A guide, descriptive and historical, through the Town of Shrewsbury

by W. A. Leighton

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]