HISTORICAL GUIDE THROUGH THE TOWN.
The objects of historical interest in Shrewsbury are most numerous. We come upon them in every street. We meet them at every corner. We hear the voices of the past everywhere about us. We find ourselves associated with something that had a beginning in centuries gone by—something that has stood the storms of ages and been spared in the disturbances of the centuries—something that is rich in memories of old—something connected with circumstances or events which, if we only thought of them, would furnish us with lessons in stones, and make our daily travelling of the streets an entertainment. Shrewsbury, of course, is not, in this respect, an exceptional town; but it is wealthy beyond most others. We cannot notice at elaborate length the remaining
“Memorials and things of fame
That do renown this city;”
but let us rapidly run over the town in as straight a course as its divergent streets permit.
Starting from the Railway Station we see