Preface.

LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.

Index.

Illustrations. THE TOWN.

History of Oswestry.

Topographical History.

Benevolent Institutions. DISPENSARY AND BATHS.

Ecclesiastical History. THE PARISH CHURCH.

Municipal and Civil Government.

Antiquities. OSWESTRY CASTLE.

ANCIENT RELICS.

ANCIENT CUSTOMS.

Railway Communication.

Statistics.

Natural History.

Biography.

Notabilia.

Sketches OF The Environs of Oswestry.

CORRIGENDA. [296]

THE POST-OFFICE.

ADVERTISEMENTS. THE UNITED KINGDOM TEMPERANCE AND GENERAL

FOOTNOTES.

Transcribed from the [1855] George Lewis edition by David Price.

The Cross Market

THE
HISTORY OF OSWESTRY,

COMPRISING THE
BRITISH, SAXON, NORMAN, AND ENGLISH ERAS;

THE
TOPOGRAPHY OF THE BOROUGH;

AND ITS
ECCLESIASTICAL AND CIVIC HISTORY:

WITH NOTICES OF
BOTANY, GEOLOGY, STATISTICS, ANGLING, AND BIOGRAPHY:

TO WHICH ARE ADDED
SKETCHES OF THE ENVIRONS.

ILLUSTRATED WITH WOOD-ENGRAVINGS,

By MR. PERCY CRUIKSHANK, after Sketches by MR. ROBERT
CRUIKSHANK.

Ancient seal of Oswestry

WRITTEN AND COMPILED

BY WILLIAM CATHRALL,

AUTHOR OF “THE HISTORY OF NORTH WALES,” “WANDERINGS
IN NORTH WALES,” &c.

OSWESTRY:
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GEORGE LEWIS.

ENTERED AT STATIONERS’ HALL.