A guide, descriptive and historical, through the Town of ShrewsburyLeighton, W. A. (William Allport)
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A guide, descriptive and historical, through the Town of Shrewsbury
Leighton, W. A. (William Allport)
Shrewsbury (England) -- Guidebooks
Chad’s
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, 43
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
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, 151
150—font, 150—cross, 152—restoration
— Hospital, endowment of, 153—appointment of master 153
Glass, stained, in St. Michael’s Church, 60—in St. Mary’s 45
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
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
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