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
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.
August , 1855.
W. A. Leighton
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THE TOWN HALL.
THE MARKET HOUSE,
MECHANICS’ INSTITUTION,
THE PUBLIC ROOMS,
“BENNETTE’S HALLE,”
DOUBLE BUTCHER ROW,
THE BUTTER CROSS,
ST. NICHOLAS’S CHAPEL
GATEWAY OF THE COUNCIL HOUSE,
THE COUNCIL HOUSE,
THE GATEWAY OF THE CASTLE,
THE ROYAL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF KING EDWARD VI.
THE INDEPENDENT MEETING-HOUSE,
A BRIDGE
THE STATION
SMITHFIELD, OR CATTLE MARKET,
RAILWAY BRIDGE
THE SHREWSBURY WATER-WORKS,
THE ROYAL BATHS,
BENBOW PLACE,
RAILWAY BRIDGES,
ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH,
THE COUNTY GAOL,
BRIDGE
“THE DANA”
RAILWAY VIADUCT
THE WATERLANE GATEWAY,
THE DOMINICAN, OR BLACK, FRIARS,
THE REV. J. B. BLAKEWAY,
ST. MARY’S ALMSHOUSES,
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE,
“THE OLDE HOUSE,”
THE GUILD HOUSE OF THE FRATERNITY OF THE HOLY CROSS,
ST. JULIAN’S CHURCH.
OLD TIMBER HOUSE,
SHEARMANS’, OR CLOTHWORKERS’ HALL,
THE OLD POST-OFFICE,
OLD ST. CHAD’S CHURCH,
THE COLLEGE OF ST. CHAD
THE MERCERS’ HALL,
ST. CHAD’S ALMSHOUSES,
THE JUDGES’ LODGINGS,
VAUGHAN’S PLACE,
THE MUSEUM
THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN,
THE INDEPENDENT MEETING-HOUSE,
ALLATT’S CHARITY SCHOOL,
EBENEZER MEETING-HOUSE,
TOWER ON THE TOWN WALLS,
THE TOWN WALLS,
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC MEETING-HOUSE,
BOWDLER’S CHARITY SCHOOL
THE ENGLISH, OR STONE BRIDGE.
MERIVALE,
THE PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION CHARITY SCHOOL,
IRON BRIDGE,
THE ABBEY OF ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL.
THE MONK’S INFIRMARY,
THE READER’S PULPIT,
HOSPITAL OF THE HOLY CROSS,
THE RACE COURSE,
ST. GILES’S CHURCH,
A DEPÔT
THE QUARRY,
THE AUSTIN FRIARS,
THE QUAKERS’ MEETING-HOUSE,
ST. JOHN’S, OR THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS’ MEETING-HOUSE,
THE THEATRE,
THE CIRCUS,
ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH.
MILLINGTON’S HOSPITAL,
KINGSLAND,
The late J. F. M. Dovaston, Esq. M.A.
JOHN CALCOTT,
SHROPSHIRE HAT MANUFACTORY,
MR. THOMAS EDWARDS,
MR. C. J. ARBLASTER,
REDMAYNE AND CO.
R. STEPHENS,
E. ROBERTS,
F. H. WORTH,
LONDON HAT WAREHOUSE.
Samuel Butler, D.D. Bp. of Lichfield.
Just Published, Price 6d.
Twenty-one Views in Shrewsbury.
C. PHILPOTT,
ENGLISH BRIDGE, SHREWSBURY.
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