Works of this kind, though learned, are too
-often dry and monotonous; but as regards this, we may truly say
-to the botanist&mdash;<i>indocti discant</i>, <i>et ament
-meminisse periti</i>; and we may assure general readers of every
-description, particularly those of Shropshire, that, though
-lacking nothing of learning or science, Mr. Leighton has, with
-much taste and fancy, contrived to make his Flora &ldquo;a
-perpetual flow of nectar&rsquo;d sweets, where no crude surfeit
-reigns.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>News</i>.</p>
-<p>Carefully and critically
-executed.&mdash;<i>Athen&aelig;um</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p>Shrewsbury: <span class="smcap">John Davies</span> 15, High
-Street.&nbsp; London: W. Pamplin, 45, Frith Street, Soho
-Square.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_14"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-14</span><span class="smcap">Observe</span>!&mdash;WATERLOO
-HOUSE,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THE CHEAPEST HOUSE</span><br />
-FOR WOOLLEN CLOTHS, CLOTHING, AND HATS.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pa14.1b.jpg">
-<img class='floatleft' alt=
-"Man holding hat"
-title=
-"Man holding hat"
- src="images/pa14.1s.jpg" />
-</a>HENRY HOWELL,
-<a href="images/pa14.2b.jpg">
-<img class='floatright' alt=
-"Man holding hat"
-title=
-"Man holding hat"
- src="images/pa14.2s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">HIGH
-STREET,</span><br />
-SHREWSBURY,</p>
-<p><span class="smcap">Begs</span> to offer every description of
-CLOTHING, from the most costly and Fashionable to the humblest
-attire of the Artizan.</p>
-<p>The Prices of this Establishment, it must be particularly
-noted, are Forty per Cent.&nbsp; Lower than at any other House in
-this part of England, because the Proprietor &ldquo;SELLS ALL HIS
-GOODS AT THE LOWEST PROFITS FOR CASH ONLY,&rdquo; as the
-following prices will show</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td></td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">&pound;.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">s.</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">d.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>New Cape or Overcoat from</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>The Albert Coat, in Black Cloth</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Dress and Frock ditto</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>The Paletot, a Gentlemanly Coat</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">1</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">8</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Autumn and Winter Trousers</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Ditto in plain and fancy Doeskins</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Fancy Silk.&nbsp; Satin and Cloth Vests</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Shooting Coats in great variety</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">12</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">6</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Over Coats, lined with Wool, from</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">15</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p style="text-align: center">A SUIT OF MOURNING COMPLETE FOR
-&pound;1. 15s.<br />
-<i>Boys&rsquo; and Youths&rsquo; Clothing of every
-description</i>.</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p style="text-align:
-center">HATS!</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>A Good Silk Hat</i>,<br />
-3<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i><br />
-French Hats, for Boys<br />
-and Youths, for 4s. 6d.<br />
-usually sold for 6s.</p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pa14.3b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Picture of top hat"
-title=
-"Picture of top hat"
- src="images/pa14.3s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-</td>
-<td style='vertical-align: middle'><p style="text-align:
-center">HATS!</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>French Velvet</i>,<br />
-<i>Nap Hats</i>,<br />
-<i>from</i> 5<i>s.</i> 6<i>d.</i><br />
-Military and Cloth Caps<br />
-1s. to 2s. each.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">Fancy
-Neckerchiefs</span>, <span class="smcap">Ties</span>, <span
-class="smcap">Collars</span>, <span class="smcap">Braces</span>,
-&amp;c.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Agent for Macintosh&rsquo;s
-Waterproof Garments</i>, <i>and the New</i><br />
-<i>Patent Lever Buckle Braces</i>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Observe the Address&mdash;H.
-HOWELL&rsquo;S Outfitting Establishment,<br />
-No. 24, High Street, Opposite the Old Bank, Shrewsbury.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_15"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-15</span>RICHARD MARSTON,<br />
-GLASS, CHINA, &amp; EARTHENWARE<br />
-Warehouse,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">MARKET STREET, SHREWSBURY.</span></h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF GLASS
-SHADES</b>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">ORDERS EXECUTED AND ARTICLES
-MATCHED</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>With the greatest possible
-promptitude</i>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">AGENT FOR
-THE</span><br />
-United Kingdom Temperance and General Provident Institution,<br
-/>
-39, Moorgate Street, London.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>LONDON HAT WAREHOUSE.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">J. G. SAUNDERS,<br />
-(<i>Late Wilding</i>,)<br />
-33, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>Samuel Butler, D.D. Bp. of Lichfield.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p>PORTRAIT OF THE RIGHT REVEREND SAMUEL BUTLER, D.D. [late] Lord
-Bishop of Lichfield, Painted by Thomas Phillips, R.A., Engraved
-by S. Cousins, A.R.A.</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td></td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><i>&pound;</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><i>s.</i></p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right"><i>d.</i></p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Prints, (Published at 1 1 0)</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">5</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Proofs, (Published at 2 2 0)</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">10</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Proofs before Letters, (Published at 3 3 0)</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">15</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Proofs with Autograph, (Published at 3 3 0)</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">15</p>
-</td>
-<td><p style="text-align: right">0</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p style="text-align: center">Shrewsbury: <span
-class="smcap">John Davies</span>, 15, High Street.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_16"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-16</span>JAMES PHILLIPS,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class='gutoutline'>TAILOR AND
-HABIT</span><br />
-<b>Maker,</b><br />
-37, HIGH STREET,<br />
-<b>SHREWSBURY.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">Maker of the Ladies&rsquo;
-Waterproof Tweed Cloaks and<br />
-Riding Jackets.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">No. 10, HIGH STREET,
-SHREWSBURY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>EDWARD LEE,<br />
-FURNISHING IRONMONGER, CUTLER, &amp;c.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">BAR IRON, NAILS, OILS, COLOURS,
-&amp;c.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>Just Published, Price 6d.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>A Plan of the Town and Suburbs
-of Shrewsbury,</b><br />
-<b>corrected to the present time.</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Published by <span
-class="smcap">John Davies</span>, 15, High Street.<br />
-Sold by all Booksellers.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">In a wrapper, 4to.&nbsp; Price
-2s.</p>
-<h3>Twenty-one Views in Shrewsbury.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">Shrewsbury: <span
-class="smcap">John Davies</span> 15, High Street.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_17"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-17</span><span class='gutoutline'>DAVID DAVIES,</span><br />
-COACH BUILDER,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AND</span><br />
-Designer,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">ST. JULIAN&rsquo;S FRIARS,<br />
-<span class='gutoutline'>SHREWSBURY.</span></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>HENRY SHAW,<br />
-<span class='gutoutline'>FISHING TACKLE MANUFACTURER,</span><br
-/>
-AND ORNITHOLOGIST,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF HALF A
-CENTURY.</span></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>B. EVANS,<br />
-Confectioner, Fancy Bread and Biscuit-Baker,<br />
-HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p>Rich Bride, Citron, Rout, Dessert, Plain and Ornamental
-Cakes.&nbsp; Captains, Bath, Sponge, Savoy, French and Baby
-Biscuits, Best Gingerbread, Hunting Nuts, and Pastry of all
-kinds.&nbsp; Shrewsbury Cakes and Funeral Biscuits made to order
-at the shortest notice.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_18"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-18</span>JAMES ICKE,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">WHOLESALE,
-FAMILY, AND RETAIL</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>Grocer and Tea Dealer,</b></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall"><i>Opposite
-the Post Office</i></span><span class="GutSmall">,</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">MARKET STREET,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>And Two Doors from the</i></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><b>BUTTER CROSS</b>, <b>PRIDE
-HILL</b>,<br />
-<span class='gutoutline'>SHREWSBURY.</span></p>
-
-<div class="gapmediumline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">BISCUITS, PICKLES, FISH SAUCES,
-&amp;c. &amp;c.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AT</span><br />
-<span class='gutoutline'><b>WHOLESALE PRICES.</b></span></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_19"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-19</span>CLASS V. PARIS INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">WILLIAM D. JONES,<br />
-Hunting, Racing, &amp; Steeple<br />
-Chase Saddler,<br />
-<span class='gutoutline'><b>HARNESS AND CAP
-MANUFACTURER,</b></span><br />
-SHREWSBURY.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">&mdash;o&mdash;</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Hunting Horns and Caps, Racing
-Jackets and Caps, Greyhound<br />
-Clothing; Retriever Starters, Universal Game Carriers, &amp;c.
-&amp;c.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">SOLE MAKES
-OF</span><br />
-THE IMPROVED PATENT GREYHOUND SLIPS:</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>One trial will prove their
-decided superiority over all others</i>.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Trunks, Portmanteaus, Carpet and
-Enamelled Leather Travelling<br />
-Bags; Ladies&rsquo; Travelling Cases; Letter Bags, &amp;c.
-&amp;c.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p>The London <i>Morning Post</i> thus speaks of the Race Saddle
-now at the Paris Exhibition, made by the Advertiser:&mdash;</p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Foremost in the list of exhibitors for
-beautiful workmanship stands the name of Mr. W. D. Jones, of
-Shrewsbury.&nbsp; This gentleman shows a very elegant racing
-saddle, designed and manufactured by himself, and exhibited for
-its extreme lightness, its comfort combined with elegance of
-shape, and the novelty of its embellishments.&nbsp; The saddle is
-little if anything more than 2lbs. in weight, though, of course,
-that can always be increased to please the customer; it is
-sufficiently long in the seat to give the greatest ease to the
-rider, and it is embellished with bunches of roses, thistles, and
-shamrocks, interwoven with oak foliage and acorns&mdash;the whole
-of the ornamentation being executed in relief by hand labour
-only.&nbsp; The case containing this beautiful saddle is always
-surrounded by large numbers of the higher class of visitors to
-the Exhibition, to whom it appears to give universal
-satisfaction.&nbsp; Mr. Jones was an exhibitor in Hyde Park of
-the Royal Albert Shot Belt, which is very highly approved and
-extensively used by those who take a delight in the sports of the
-field.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_20"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 20</span>The
-Antiquities of Shropshire,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">Drawn and etched by W. Pearson,
-<i>forty-one plates</i>, 4to. 6s.</p>
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td><p>Gateway in Waterlane, Shrewsbury</p>
-<p>Shrewsbury</p>
-<p>Shrewsbury Castle</p>
-<p>The Old Welsh Bridge, Shrewsbury</p>
-<p>The Abbey Church, Shrewsbury</p>
-<p>Oratory, in the Abbey Garden, Shrewsbury</p>
-<p>St. Giles&rsquo;s Church, Shrewsbury</p>
-<p>Porch of St. Mary&rsquo;s Church, Shrewsbury</p>
-<p>Franciscan, or Gray Friars, Shrewsbury</p>
-<p>Upton Magna Church</p>
-<p>Haughmond Abbey</p>
-<p>Chapter House, Haughmond Abbey</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Battlefield Church</p>
-<p>The Roman Wall at Wroxeter</p>
-<p>Buildwas Abbey</p>
-<p>Buildwas Abbey, 2nd View</p>
-<p>Wenlock Monastery</p>
-<p>Wenlock Monastery, Bridgnorth, 2nd View</p>
-<p>The Hanging Tower, Bridgnorth</p>
-<p>Ludlow Castle</p>
-<p>Ludlow Castle.&nbsp; 2nd View</p>
-<p>Ludlow Castle, 3rd Do.</p>
-<p>Bromfield Priory</p>
-<p>Hopton Castle</p>
-<p>Hopton Castle.&nbsp; 2nd View</p>
-<p>Stoke Castle</p>
-<p>Clun Castle</p>
-</td>
-<td><p>Middle Castle</p>
-<p>Red Castle at Hawkestone</p>
-<p>Lilleshull Abbey</p>
-<p>Lilleshull Abbey.&nbsp; 2nd</p>
-<p>Clungunford Church Old Church, Wellington &amp; Uffington
-Church (on one Plate)</p>
-<p>Acton Burnell Castle</p>
-<p>Interior of Acton Burnell Castle</p>
-<p>Acton Burnell Church</p>
-<p>Hales Owen Abbey</p>
-<p>St. Kenelm&rsquo;s Chapel</p>
-<p>Moreton Corbet Castle</p>
-<p>Moreton Corbet Castle, 2nd View</p>
-<p>Millichope Hall</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-<p style="text-align: center">Published by <span
-class="smcap">John Davies</span>, 15, High Street,
-Shrewsbury.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>HENRY URWICK,<br />
-<span class='gutoutline'>ALBION INN,</span><br />
-<span class="GutSmall">NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION,</span><br />
-Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>C. PHILPOTT,</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">Family Tea Dealer, Grocer,
-&amp;c.<br />
-<b>PRIDE HILL</b>,<br />
-SHREWSBURY.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_21"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-21</span><span class="smcap">Fourth Edition</span>, with <span
-class="smcap">Sixty-one</span> Engravings on Wood, Price 1s.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">A GUIDE,<br />
-DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">THROUGH THE</span><br />
-TOWN OF SHREWSBURY,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">INTERSPERSED WITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THE
-MORE</span><br />
-REMARKABLE OBJECTS IN THE ENVIRONS,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">TO WHICH ARE
-APPENDED, LISTS OF</span><br />
-THE EMINENT NATIVES OF THE TOWN,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">WITH REFERENCES TO BIOGRAPHICAL
-WORKS;</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">OF</span><br
-/>
-THE BIRDS SEEN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD;</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">AND
-OF</span><br />
-THE RARER SPECIES OF PLANTS<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">INDIGENOUS TO THE VICINITY.</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">BY
-THE</span><br />
-REV. W. A. LEIGHTON, B.A.&nbsp; F.B S.E.<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">AUTHOR OF &ldquo;A FLORA OF
-SHROPSHIRE,&rdquo; &amp;c.</span></p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;I held on way to auncient Shrewsebrie
-towne,<br />
-And so from horse at lodging lighting downe,<br />
-I walkt the streats, and markt what came to vewe.&rdquo;</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><span
-class="smcap">Churchyard</span>.</p>
-</blockquote>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">NOTICES OF THE WORK.</p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;We are exceedingly pleased with this
-elegant and judicious Guide.&nbsp; We think it is formed after
-the best plan, that of pure and terse description of those
-objects which are actually presented to the eyes of the stranger,
-neither overloaded with history and biography, which he may study
-more appropriately in other works, and on less hurried occasions,
-nor degraded by the introduction of mean and insignificant
-subjects.&nbsp; To the residents of Shrewsbury, the utility of
-this little volume is enhanced by a <a name="page2_22"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 22</span>catalogue of its eminent natives, and
-lists of native birds and plants.&nbsp; The whole work bears
-evidence of the ability and good taste of the author.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;We must particularly praise the pains taken to give a
-full account of the Grammar School, and its eminent scholars,
-who, under the conduct of the late and present head masters, (the
-late Bishop of Lichfield and Dr. Kennedy), have won an
-extraordinary proportion of the prizes at both universities, as
-is shewn in the highly honourable lists here printed.&nbsp; The
-volume is embellished with no less than sixty engravings on
-wood.&rdquo;</p>
-<p style="text-align: right"><i>Gentleman&rsquo;s
-Magazine</i>.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;This &lsquo;Guide through the Town of Shrewsbury&rsquo;
-is, in every particular, a well-arranged, comprehensive, correct,
-and intelligent book of reference.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;There is no town in England better known by name than
-Shrewsbury&mdash;from its cakes and annual show, to its famed
-Grammar School and useful Institutions; but this Guide will make
-both natives and strangers better acquainted with its antiquity,
-its internal regulations, and the character of its inhabitants,
-than could have been derived from any previous publication of the
-kind.&nbsp; It goes so minutely into particulars, traces sources
-with so much industry and accuracy, and details events with so
-much vividness and perspicuity, that it should be called a
-miniature History of Shrewsbury.&rdquo; . . . <i>Analyst</i>.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;It really is one proof, and that not the least
-remarkable, of the rapid improvement of provincial literature
-within the past fifteen years, that the standard of guide-books
-is of a far higher degree of excellence than formerly was the
-case.&nbsp; <span class="smcap">This</span> <i>Guide to
-Shrewsbury</i> is neatly written, abounds with every species of
-information, historical, descriptive, and other, which relates to
-the subjects noticed, is profusely illustrated with wood-cuts,
-and lastly, has appended to it what is of much value to works of
-this kind a <i>Flora</i> and <i>Fauna</i> of the
-neighbourhood.&nbsp; As a specimen of country printing, the book
-is remarkable; it might have passed for the work of a <span
-class="smcap">Vizetelly</span> or <span
-class="smcap">Bradbury</span>.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Critic</i>.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;A pleasing little volume, not more remarkable for the
-neat and workmanlike manner in which it is &lsquo;got-up,&rsquo;
-than for the simple and unaffected style in which it is
-written.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Manchester Chronicle</i>.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;An excellent Guide to this interesting old town, its
-antiquities, curiosities, surrounding scenery, botany, and, in
-short, all that an inquiring tourist could wish to inspect in a
-visit to Shrewsbury.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Literary Gazette</i>.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;It will be found to be an admirable companion to the
-antiquities and other noticeable points of the place; and when
-the visitors leave the old town this guide will call to mind its
-<a name="page2_23"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 23</span>outward
-forms and semblances.&nbsp; This book has much more permanent
-value than guide-books usually have.&nbsp; Would that books of
-greater pretensions were always as
-complete!&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Pictorial Times</i>.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;Made memorable by the pen of the inimitable bard in his
-play of <i>Henry IV.</i>, the town of Shrewsbury naturally
-becomes an object of curiosity to the reader of Shakspere.&nbsp;
-Excited by this feeling, we took up this little volume, and we
-were so well pleased with it that we step aside from our usual
-course of passing by publications of a local character to notice
-its excellence.&nbsp; It is tastefully and correctly printed,
-amply illustrated with numerous and beautiful wood engravings,
-and its descriptions graphic and clear, so as to render it a
-pleasing and unerring guide to the visitor of Shrewsbury,
-instructive to the historical and architectural antiquarian, the
-traveller, and the general reader.</p>
-<p>&ldquo;We recommend it to all whom business or pleasure may
-call to that ancient and celebrated
-town.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Liverpool Chronicle</i>.</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p style="text-align: center">Shrewsbury: Published by <span
-class="smcap">John Davies</span>, 15, High Street.<br />
-Sold by all Booksellers.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>THOMAS PHILPOTT,<br />
-UNICORN INN, WYLE COP,<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">SHREWSBURY.</span></h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">EVERY ACCOMMODATION FOR
-TRAVELLERS.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><i>Wines and Spirits of the best
-quality</i>.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3>ENGLISH BRIDGE, SHREWSBURY.</h3>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">T. FIRMSTON,<br />
-<b>BUILDER,</b></p>
-<p>Has constantly on Sale all the sizes and varieties of the
-Celebrated Llwynenion Pipes, Junctions, Bends, &amp;c. for
-Sanitary and ordinary Drainage; the whole being of the best
-construction, and admirably glazed.</p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_24"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 24</span>Silk
-Mercery, and General Drapery Establishment.</h3>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/pa23b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Silk Mercery"
-title=
-"Silk Mercery"
- src="images/pa23s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><a name="page2_25"></a><span
-class="pagenum">p. 25</span>Warwick House, 26 and 27, High
-Street, Shrewsbury.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">MACGEAGH AND FIELDING,<br />
-<b>Silk Mercers and General Drapers</b>,</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">Beg to call the attention of the
-inhabitants of Shrewsbury, its vicinity, and the public<br />
-generally, to their</p>
-<p style="text-align: center"><span class='gutoutline'>LARGE AND
-VARIED STOCK,</span></p>
-<p style="text-align: center">combining, as it does, every
-Novelty in Dress, as well as every thing plain and substantial<br
-/>
-for family use, and all on the most moderate terms.</p>
-
-<div class="gapshortline">&nbsp;</div>
-<p style="text-align: center">THE SHREWSBURY WATERPROOF TWEED
-CLOAKS<br />
-<span class="GutSmall">MAY BE HAD OF THE MAKERS,</span><br />
-<b>MACGEAGH &amp; FIELDING, WARWICK HOUSE, SALOP.</b></p>
-
-<div class="gapline">&nbsp;</div>
-<h3><a name="page2_26"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
-26</span>PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO SHROPSHIRE, &amp;c.</h3>
-<p>SALOPIA AND OTHER POEMS, by J. W. Bythell, Esq. sm. 8vo.
-<i>cloth</i>, 2s. 6d.</p>
-<p>HISTORY, GAZETTEER AND DIRECTORY OF SHROPSHIRE, <i>with a
-large coloured Map of the County</i>, 9s.</p>
-<p>PEARSON&rsquo;S ANTIQUITIES OF SHROPSHIRE, in Forty-three
-Etchings, <i>in a wrapper</i>, 6s.</p>
-<p>LEIGHTON&rsquo;S FLORA OF SHROPSHIRE, 8vo. 8s.</p>
-<p>ORDNANCE MAP OF THE COUNTY OF SALOP <i>mounted on Canvas and
-Case</i>,</p>
-<p>WALKER&rsquo;S DITTO DITTO, 2s. 6d.</p>
-<p>COLLINS&rsquo;S DITTO, <i>in paper cover</i>, 6d.</p>
-<p>TWENTY-ONE VIEWS IN SHREWSBURY, <i>in a wrapper</i>, 2s.</p>
-<p>PLAN OF THE TOWN OF SHREWSBURY, brought down to the present
-time, 6d.</p>
-<p>PORTRAIT OF THE LADY HARRIET CLIVE, Painted by Sir T.
-Lawrence, P.R.A.&nbsp; Engraved by S. Cousins, A.R.A.</p>
-<p>PORTRAIT OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD VISCOUNT HILL, Lord
-Lieutenant of the County of Salop, Painted by Francis Grant,
-A.R.A., Engraved by J. Thompson, Prints &pound;2 2s.&nbsp;
-Proofs, &pound;4 4s.</p>
-<p>PORTRAIT OF THE LATE LORD VISCOUNT HILL, C.B., G.C.H.,
-&amp;c.&nbsp; Proofs, 10s. 6d.&nbsp; Prints 7s. 6d.</p>
-<p>PORTRAITS <span class="GutSmall">OF THE</span> LATE RIGHT
-HONOURABLE EDWARD HERBERT, EARL OF POWIS, K.G., Lord-Lieutenant
-of the County of Montgomery, Painted by F. Grant, Engraved by H.
-Cousins, &pound;1 1s.</p>
-<p>MONUMENTAL EFFIGY OF THE LATE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF POWIS,
-K.G. erected in St. Mary&rsquo;s Church, Welshpool; and EFFIGIAL
-MEMORIAL of ditto, erected in the same church, drawn on Stone by
-the Sculptor, E. Richardson, Esq. plain 5s. tinted 7s. 6d.
-each.</p>
-<p>PORTRAIT OF THE HONOURABLE THOMAS KENYON, Painted by Pardon,
-Engraved by Lupton, 10s.</p>
-<p>PORTRAIT OF JOHN MYTTON, ESQ. OF HALSTON, Painted by Webb,
-Engraved by Giller, India Proof, &pound;1s. 1s.</p>
-<p>PORTRAIT OF THE RIGHT REV. SAMUEL BUTLER D.D. late Lord Bishop
-of Lichfield. Painted by Thomas Phillips, R.A.&nbsp; Engraved by
-S. Cousins, A.R.A.&nbsp; Prints, 5s.&nbsp; Proofs 10s.&nbsp;
-Proofs, 10s.&nbsp;&nbsp; Proofs, with Autograph, 15s.&nbsp; Ditto
-before letters 15s.</p>
-<p>RAILWAY STATION, SHREWSBURY, From a Drawing by T. N. Henshaw,
-Esq.&nbsp; 2s. 6d.</p>
-<p>VIEW OF ELLESMERE CHURCH, Drawn on Stone by Hawkins, 3s.
-6d.</p>
-<p>VIEW OF THE ABBEY CHURCH, SHREWSBURY, in tinted Lithography,
-by Hyde, 1s.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">On Sale at <span class="smcap">John
-Davies&rsquo;s</span>, 15, High Street, Shrewsbury.</p>
-<h2>FOOTNOTES.</h2>
-<p><a name="footnotei"></a><a href="#citationi"
-class="footnote">[i]</a>&nbsp; In the original the list of
-streets is on front inside cover: it has been moved to the end in
-this transcription to make the start easier to
-follow.&mdash;DP.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote2"></a><a href="#citation2"
-class="footnote">[2]</a>&nbsp; The population of the Borough is
-19,681; that of the Registrar&rsquo;s District 23,104.&nbsp;
-There are 13 Churches, affording 9,618 &ldquo;sittings;&rdquo;
-and 25 Dissenters&rsquo; Meeting Houses, with 5,805
-&ldquo;sittings.&rdquo;&nbsp; The numbers of attendants, March
-30, 1851, including Sunday Scholars, were at the Churches, in the
-morning, 6,080; afternoon, 3,135; and evening, 2,853; and at the
-Dissenters&rsquo; Meeting Houses,&mdash;morning, 2,089;
-afternoon, 398; evening, 2,232.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote3"></a><a href="#citation3"
-class="footnote">[3]</a>&nbsp; We would refer the visitor, who
-may be desirous of acquainting himself with our local history, to
-the inestimable History of Shrewsbury by Owen and Blakeway, 2
-vols. 4to; a work of high historic authority, and abounding with
-deep and true antiquarian research.&nbsp; From this valuable
-publication we have condensed our accounts of the ecclesiastical
-structures of the place.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote20"></a><a href="#citation20"
-class="footnote">[20]</a>&nbsp; The Council usually sat in Ludlow
-Castle, but for the greater dispatch of business occasionally
-assembled at Shrewsbury, Bewdley, and Hereford.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote21"></a><a href="#citation21"
-class="footnote">[21]</a>&nbsp; The chimney piece of the Great
-Chamber is now, it is believed, preserved in Condover Hall, near
-this town.&nbsp; Its sculpture consists of Adam and Eve amid the
-trees of Paradise.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote53"></a><a href="#citation53"
-class="footnote">[53]</a>&nbsp; Should the visitor feel disposed
-to prolong his walk in this direction, he will find himself amply
-compensated by the enjoyment of an extensive prospect of the
-town, and the windings of the Severn, amid the romantic and
-richly wooded banks of Shelton and Berwick.</p>
-<p>A few minutes&rsquo; stroll along the turnpike road,
-beautifully shaded by overhanging beech trees, will also bring
-him to the magnificent iron gates which afford entrance to the
-delightful grounds of Berwick, abounding in trees of great size
-and beauty.&nbsp; The Mansion-House, the seat of the Honourable
-Wentworth Powys, soon presents itself; and at a short distance,
-embosomed in trees, stands the small, but picturesque <span
-class="GutSmall">CHAPEL</span>, erected in 1672, on the site of
-an ancient ruinous structure, and appropriated to the use of the
-inmates of the adjacent Hospital for decayed housekeepers,
-erected and endowed at the above period by Sir Samuel Jones, Knt.
-the then possessor of the Berwick estates.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p53b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"The Chapel"
-title=
-"The Chapel"
- src="images/p53s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>To the lover of sylvan scenery, the neighbouring woods of
-Almond Park and the picturesque and woody declivities of Leaton
-Shelf, will afford a rich treat; and the experienced botanist
-will find in them many rare and beautiful species of brambles,
-and other floral treasures, well worthy his careful
-investigation.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote56"></a><a href="#citation56"
-class="footnote">[56]</a>&nbsp; The turnpike road in this
-direction will conduct the stranger to Battlefield, &ldquo;the
-royal field of Shrewsbury,&rdquo; the site of the important
-Battle of Shrewsbury, fought on 20th July, 1403:&mdash;</p>
-
-<blockquote><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;the
-bloody rout that gave<br />
-To Harry&rsquo;s brow a wreath,&mdash;to Hotspur&rsquo;s heart a
-grave.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>To detail the events of this direful contest would far exceed
-our prescribed limits, and we must, therefore, content ourselves
-by referring our readers to works of a higher order:&mdash;</p>
-<blockquote><p>&ldquo;Trace, Visitor, the tale as beats thy
-vein,<br />
-Clad in cold-hearted History&rsquo;s homely weeds,<br />
-Or garlanded with Avon&rsquo;s dewy flowers.&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p56b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Battlefield Church"
-title=
-"Battlefield Church"
- src="images/p56s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>The spot, where it is said the bodies of the slain were
-interred, is now covered by a church, once collegiate, founded by
-Henry IV., in gratitude for his victory.&nbsp; It contains a
-handsome monument, in the florid Gothic style, to the memory of
-the late John Corbet, Esq. of Sundorne.&nbsp; A short walk over
-the adjacent fields brings us to the splendid Gothic mansion of
-Sundorne, the seat of A. W. Corbet, Esq.&nbsp; In the Library and
-Drawing-room are several fine and valuable paintings by Titian,
-Salvator Rosa, Rembrandt, Guido, Raphael, Rubens, Wouvermans, and
-Van Huysum.&nbsp; Within the grounds, midway of Haughmond&rsquo;s
-&ldquo;bosky hill,&rdquo; are the venerable ruins of <span
-class="smcap">Haughmond Abbey</span>, rich in many a curious
-remain of early architecture.&nbsp; One peculiar feature of the
-earlier portions of this Abbey, which merits the attention of the
-architectural antiquary, is, that whilst the round or Norman arch
-is used, the mouldings and pillars belong to the Early English
-era:&mdash;a singular and uncommon instance of transition in
-style.</p>
-<p>Tradition points out a knoll, planted with a clump of fir
-trees, called the Queen&rsquo;s Bower, where Eleanor, the Queen
-of Henry IV. received the news of the victory at
-Battlefield.&nbsp; Her Majesty hearing the tidings of the
-messenger imperfectly, is said to have exclaimed &ldquo;hey
-man,&rdquo; from whence the hill subsequently acquired its
-name.&nbsp; A more probable derivation of the name is &ldquo;Haut
-mont,&rdquo; the High Mount.&nbsp; From these crags &ldquo;that
-sprightly Scot of Scots, Douglas,&rdquo; in endeavouring to
-escape after the battle, is said to have fallen, and sustaining
-considerable injury, was captured by his pursuers.&nbsp; The
-noble view from these heights cannot fail to rivet the
-attention.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote67"></a><a href="#citation67"
-class="footnote">[67]</a>&nbsp; See first page.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote71"></a><a href="#citation71"
-class="footnote">[71]</a>&nbsp; See Initial, page 1, for that on
-the south side.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote86"></a><a href="#citation86"
-class="footnote">[86]</a>&nbsp; Those who may feel interested in
-tracing the rise and progress of this Institution will do well to
-consult &ldquo;Records of the Salop Infirmary, by Henry Bevan,
-4to. 1847,&rdquo; a work of great accuracy and pains-taking, and
-especially deserving of praise for its valuable statistical
-tables.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote97"></a><a href="#citation97"
-class="footnote">[97]</a>&nbsp; Engravings of the Old Church will
-be found in the Gentleman&rsquo;s Magazine, vol. 81, p. 9, (N. E.
-view,) and vol. 66, p. 369, (E. end.)</p>
-<p><a name="footnote109"></a><a href="#citation109"
-class="footnote">[109]</a>&nbsp; See a north-west view of this
-once fine old Church in the Gentleman&rsquo;s Magazine, vol. 77,
-p. 297.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote126"></a><a href="#citation126"
-class="footnote">[126]</a>&nbsp; At this Parliament, held Sept.
-30th, the patriotic and unhappy David, the last Prince of Wales,
-was tried, and condemned to an ignominious and cruel death,
-which, to the disgrace of Edward, was permitted to be carried
-into execution.&nbsp; To this convention two knights were
-summoned from each county, and two deputies from certain of the
-principal cities and towns, (of which Shrewsbury was one,) and
-thus was laid the foundation of the British House of
-Commons.&nbsp; After the trial of David the Parliament adjourned
-to Acton Burnell, where the famous statute of that name received
-the royal assent.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote127"></a><a href="#citation127"
-class="footnote">[127]</a>&nbsp; Henry VIII. had previously by an
-Act of the twenty-sixth year of his reign appointed twenty-six
-suffragan or assistant bishops, to whom he assigned twenty-six
-borough towns dispersed over the kingdom as their sees.&nbsp;
-Shrewsbury was judiciously selected as one.&nbsp; This useful law
-was however seldom enforced, one only suffragan Bishop of
-Shrewsbury being known; Lewis Thomas, late Abbot of Cwmh&icirc;r,
-consecrated suffragan Bishop of the see of Salop by Archbishop
-Cranmer, 24th June, 1537.&nbsp; He died 1560 or 1561.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote133"></a><a href="#citation133"
-class="footnote">[133]</a>&nbsp; The engraving represents the
-eastern end previous to the alterations.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote153"></a><a href="#citation153"
-class="footnote">[153]</a>&nbsp; A short walk along the retired
-and shady lane opposite St. Giles&rsquo;s church brings us to a
-small but highly picturesque wood, covering the ragged bank of
-the Meole Brook; embosomed in which is Sutton Spa, the water of
-which has been found by experience to be highly serviceable in
-scrofulous disorders.&nbsp; The attendant resides on the spot, in
-a neat cottage, near to which are hot and cold baths, with
-suitable accommodations.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote154"></a><a href="#citation154"
-class="footnote">[154]</a>&nbsp; Continuing our walk for three
-miles along the London-road, we arrive at the little village of
-Atcham, with its picturesque church on the margin of the Severn,
-which river is here crossed by an elegant stone bridge, designed
-by the architect Gwyn.</p>
-<p>The village of Atcham is memorable as the birth-place of
-Ordericus Vitalis, one of the best of our earliest Historians,
-who was born 16th February, 1075.</p>
-<p>Within sight of the village, on the confluence of the rivers
-Tern and Severn, is the noble edifice of Attingham Hall, the seat
-of the Right Honourable Lord Berwick, built from designs by the
-celebrated Athenian Stuart.&nbsp; The mansion consists of a
-centre and two wings, connected by corridors, and is adorned by a
-handsome tetrastyle portico of the composite order.</p>
-<p>
-<a href="images/p155.1b.jpg">
-<img class='floatright' alt=
-"Tomb of Confessor Burton"
-title=
-"Tomb of Confessor Burton"
- src="images/p155.1s.jpg" />
-</a>Close adjoining, amid the beautiful woods and plantations on
-the banks of the Severn, is the fine Gothic mansion of Longner,
-the residence of Robert Burton, Esq.&nbsp; In the Garden is
-preserved, with sacred care, the <span
-class="smcap">Altar-Tomb</span> of one of the ancestors of the
-Burton family, known as the &ldquo;<i>Confessor
-Burton</i>,&rdquo; who died suddenly for joy on the restoration
-of the Reformed Religion on the accession of Elizabeth, and whose
-corpse being refused burial in the family vault in St.
-Chad&rsquo;s, the parish church, by the Romish clergyman who then
-officiated there, was carried back and interred in this spot by
-his family.</p>
-<p>
-<a href="images/p155.2.jpg">
-<img class='floatleft' alt=
-"Portion of Roman City Wall"
-title=
-"Portion of Roman City Wall"
- src="images/p155.2.jpg" />
-</a>About a mile from Atcham is the Roman station of Uriconium,
-or Wroxeter.&nbsp; A <span class="GutSmall">PORTION OF THE CITY
-WALL</span> is still standing, and the foundations of the
-boundary walls of the whole place may be traced with tolerable
-accuracy in the adjoining fields.&nbsp; Many sepulchral inscribed
-stones, altars, pavements, coins, fibul&aelig;, vases, &amp;c.
-have at various times been ploughed up by the inhabitants.&nbsp;
-The church is well deserving of notice: and in the walls of the
-chancel may be seen curious remains of early Anglo-Norman
-arches.&nbsp; The interior contains the fine altar-tomb, with
-cumbent effigies, of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chief Justice of
-England, one of the Executors of Henry VIII.&nbsp; There are also
-monuments to the Barkers of Haughmond; Sir Richard Newport,
-ancestor of the Earls of Bradford; Francis, first Earl of
-Bradford, and several others of the Newport family.&nbsp; From
-the village a fine prospect of the adjacent Wrekin is
-obtained.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote157"></a><a href="#citation157"
-class="footnote">[157]</a>&nbsp; Continuing our walk we speedily
-reach the peaceful and sequestered village of Meole Brace,
-celebrated for its excellent trout stream, on the banks of which
-was born and educated Thomas Barker, from whom honest Izaak
-Walton, in his delightful book, &ldquo;The Complete
-Angler,&rdquo; acknowledges that he derived the greater portion
-of his information, relative to fly-fishing.&nbsp; Mr. Barker
-published in 1691 a work entitled &ldquo;Barker&rsquo;s Delight,
-or the Art of Angling,&rdquo; which ran through three editions in
-the space of eight years, and which is still in much repute among
-the lovers of the &ldquo;gentle art.&rdquo;&nbsp; Near the Bridge
-are Evans&rsquo;s Alms-houses, built in 1844, under the will of
-the late Mr. John Evans of this town, for nine poor widows, who
-each have a liberal yearly allowance.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p157.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Meole Bridge, &amp;c."
-title=
-"Meole Bridge, &amp;c."
- src="images/p157.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>At the distance of a mile from Meole are the Sharpstones Hill
-and Bomere Pool, noted for their lovely scenery, and as the
-habitats of many of the rarer species of plants indigenous to the
-vicinity.</p>
-<p><a name="footnote176"></a><a href="#citation176"
-class="footnote">[176]</a>&nbsp; At a distance of two miles on
-the Holyhead road stands Shelton Oak, which, according to
-tradition, &ldquo;the irregular and wild Glendower&rdquo;
-ascended to reconnoitre the state of the contending armies on the
-Battlefield; but finding that the king was making a powerful
-head, and had &ldquo;beat down young Harry Hotspur and his
-troops,&rdquo; he precipitately retreated with his army into
-Wales.&nbsp; This majestic veteran of the forest,</p>
-<blockquote><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;Whose
-boughes are moss&rsquo;d with age,<br />
-And high top bald with dry antiquity,&rdquo;</p>
-</blockquote>
-<p>is completely hollow; many of the greater arms are dead, and
-the whole is fast falling to decay.&nbsp; Whatever be the degree
-of credit due to the tradition, certain it is there is positive
-evidence in a paper dated 1543, preserved among the title deeds
-of the Waring family, that this tree was esteemed a great one
-within 140 years of the Battle of Shrewsbury, and an object of
-remark to old people long before.&nbsp; The following are the
-dimensions:&mdash;girt at bottom, close to the ground, forty-four
-feet three inches; ditto, five feet from the ground, twenty-five
-feet one inch; ditto, eight feet from the ground, twenty-seven
-feet four inches; height to the top of the main trunk, or
-principal bough, forty-one feet six inches.</p>
-<p style="text-align: center">
-<a href="images/p177b.jpg">
-<img alt=
-"Shelton Oak"
-title=
-"Shelton Oak"
- src="images/p177s.jpg" />
-</a></p>
-<p>A little beyond this, on the Welsh Pool road, is Christ
-Church, Oxon, consecrated October 3rd, 1854, for a district
-comprising several outlying portions of the Parishes of St. Chad
-and St. Julian.</p>
-<p>Immediately opposite is the Lunatic Asylum for the Counties of
-Salop and Montgomery, erected after a design by Messrs.
-Scott.</p>
-<pre>
-
-
-
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