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
Transcribed from the 1837 John Eddowes edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
BEING A
CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN
AND ITS ENVIRONS,
Adapted as
A General Guide
FOR THE
INFORMATION OF VISITORS AND RESIDENTS.
HENRY PIDGEON .
ILLUSTRATED WITH THIRTY-SIX ENGRAVINGS.
“FLOREAT SALOPIA.”
Shrewsbury: PRINTED BY JOHN EDDOWES, CORN-MARKET.
Henry Pidgeon
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ETYMOLOGY.
ANCIENT HISTORY.
THE CASTLE.
THE INTERIOR GATEWAY,
THE FEUDAL STATE
ECCLESIASTICAL BUILDINGS.
THE OLD CHURCH OF ST. CHAD.
ST. MARY’S CHURCH
THE ABBEY CHURCH.
SAINT GEORGES CHURCH.
THE INDEPENDENTS.
BAPTISTS.
THE SECOND BAPTISTS
THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS
THE METHODIST NEW CONNEXION
THE WELSH CALVINISTIC METHODISTS
THE PRIMITIVE METHODISTS
THE QUAKERS
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL
THE SCHOOLS
SESSIONS.
COURT OF REQUESTS.
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
TRADING COMPANIES.
THE GUILD HALL AND EXCHEQUER
THE BRIDGES.
THE OLD EAST OR STONE BRIDGE
THE ENGLISH BRIDGE,
LORD HILL’S COLUMN.
ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
ON THE NORTH SIDE.
ON THE EAST SIDE.
THE TOWN AND COUNTY GAOL
THE BUTTER AND POULTRY MARKET,
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.
BOWDLER’s, OR THE BLUE SCHOOL,
ALLATT’S SCHOOL
PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION SCHOOL.
THE LANCASTERIAN SCHOOLS
ST. MARY’S AND ST. MICHAEL’S SCHOOLS
ST. CHAD’S LADIES’ SCHOOL
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
MARKET SQUARE,
THE MERCERS’ HALL.
SHEARMEN’S HALL;
THE TOWN WALLS,
THE AUSTIN FRIARS,
THE WELSH BRIDGE
ROWLEY’S MANSION,
THE BELL STONE,
IRELAND’S MANSION,
THE HIGH CROSS,
ST. NICHOLAS’S CHAPEL,
THE COUNCIL HOUSE,
THE DRAPERS’ HALL,
JONES’S MANSION,
ANCIENT TIMBER HOUSE,
THE COLLEGE OF ST. CHAD,
VAUGHAN’S PLACE,
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.
SHROPSHIRE AND NORTH WALES NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.
THE SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY
THE NEW CHORAL SOCIETY
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTION.
NEWSPAPERS.
SHREWSBURY QUARRY.
KINGSLAND,
THE GREY OR FRANCISCAN FRIARY.
THE WATER-LANE GATE,
SHREWSBURY PARK,
HOWARD-STREET,
THE TOWN WALLS
THE THEATRE.
THE CIRCUS
THE HORSE RACES
THE ASSEMBLY ROOM
THE SHREWSBURY HUNT
ANGLING.
AQUATIC EXCURSIONS.
THE SUBURBS OF SHREWSBURY
THE WATER WORKS,
THE ROYAL BATHS,
BENBOW HOUSE,
COTON HILL,
ST. CATHARINE’s CHAPEL,
THE CASTLE FOREGATE,
COAL WHARF,
THE SUBURB OF FRANKWELL,
GLENDOWER’S OAK,
THE ABBEY FOREGATE.
MERIVALE,
THE MONASTIC REMAINS
THE WHITE HALL,
THE RACE GROUND,
SUTTON SPA,
THE SUBURB OF COLEHAM,
TRADE AND MANUFACTURES.
MARKETS.
THE FAIRS.
THE NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER
BATTLEFIELD,
BATTLEFIELD CHURCH,
GRINSHILL
HAWKSTONE,
HAUGHMOND ABBEY,
HAUGHMOND HILL,
THE VILLAGE OF UFFINGTON,
THE VILLAGE OF ALBRIGHTON,
THE VILLAGE OF MEOLE,
VILLAGE OF CONDOVER.
PITCHFORD,
ACTON BURNELL.
WROXETER.
THE WREKIN,
FOOTNOTES.