PREFACE.
ILLUSTRATIONS,
CONTENTS.
SITUATION.
ETYMOLOGY.
ANCIENT HISTORY.
THE CASTLE.
THE FEUDAL STATE
PRESENT STATE.
POPULATION.
ECCLESIASTICAL BUILDINGS.
DISSENTING MEETING HOUSES.
ROYAL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOLS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CHARTERS, and c.
SESSIONS.
COURT OF RECORD.
COURT OF REQUESTS.
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
TRADING COMPANIES.
SHREWSBURY SHOW.
THE COUNTY HALL.
THE GUILD HALL AND EXCHEQUER
THE MARKET HOUSE
THE BRIDGES.
THE OLD WELSH BRIDGE
THE OLD EAST OR STONE BRIDGE
THE ENGLISH BRIDGE,
LORD HILL'S COLUMN.
THE TOWN AND COUNTY GAOL
THE BUTTER AND POULTRY MARKET,
THE CIRCUS BUTTER and CHEESE MARKET,
THE NEW BUTTER AND CHEESE MARKET
THE SALOP INFIRMARY.
EYE AND EAR DISPENSARY.
ST. GILES'S HOSPITAL,
ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL,
THE DRAPERS' ALMSHOUSES.
ST. CHAD'S ALMSHOUSES
HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.
HUMANE SOCIETY.
THE PRISON CHARITIES
THE PAROCHIAL CHARITIES
THE TOWN CHARITIES
CHARITY SCHOOLS.
A WALK WITHIN THE WALLS.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. SHROPSHIRE AND NORTH
WALK WITHOUT THE WALLS.
RECREATIVE. THE THEATRE.
TRADE AND MANUFACTURES.
MARKETS.
THE FAIRS.
THE SEVERN.
THE ENVIRONS OF SHREWSBURY
ADDITIONS.
ERRATA. [227]
FOOTNOTES.
MEMORIALS
OF
SHREWSBURY:
BEING A
CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN
AND ITS ENVIRONS,
Adapted as
A General Guide
FOR THE
INFORMATION OF VISITORS AND RESIDENTS.
BY
HENRY PIDGEON.
ILLUSTRATED WITH THIRTY-SIX ENGRAVINGS.
“FLOREAT SALOPIA.”
Shrewsbury:
PRINTED BY JOHN EDDOWES, CORN-MARKET.
1837.
TO THE
Rev. William Gorsuch Rowland, M.A.
MINISTER AND OFFICIAL OF
THE ROYAL PECULIAR OF ST. MARY’S, SHREWSBURY,
AND PREBENDARY OF LICHFIELD,
AS A HUMBLE BUT SINCERE TESTIMONY OF RESPECT,
FOR HIS ZEALOUS AND MUNIFICENT EXERTIONS
IN RESTORING AND HEIGHTENING
THE BEAUTIES AND ARCHITECTURE OF SEVERAL OF THE
CHURCHES IN THIS TOWN,
AND FOR HIS
UNWEARIED ATTENTION TO MANY OF OUR
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS,
The Memorials of Shrewsbury
ARE VERY RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,
BY
HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT,
HENRY PIDGEON.
