KINGSLAND,
a large tract of ground, the common property of the Burgesses, studded with small enclosures and buildings called “Arbours,” to which the several incorporated trading companies of the town annually resort in procession on the second Monday after Trinity Sunday, accompanied by bands of music, flags, devices emblematical of their crafts, and preceded by “a king” on horseback, gaily dressed with “crownlets and gauds of rare device,” either representing the monarch who granted their charters, or some principal personage of their trades. The Mayor and Corporation, attended by many of the respectable inhabitants of the place, visit the several Companies, and partake of refreshments prepared in their respective arbours:—
“Whilst the merry bells ring round,
And the jocund rebecks sound,
To many a youth and many a maid
Dancing in the chequered shade;
And young and old come forth to play
On this sunshine holiday,
Till the live-long day-light fail.”
The pageant of “Shrewsbury Show” originated, no doubt, in the procession which took place on Corpus Christi day, one of the most splendid festivals of the Romish Church. The several Companies, preceded by their Masters and Wardens, attended the Bailiffs and Corporation, who with the Abbot and dignified Ecclesiastics of the Abbey, Friaries, and Churches of the town, clad in their splendid robes, and bearing the Holy Sacrament under a rich canopy, lighted with innumerable wax tapers, proceeded in solemn order to a stone cross called the Weeping Cross, without the town. Here having bewailed their sins, and offered up petitions for a joyous harvest, they returned in the same order to St. Chad’s church, and attended the celebration of High Mass. Three days of unbounded jollity and recreation followed this magnificent festival. On the Reformation of religion this ceremonious procession was of course discontinued, and the present single day of relaxation and amusement substituted in its stead by the authorities of the place.
While on the subject of our ancient customs, we must not omit the popular one of Heaving, formerly prevalent over most of the kingdom, but latterly confined to Shropshire. Heaving is performed on Easter-Monday, by men who perambulate the streets, and call at the houses with chairs gaily adorned with ribbons and flowers, in which they sportively hold down any young woman they meet, and heaving her up three times, turn her round and set her down again. The ceremony invariably concludes with a hearty kiss, to which is often added by the more opulent of the inhabitants a small present of money. On Easter-Tuesday the young women perform the same ceremony to the men. This custom is supposed to have originated in the usage of binding persons in chairs, anciently practised on Hock Tuesday, or Binding Tuesday, designed to represent the stratagems employed by the English women to aid their husbands in massacreing the Danes on St. Brice’s day, 1002. At the Reformation, this, with many other old customs, of which the origin was imperfectly remembered, was spiritualized, and intended to represent the Resurrection of our Lord. For more particulars of the custom of Heaving we would refer the reader to Brand’s Popular Antiquities, i. 155, and Hone’s Every Day Book; in which latter excellent work there is a spirited engraving of the ceremony.
On the north side of Kingsland is
THE HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.
which crowns the steep eminence above the river, from whence a prospect of the town and environs, more pleasing and comprehensive than can be obtained from any other station, bursts upon the view.
This handsome brick building was erected in 1765, at an expense of £12,000, and used for a few years as a Foundling Hospital, until the funds becoming inadequate to the support of the charity, it was shut up in 1774. It was afterwards employed during the American War, as a prison for Dutch prisoners, until 1784, when it was purchased by the several parishes of the town, and appropriated to the use of their infirm and helpless poor, who in their declining years here find a comfortable shelter from the pitiless compassion of the world, and are supplied with the decent and wholesome necessaries of life.
Descending the eminence, we cross the river by the ferry, proceed up the Quarry, down St. John’s Hill, and passing the Talbot Buildings, re-enter the Market Square, from whence we commenced our perambulation.
And now, traveller,
our tale is told,
and in sending you onward on your way,
we would heartily bid you “good speed,”
with a sincere hope that when in after years,
amid the storms and sunshine
which checquer the great journey of life,
thy restless memory in the stillness of reflection
shall recur to the few incidents which,
like oases in the desert,
have ministered to thy happiness,
recollection may long and fondly dwell
on those pleasing hours
you spent amid
the antient walls of
Shrewsbury.
EMINENT NATIVES OF SHREWSBURY;
WITH REFERENCES TO WORKS IN WHICH THEIR BIOGRAPHIES ARE DETAILED.
“There is a history in all men’s lives.”
Shakspeare.
BIRDS
SEEN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SHREWSBURY.
“And now is Mirthe therein, to here
The birdes how they singen clere,
The manis and the nightingale,
And other jollie birdes smale.”Chaucer’s Romaunt of the Rose.
THE NAMES AND ARRANGEMENT ARE THOSE OF BEWICK.
For the foregoing list, we are indebted to the kindness of the late John F. M. Dovaston, Esq. A.M. of Westfelton, near Shrewsbury, the Friend and Biographer of Bewick; a gentleman who, with enthusiastic ardour, devoted many years of unceasing attention and observation, to an accurate investigation of the varieties and habits of the feathered tribes.
A FEW OF THE
RARER SPECIES OF PLANTS
GROWING IN A WILD STATE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF SHREWSBURY.
The Arrangement adopted is that of the Natural System, and the
Nomenclature from Babington’s Manual of British Botany.
“what skill, what force divine,
Deep felt, in these appear!”Thomson.
For more ample details of the Botany of Shrewsbury and its vicinity, the reader is referred to Leighton’s Flora of Shropshire.
INDEX.
| PAGE | |
| Abbey, [124]—founded, [124]—endowment, [126]—dissolution, [126]—present remains of, [129]—church, [129]—western window, [130]—armorial bearings in, [131]—tower, [131]—altar screen, [134]—font, [135]—north porch, [135]—tombs in, [136]—patronage of the living, [128]—descent of the abbatial property, [127]—church estate | [128] |
| Abbey-foregate | [155] |
| Abbots of Shrewsbury attended Parliaments | [124] |
| Abbot’s lodging | [143] |
| Acton Burnell, Parliament of, [126]—Statute of | [126] |
| Agricultural Shows | [51] |
| Aldermen | [8] |
| Alkmund’s, St. church, [94]—old church, [96]—new church | [97] |
| Allatt, Mr. John, monument to | [103] |
| —’s Charity school | [118] |
| Almond Park | [53] |
| Almshouses, St. Mary’s | [83] |
| — St. Chad’s | [113] |
| — St. Giles’s | [153] |
| — Evans’s, (Meole) | [157] |
| Anderson’s tomb | [82] |
| Antiquities in Free School Library | [46] |
| “Arbours” | [176] |
| Ashton, Thomas, first head master of Free School | [27] |
| Atcham village, church, and bridge | [154] |
| Attingham Hall | [154] |
| Bailiffs | [8] |
| Baptists’ Meeting-house | [168] |
| Barker Street | [168] |
| Barker, Thomas, birth-place of | [157] |
| —’s Delight, or the Art of Angling | [157] |
| Baths, Royal | [52] |
| Battlefield, [56]—college and church, [56]—monument in | [56] |
| Battle of Shrewsbury, [61], [175]—execution of prisoners, [17]—interments of slain, [61] | [162] |
| Beechey’s, Sir William, portrait of Lord Hill | [7] |
| Bell Stone Mansion | [169] |
| Belle Vue | [157] |
| Belmont | [113] |
| Benbow Place | [52] |
| — Admiral, birth-place of | [52] |
| — monument to | [78] |
| — portrait of | [7] |
| Bennette’s Halle | [15] |
| Bernard, St. life of, stained glass | [74] |
| Berwick house, chapel, and hospital | [53] |
| Bevan’s “Records of the Salop Infirmary” | [86] |
| Billiard Room | [13] |
| Birds | [186] |
| Bishopric of Shrewsbury | [127] |
| Blakeway, Rev. J. B. monument to | [72] |
| Blase St. Chapel of | [117] |
| Blue School | [121] |
| “Boards” of Shrewsbury School | [33] |
| Bomere Pool | [157] |
| Boucher, John, Bishop of Shrewsbury | [127] |
| Bowdler’s Charity School | [121] |
| Brick building first erected in Shrewsbury | [170] |
| Bridge, English or Stone | [121] |
| — old | [122] |
| — Welsh | [171] |
| — old, or St. George’s, [11] | [171] |
| — Railway, [47], [52], [53], [59] | [123] |
| British fortress, remains of, [23]—princes, palace of | [110] |
| Britons, first inhabited by | [104] |
| Broadwell | [52] |
| Brown School | [123] |
| Butler, Bishop, [32]—armorial bearings | [71] |
| — statue to | [81] |
| — portrait of | [46] |
| Butcher Row, [16] | [99] |
| Butter Cross, old, [16]—new | [16] |
| Cadman’s monument | [82] |
| Canal, Shrewsbury and Ellesmere | [57] |
| Carline’s, Mr. John, skill in Gothic architecture, [67], [73] | [134] |
| Catherine’s, St., Chapel | [76] |
| Castle Street | [18] |
| Castle [23]—situation of, [23]—founded by Roger de Montgomery, [25]—gateway of, [21]—keep, [23]—rebuilt by Edward I., [26]—besieged in the civil wars | [26] |
| — Gates, [11], [47]—Foregate | [54] |
| Cemetery, Abbey | [129] |
| Cemetery, Dissenters’ | [157] |
| Chad’s, Saint, Church, remains of old, [107]—burnt, [111]—fall of, [109]—collegiate establishment | [110] |
| — New Church, [162]—College | [112] |
| — Almshouses, [113]—figure of | [167] |
| Chantry Chapels in St. Mary’s church, [70] | [76] |
| Charles I. portrait of, [14]—lodged at the Council House, [21]—received Sacrament at St. Mary’s, [64]—addresses army | [146] |
| Charles II. portrait of | [7] |
| Charlotte, Queen of George III, portrait of | [7] |
| Charlton Hall | [168] |
| Charleton, Lords of Powis, [75] | [168] |
| Charters | [8] |
| Cholera | [153] |
| Christ Church, Oxon. | [177] |
| Church Street | [93] |
| Church of England Literary and Scientific Institute | [90] |
| Circus | [170] |
| Clive, Lord, portrait of | [89] |
| Coal Depôt of Railway | [50] |
| — — Shropshire, and Staffordshire | [50] |
| — — Welsh | [50] |
| — wharfs | [57] |
| Coleham | [155] |
| College Hill | [114] |
| Column, Lord Hill’s | [146] |
| Corbet Monument in Battlefield Church | [56] |
| Corn Market | [11] |
| Corporation | [8] |
| Corpus Christi procession | [176] |
| Coton Hill | [53] |
| Council House, [20]—gateway, [19]—hall and great chamber | [20] |
| — of the Marches of Wales | [20] |
| Councilmen | [8] |
| County Goal | [57] |
| Courts of Assize | [6] |
| Cross, High, [17]—Street | [54] |
| Crucifixion, sculpture of | [142] |
| “Dana,” the | [59] |
| David, last British Prince of Wales, trial of | [126] |
| — execution of | [17] |
| Depôt, the | [154] |
| Dingle | [160] |
| Dogpole | [91] |
| Dominican, or Black Friars | [60] |
| Dormitory, Monks’ | [141] |
| Douglas, Earl, death of | [57] |
| Drapers’ Company | [85] |
| — Hall, [85]—curious apartment in, [85]—portraits in | [85] |
| Dry Dingle, remains of amphitheatre in | [161] |
| Durer, Albert, stained glass by | [74] |
| Ebenezer Meeting-house | [119] |
| Edward I., keep of the Castle erected by | [24] |
| — rebuilds Castle | [24] |
| Edward III., statue of | [131] |
| Edward IV., portrait of | [85] |
| — occasional residence of | [60] |
| — Queen of | [61] |
| Edward VI., portrait of | [46] |
| Eleanor’s (Queen) Bower | [57] |
| Elizabeth, Queen, armorial bearings of | [10] |
| Evans’s Almshouses | [157] |
| Evans, Mr. D., skill in glass staining, [55], [71], [79], [134], [149], [164] | [174] |
| Evans, R. Esq., portrait of Admiral Owen | [7] |
| Exchequer | [5] |
| Fairs for Cattle [11], [51],—Horses | [52] |
| Farm yard, existence of an ancient | [5] |
| Farquhar, George | [18] |
| Flora of Shropshire | [191] |
| Fonts, in St. Mary’s church, [76]—Abbey, [135]—St. Giles, [163]—St. Chad’s | [165] |
| Foundation of Shrewsbury by the Britons | [2] |
| Frankwell, suburb of, [172]—sweating sickness in | [172] |
| Freehold Land Society | [57] |
| Free Schools, [26]—endowment and revenues, [27], [28]—scholarships and exhibitions, [29]—masters, [31]—instruction, [31]—school rooms, [43]—chapel, [44]—library, [45]—eminent men educated at, [31], [45]—“boards” of, [33]—gateway | [43] |
| Friars, Austin, [161]—Dominican, [60]—Franciscan or Grey | [158] |
| Gas-works | [57] |
| Gates of the Town—Waterlane, [60]—Castle Gates, [11] | [47] |
| Gateway of the Castle, [22]—Council House | [19] |
| “Genealogy of Christ from Jesse,” stained glass | [74] |
| George’s, St. Church, [173]—stained glass in | [174] |
| George I., portrait of | [7] |
| George II., portrait of, [7]—III., portrait of | [7] |
| Giles’s, St. Church, [148]—stained glass in, [149]—tombs in, [150]—font, [150]—cross, [152]—restoration | [151] |
| — Hospital, endowment of, [153]—appointment of master | [153] |
| Glass, stained, in St. Michael’s Church, [60]—in St. Mary’s Church, [69], [71], [74], [75], [77], [79], [82]—in St. Alkmund’s Church, [97]—in St. Julian’s Church, [102]—in Abbey Church, [132], [133]—in St. Giles’s Church, [149]—in Trinity Church, [157]—in St. Chad’s Church, [164]—in St. George’s Church, [174]—in Free School Library | [45] |
| Goods Depôt of Railway | [57] |
| Government, local | [8] |
| Government School of Art and Design | [117] |
| Guesten Hall of Abbey | [143] |
| Guild Hall, ancient | [4] |
| — merchant | [8] |
| — House of the Fraternity of the Holy Cross | [99] |
| — of St. Wenefrede, [125]—Ditto of B. V. Mary | [105] |
| Hazledine, Wm., bust of | [166] |
| Haughmond Hill, [57]—Abbey, [57]—origin of the name | [57] |
| — Abbots of, town house of | [169] |
| Head masters of Free Schools, portraits of | [46] |
| Heaving, custom of | [179] |
| Henry I., privilege conferred by | [8] |
| — II., first charter granted by | [8] |
| — III., guild merchant recognized by charter of | [8] |
| — VII., house in which he lodged | [104] |
| — VIII., portrait of | [46] |
| High Street | [14] |
| Hill, Lord, portrait of, [7], [89]—Column in honour of | [146] |
| Hill, Sir Rowland, Bart., portrait of | [89] |
| Hill’s Lane | [169] |
| — Mansion | [170] |
| History of Shrewsbury | [3] |
| Holy Cross, Church of the | [129] |
| Hospital for lepers, [162] | [167] |
| Hospital of the Holy Cross | [143] |
| House of Industry | [180] |
| Howard Street | [57] |
| — Bust of, by Bacon | [58] |
| Independent Meeting-house, [47], [118] | [168] |
| Infirmary, Salop, [86]—view from terrace of, [89]—Monks’ | [140] |
| Inscription on Blakeway’s Monument | [73] |
| Inscription on Bishop Butler’s do. [81]—on Wigram’s do. | [80] |
| — on Benbow’s ditto | [78] |
| Ireland’s Mansion, [14]—family, armorial bearings of | [15] |
| James II. kept his Court at Council House | [21] |
| John’s, St. Hill | [167] |
| — or Wesleyan Methodist Meeting-house | [167] |
| Jones’s Mansion | [90] |
| — Lord Chief Justice, [90]—monument of | [98] |
| Jones, Thomas, Esq., first Mayor of Shrewsbury | [90] |
| Judges’ Lodgings | [114] |
| Julian’s, St., Church, [100]—stained glass in, [102]—tombs in | [103] |
| Juliana, St., ancient sculpture of | [102] |
| Kingsland | [176] |
| Keep of the Castle | [24] |
| Kennedy, Rev. B. H., D.D. | [32] |
| Knights of the Shire, ceremony relative to | [25] |
| Laura’s Tower | [24] |
| Lawrence, Mr. Robert, monument to | [103] |
| Leaton Shelf | [53] |
| Lepers, Hospital of | [153] |
| Leybourne Chapel, [78]—Monument | [79] |
| Lilleshall Abbey | [96] |
| Llewellyn, Prince of Wales | [64] |
| Longner Hall | [155] |
| Lunatic Asylum | [177] |
| Magistrates | [8] |
| Manufactures of Shrewsbury | [2] |
| Manufactory of Linen Thread | [57] |
| Mardol | [169] |
| Market Square, [9]—antique appearance of | [9] |
| — House, [9]—Cattle, [51]—Corn, [11]—General, [11]—New Butter and Cheese, [57]—Vegetable | [9] |
| Mary, Queen, accession, [92]—President of Marches,—[92] armorial bearings | [92] |
| Mary’s, Saint, Church, [62]—collegiate buildings, [17]—Royal Peculiar, [63]—patronage, [63]—extent of parish, [64]—architecture of, [64]—dimensions, [65]—tower and spire, [65]—porches, [66]—nave, [66]—organ screen, [67]—carved wooden ceiling, [67]—ancient choir, [70]—stone pulpit, [70]—triple lancet window, [74]—transept, [70]—stained glass in, [69], [71], [74], [76], [77], [79], [82], [89]—font, [76]—monuments, [71], [77], [79], [80], [82]—chancel, [73]—chantry chapels, [73] | [77] |
| Mary’s, St., Almshouses, [83]—Turnstile | [89] |
| Mayor | [8] |
| Mechanics’ Institute | [11] |
| Meole Brace Village, [157]—Bridge, [157]—Brook | [157] |
| Mercer’s Company | [113] |
| Mercers’ Hall | [113] |
| Merivale | [123] |
| Methodists’, Wesleyan, Meeting-house, [57] | [167] |
| — Calvinist, Meeting-house | [168] |
| Michael’s, St., Chapel in the Castle | [25] |
| Michael’s, St., Church, [54]—stained glass in | [55] |
| — schools | [55] |
| Millington’s Hospital | [175] |
| Monk’s Dormitory | [141] |
| — Infirmary | [140] |
| Montgomery, Roger de, statue of | [24] |
| — founder of the castle | [25] |
| Monuments in St. Mary’s church, [71], [72], [77], [78], [79], [80] | [82] |
| — St. Julian’s church, [103]—St. Chad’s church | [165] |
| — St. Alkmund’s church, [98]—Abbey church | [136] |
| Murivance | [119] |
| Museum of the Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian Society | [115] |
| Music Hall | [13] |
| Mysteries, or Miracle Plays | [161] |
| Mytton, family of | [114] |
| Name, Saxon, of Shrewsbury | [2] |
| Natives, eminent | [182] |
| Natural History and Antiquarian Society | [115] |
| News Room | [13] |
| Nicholas, St., Chapel of | [18] |
| Norman Earls of Shrewsbury | [8] |
| — fortress, remains of | [21] |
| “Olde House,” [91]—ancient paintings in | [91] |
| — inscription in | [92] |
| Ordericus Vitalis | [154] |
| Organs in Music Hall, [13]—St. Mary’s Church, [68]—St. Michael’s, [55]—St. Alkmund’s, [97]—St. Julian’s, [102]—Abbey, [152]—Trinity, [157]—St. George’s, [174]—St. Chad’s | [165] |
| Organ Screen in St. Mary’s Church | [67] |
| Owen, Admiral, portrait of | [7] |
| — Archdeacon, Monument of | [103] |
| Owens of Condover | [20] |
| Paintings at Sundorne Castle | [56] |
| Palace of the British Princes | [110] |
| Parliament of Shrewsbury, called the Great | [126] |
| — Edward I., 1283, held in the Abbey | [126] |
| Pavement, High | [17] |
| Percy, Earl of Worcester, corpse of | [79] |
| Persons eminent, educated at the Free Schools, [31] | [33] |
| “Pest-basin” | [152] |
| Plague, visitations of | [152] |
| Plantagenet, Geo., son of Edward IV. | [61] |
| Plants, wild | [191] |
| Platforms, Railway | [49] |
| Police Station | [13] |
| Population of Shrewsbury | [2] |
| Portraits in Free School Library | [46] |
| — at the Infirmary, [97]—Town Hall | [7] |
| Post Office Old | [106] |
| Post Office | [13] |
| Poultry Market | [16] |
| Pride Hill | [17] |
| — family of, [17]—mansion [17] | [17] |
| Prince, Richard, Esq. | [145] |
| Prisoners at Battle of Shrewsbury | [17] |
| Prison Charities | [58] |
| “Proud Salopians,” origin of the term | [127] |
| Public Rooms | [12] |
| Pulpit, Stone, in the Abbey Refectory | [141] |
| Quakers’ Meeting-house | [167] |
| Quarry, the | [159] |
| Quays | [170] |
| “Queen Eleanor’s Bower” | [57] |
| Race Course | [146] |
| Railway, Shrewsbury and Birmingham | [51] |
| Railway, Shrewsbury and Chester | [51] |
| — Shrewsbury and Hereford | [51] |
| — Bridge, [47], [52], [53], [59], [123]—Viaduct, [59]—Station | [47] |
| — Platforms, [49]—Goods, &c. Depôt | [50] |
| Raven Inn | [18] |
| Raven Meadow | [51] |
| “Recruiting Officer,” Comedy of | [18] |
| Reformation of Religion | [111] |
| Richard, Duke of York, Statue of | [10] |
| Roger de Montgomery, Statue of | [24] |
| Roman Antiquities in Free Schools Library | [46] |
| — Catholic Meeting-house | [120] |
| Roushill Walls | [120] |
| Rowland, Rev. W. G., pious munificence of, [55], [67] | [151] |
| Rowley’s Mansion, [170]—Memorial, [70] | [71] |
| Rupert, Prince | [90] |
| Sandemanians, or Scotch Baptists’, Meeting-House | [168] |
| Scott, Rev. R., pious munificence of, [103], [134], [139], [152], [157], [164] | [174] |
| — monuments to, [98], [139] | [166] |
| Seal of Churchwardens of Abbey | [128] |
| Severn, [1] | [157] |
| “Sextry,” the | [112] |
| Sharpstones Hill | [157] |
| Shearman’s Hall, [105]—Company | [105] |
| Shelton Oak, [177]—Shelton | [177] |
| Sherar’s Mansion, [121]—“Shermen’s Tree,” the | [105] |
| Shoplatch | [169] |
| Shrewsbury, situation of, [1]—Saxon name of, [2]—population, [2]—manufactures, [2]—foundation, [3]—history, [3]—siege, [6]—intended to be made a bishopric | [127] |
| — Show | [178] |
| — Richard, Duke of York | [61] |
| Shutt Place | [169] |
| Sidney, Sir Henry | [112] |
| Simpson, Mr., bust of | [166] |
| Smith, Mr. S. Pountney, skill in Ecclesiastical Architecture, [66] | [70] |
| Smithfield | [51] |
| “Soldier’s Piece” | [146] |
| Spire of St. Mary’s Church | [66] |
| — St. Alkmund’s Ditto | [97] |
| Stamp Office | [13] |
| Station, Railway | [47] |
| Street Act Office | [13] |
| Suffragan Bishops | [127] |
| Sundorne Castle, [56]—paintings in | [56] |
| Sutton Spa | [153] |
| Swan Hill | [118] |
| Sweating Sickness, [152] | [172] |
| Talbot Buildings | [13] |
| Tankerville Place | [144] |
| Taylor, Dr. John | [27] |
| Theatre | [168] |
| Thomas Lewis, Suffragan Bishop of Salop | [127] |
| Thorpe, Master William | [111] |
| Timber Houses, ancient, [9], [16], [19], [99], [104], [106] | [123] |
| Tomb of Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, [79]—Earl Roger de Montgomery, [136]—a Judge, [136]—a Priest, [137]—Sir Walter de Dunstanville, [137]—a Hermit, [137]—Charlton family, [137]—Onslow family, [138]—Jones’s family, [138]—Edwardes’s family, [139]—Alderman Lloyd, [139]—Rev. R. Scott, [139]—Masters of St. Giles’s Hospital, [150]—“Confessor Burton,” [155]—Lady Hawise Charleton | [159] |
| Tower on Town Walls | [119] |
| Town, armorial bearings of | [11] |
| Town Walls, remains and former extent of | [120] |
| — Hall, [4]—old, [5]—new | [6] |
| Trade in Welsh woollen cloths | [86] |
| Trinity Church | [156] |
| Trinity aisle | [78] |
| Unitarian Meeting-house | [168] |
| Uriconium, [2] | [155] |
| Vaughan’s Mansion, [14] | [114] |
| Vegetable Market | [9] |
| Viaduct, Railway | [59] |
| View from Terrace of Infirmary | [89] |
| View from Coton Hill Railway Bridge | [53] |
| Vineyard, Abbots’ | [61] |
| Walls, Town, remains of | [120] |
| Walnut Tree at White Hall | [144] |
| Wards | [8] |
| Water works | [52] |
| Water-lane | [60] |
| Water-lane Gateway | [60] |
| Watur, Degory, [83]—portrait of | [85] |
| Weeping Cross, [135] | [177] |
| Wenefrede, St., [125]—translation of, [125], [149]—chantry | [135] |
| White Hall | [144] |
| White Hall Place | [144] |
| William III., portrait of | [7] |
| Wrekin | [156] |
| Wroxeter, [3], [155]—church, [155]—tombs in | [156] |
| Wyle, top of the | [104] |
| — Cop | [104] |
THE END.
Printed by John Davies, High Street, Shrewsbury.
STREETS. []
Names.
Principal Objects in.
Abbey Foregate—Abbey Church, [129]—Reader’s Pulpit, [141]—Hospital of Holy Cross, [143]—White Hall, [144]—Lord Hill’s Column, [146]—St. Giles’s Church, [148]—Depôt, [154]
Barker Street—Austin Friars, [161]—Bell Stone Mansion, [169]
Belmont—Old St. Chad’s Church, [107]
Butcher Row—Timber Mansion, [16], [99]
Castle Street—Raven Inn, [18]—St. Nicholas’s Chapel, [18]—Council House, [19]—Castle, [21]—Free Schools, [26]
Castle Gate—Railway Station, [47]—Smithfield, [51]
Castle Foregate—St. Michael’s Church, [54]—Linen Manufactory, [57]
Church Street—St. Alkmund’s Church, [94]
Coleham—Trinity Church, [156]
College Hill—Vaughan’s Mansion, [114]—Museum, [115]—School of Art, [117]
Coton Hill—Water Works, [52]—Benbow Place, [52]
Dogpole—St. Mary’s Almshouses, [83]—Jones’s Mansion, [90]—Church Institute, [90]—“Olde House,” [91]
Frankwell—St. George’s Church, [173]—Millington’s Hospital, [175]
High Street—Ireland’s Mansion, [14]—Old Post Office, [106]—Shearman’s Hall, [105]—Unitarian Meeting-House, [168]
Hill’s Lane—Rowley’s Mansion, [170]
Howard Street—Cheese and Butter Market Hall, [57]
St. John’s Hill—St. John’s Wesleyan Methodist Meeting-House, [167]—Quakers’ Meeting-House, [167]—Charleton Mansion, [168]—Theatre, [168]
Mardol—Welsh Bridge, [171]
Market Square—Market Hall, [9]—Town Hall, [4]—Mechanics’ Institution, [11]—News Room, [13]—Police Station, [13]—Public Rooms, [12]—Post Office, [13]—Music Hall, [13]
St. Mary’s Place—St. Mary’s Church, [62]—Drapers’ Hall, [85]—Infirmary, [86]
Merivale—Brown School, [123]
Murivance—Allatt’s School, [118]—Ebenezer Meeting-House, [119]—Tower on Town Walls, [119]—Roman Catholic Meeting-House, [120]—Bowdler’s School, [121]
Pride Hill—“Bennette’s Halle,” [15]—Butter Cross, [16]
Quarry Terrace—St. Chad’s Church, [162]
Shoplatch—Abbot of Haughmond’s Mansion, [169]
Swan Hill—Independent Meeting-House, [118]
Wyle Cop—St. Julian’s Church, [100]—English Bridge, [121]
The Shrewsbury Guide Advertiser.
August, 1855.
W. WOOLRICH’S
COMMERCIAL DINING AND GENERAL
Refreshment Rooms,
WITHIN TWO MINUTES WALK OF THE RAILWAY STATION,
On the same side at the Royal Free Grammar School,
CASTLE STREET, SHREWSBURY.
The above Establishment possesses all the advantages, comforts and convenience of an Inn and General Boarding House, rendering every accommodation and great facility to commercial travellers and visitors, being situate at equal distances between the Market and Railway Station, in the immediate vicinity of the Castle, the Grammar School, and St. Mary’s Church, three of the principal ornaments of the town.
→ AN ORDINARY EVERY DAY AT ONE O’CLOCK.
Prime Shropshire Ale.—Well-aired Beds.
T. HARRIS,
Wholesale and Retail Confectioner,
Corner of the School Lane, Castle Street, Shrewsbury,
Manufacturer of the celebrated Shrewsbury Cakes, Bride Cakes,
and every kind of Biscuits and Confectionery.
Dealer in British Wines, Fruits, Potted Meat, &c. &c.
A comfortable Private Room is kept to accommodate visitors wishing
to sit down and partake of any of the above articles.
LONDON HOUSE,
General Stay & Bonnet Establishment.
HERBERT’S
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
LINEN AND WOOLLEN DRAPERY,
Silk Mercery, Hosiery, Haberdashery,
AND
GLOVE ESTABLISHMENT,
PRIDE HILL, SHREWSBURY.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
MANTLES, MILLINERY, BABY LINEN,
STRAW BONNETS AND STAYS.
—o—
Gloves, Ribbons, Flowers, Blonds, Lace, and every other article
in the Drapery and Millinery Trade.
—o—
UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS IN GREAT VARIETY.
A great variety of Widows’ Caps always on hand.
Funerals completely Furnished, Family Mourning, &c.
SAMUEL HULME,
HAIR CUTTER & PERFUMER,
HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY,
Begs to inform the Nobility and Public in general, that he has on hand an assortment of all kinds of Archery from the first manufacturers in London, also Cricket Bats, Balls, and Wickets; Umbrellas, Oiled Silks and Bathing Caps; Combs of all kinds, Hair, Tooth, Cloth, and Nail Brushes, Turkey and Honey-Comb Sponges; Ornamental Hair, of the newest fashion; Toys, Writing Desks, Work Boxes, and genuine Perfumery.
Only Agent in Salop for the improved TURKISH HAIR DYE.
The whole of the Stock is now Selling Off at Reduced Prices.
S. H. returns thanks for past favours.
CABINET, UPHOLSTERY, & PAPER HANGING
ESTABLISHMENT,
9, HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY,
LATELY OCCUPIED BY MESSRS. T. & S. POOLE.
HENRY PROBERT,
PROPRIETOR,
Paper Hangings of the newest London and Parisian
Designs, at moderate charges.
Experienced Hands sent to any part of Town or Country.
Chairs, Sofas, Dining and Loo Tables, Feather Beds, Mattresses,
Patent Floor Cloths, Rugs, Mats, Matting, &c.
Furniture and Cabinet Work of first-rate quality, and every
Article connected with the Trade.
HENRY ATKIN,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT,
HIGH STREET, SHREWSBURY,
Sole Agent for the sale of
ALLSOPP’S EAST INDIA, PALE, AND
OTHER BURTON ALES,
REID & Co’s SUPERIOR LONDON STOUT
PORTERS, AND
GUINNESS, SONS & Co.’s DUBLIN STOUT,
In Wood and Bottle, Wholesale and Retail.
Bull’s Head Commercial Inn, & Posting House,
CASTLE GATES, SHREWSBURY.
ROBERT GLOVER
Respectfully invites the attention of Commercial Gentlemen, Farmers, Dealers and others, to the above old established Inn, where they will find superior accommodation combined with moderate charges.
Post Horses, Flys, Gigs, &c. on the shortest notice.
Good Stabling. Lock-up Coach Houses. Well-aired Beds.
An Ordinary every Saturday at One o’clock.
Observe—BULL’S HEAD INN, adjoining the Railway Station, within
One Minutes walk of the Cattle Market.