Historical and Descriptive Guide Through Shrewsbury

by S. F. Williams

CLAREMONT HILL,

anciently Claro Monte. On the top of it there was in the days of old, a gate, as an entrance to the town, which was often called Gatepoll, from poll, an obsolete word for summit, Claremont Hill being the highest part of the town walls.

The long narrow street in a direct line from Bellstone is