Memorials of Shrewsbury

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Author

Pidgeon, Henry

Title

Memorials of Shrewsbury being a concise description of the town and its environs, adapted as a general guide for the information of visitors and residents

Credits

Transcribed from the 1837 John Eddowes edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Shrewsbury (England) -- Guidebooks

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 62621

Release Date

July 12, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MEMORIALS OF SHREWSBURY:
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS,
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.SITUATION.
6. 6.ETYMOLOGY.
7. 7.ANCIENT HISTORY.
8. 8.THE CASTLE. — THE INTERIOR GATEWAY,
9. 9.THE FEUDAL STATE
10. 10.PRESENT STATE.
11. 11.POPULATION.
12. 12.ECCLESIASTICAL BUILDINGS. — THE OLD CHURCH OF ST. CHAD. — THE NEW CHURCH OF SAINT CHAD — ST. MARY’S CHURCH — THE INTERIOR — THE NORTH TRANSEPT — MONUMENT TO THE LATE REV. J. B. BLAKEWAY; — SOUTH TRANSEPT. — TRINITY CHAPEL, — SAINT ALKMUND’S CHURCH — SAINT JULIAN’S CHURCH. — THE PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL WITHIN THE CASTLE. — THE ABBEY CHURCH. — THE INTERIOR — MONUMENTS—SOUTH AISLE. — NORTH AISLE. — SAINT GILES’S CHURCH. — THE INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH — SAINT MICHAEL’S CHURCH — SAINT GEORGES CHURCH. — THE INTERIOR — TRINITY CHURCH.
13. 13.DISSENTING MEETING HOUSES. — THE INDEPENDENTS. — BAPTISTS. — THE SECOND BAPTISTS — THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS — THE METHODIST NEW CONNEXION — THE WELSH CALVINISTIC METHODISTS — THE PRIMITIVE METHODISTS — THE QUAKERS — THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL
14. 14.ROYAL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
15. 15.THE SCHOOLS
16. 16.LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CHARTERS, &c.
17. 17.SESSIONS.
18. 18.COURT OF RECORD.
19. 19.COURT OF REQUESTS.
20. 20.MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
21. 21.TRADING COMPANIES.
22. 22.SHREWSBURY SHOW.
23. 23.THE COUNTY HALL.
24. 24.THE GUILD HALL AND EXCHEQUER
25. 25.THE MARKET HOUSE
26. 26.THE BRIDGES.
27. 27.THE OLD WELSH BRIDGE
28. 28.THE OLD EAST OR STONE BRIDGE
29. 29.THE ENGLISH BRIDGE,
30. 30.LORD HILL’S COLUMN. — ON THE SOUTH SIDE. — ON THE NORTH SIDE. — ON THE EAST SIDE.
31. 31.THE TOWN AND COUNTY GAOL
32. 32.THE BUTTER AND POULTRY MARKET,
33. 33.THE CIRCUS BUTTER & CHEESE MARKET,
34. 34.THE NEW BUTTER AND CHEESE MARKET
35. 35.THE SALOP INFIRMARY.
36. 36.EYE AND EAR DISPENSARY.
37. 37.ST. GILES’S HOSPITAL,
38. 38.ST JOHN’S HOSPITAL,
39. 39.THE DRAPERS’ ALMSHOUSES.
40. 40.ST. CHAD’S ALMSHOUSES
41. 41.HOUSE OF INDUSTRY.
42. 42.HUMANE SOCIETY.
43. 43.THE PRISON CHARITIES
44. 44.THE PAROCHIAL CHARITIES
45. 45.THE TOWN CHARITIES
46. 46.CHARITY SCHOOLS. — BOWDLER’s, OR THE BLUE SCHOOL, — MILLINGTON’s SCHOOL & HOSPITAL. — ALLATT’S SCHOOL — PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION SCHOOL. — THE LANCASTERIAN SCHOOLS — ST. MARY’S AND ST. MICHAEL’S SCHOOLS — ST. CHAD’S LADIES’ SCHOOL — INFANT SCHOOLS — SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
47. 47.A WALK WITHIN THE WALLS. — MARKET SQUARE, — THE MERCERS’ HALL. — SHEARMEN’S HALL; — THE TOWN WALLS, — THE AUSTIN FRIARS, — THE WELSH BRIDGE — ROWLEY’S MANSION, — THE BELL STONE, — IRELAND’S MANSION, — THE HIGH CROSS, — ST. NICHOLAS’S CHAPEL, — THE COUNCIL HOUSE, — THE DRAPERS’ HALL, — JONES’S MANSION, — ANCIENT TIMBER HOUSE, — THE JUDGES’ HOUSE, — THE COLLEGE OF ST. CHAD, — VAUGHAN’S PLACE,
48. 48.LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. — SHROPSHIRE AND NORTH WALES NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. — THE SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY — THE NEW CHORAL SOCIETY — THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY — MECHANICS’ INSTITUTION. — NEWSPAPERS.
49. 49.WALK WITHOUT THE WALLS. — SHREWSBURY QUARRY. — KINGSLAND, — THE GREY OR FRANCISCAN FRIARY. — THE DOMINICAN FRIARY, — THE WATER-LANE GATE, — SHREWSBURY PARK, — HOWARD-STREET, — THE TOWN WALLS
50. 50.RECREATIVE. — THE THEATRE. — THE CIRCUS — THE HORSE RACES — THE ASSEMBLY ROOM — THE SHREWSBURY HUNT — ANGLING. — AQUATIC EXCURSIONS. — THE SUBURBS OF SHREWSBURY — THE WATER WORKS, — THE ROYAL BATHS, — BENBOW HOUSE, — COTON HILL, — ST. CATHARINE’s CHAPEL, — THE CASTLE FOREGATE, — COAL WHARF, — THE SUBURB OF FRANKWELL, — GLENDOWER’S OAK, — THE ABBEY FOREGATE. — MERIVALE, — THE MONASTIC REMAINS — STONE PULPIT, — THE WHITE HALL, — THE RACE GROUND, — SUTTON SPA, — THE SUBURB OF COLEHAM,
51. 51.TRADE AND MANUFACTURES.
52. 52.MARKETS.
53. 53.THE FAIRS.
54. 54.THE SEVERN. — THE NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER
55. 55.THE ENVIRONS OF SHREWSBURY — BATTLEFIELD, — BATTLEFIELD CHURCH, — GRINSHILL — HAWKSTONE, — HAUGHMOND ABBEY, — HAUGHMOND HILL, — THE VILLAGE OF UFFINGTON, — THE VILLAGE OF ALBRIGHTON, — THE VILLAGE OF MEOLE, — VILLAGE OF CONDOVER. — PITCHFORD, — ACTON BURNELL. — THE VILLAGE OF ATCHAM, — WROXETER. — THE WREKIN,
56. 56.ADDITIONS.
57. 57.ERRATA. [227]
58. 58.FOOTNOTES.

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