Transcribed from the 1837 John Eddowes edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Book cover] 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. BY HENRY PIDGEON. ILLUSTRATED WITH THIRTY-SIX ENGRAVINGS. * * * * * “FLOREAT SALOPIA.” * * * * * Shrewsbury: PRINTED BY JOHN EDDOWES, CORN-MARKET. 1837. TO THE Rev. William Gorsuch Rowland, M.A. MINISTER AND OFFICIAL OF THE ROYAL PECULIAR OF ST. MARY’S, SHREWSBURY, AND PREBENDARY OF LICHFIELD, AS A HUMBLE BUT SINCERE TESTIMONY OF RESPECT, FOR HIS ZEALOUS AND MUNIFICENT EXERTIONS IN RESTORING AND HEIGHTENING THE BEAUTIES AND ARCHITECTURE OF SEVERAL OF THE CHURCHES IN THIS TOWN, AND FOR HIS UNWEARIED ATTENTION TO MANY OF OUR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, The Memorials of Shrewsbury ARE VERY RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT, _HENRY PIDGEON_. PREFACE. A little Manual adapted to assist the enquiring stranger in his perambulation around Shrewsbury having been long required, an ardent attachment to his native place, and compliance with the wishes of many friends whose opinions demand respect, are circumstances that have induced the present writer to undertake the task, in which he has been materially assisted by the possession of several volumes of SALOPIAN ANNALS, or memoranda of all the principal events that have occurred in the town for several past years, the collection whereof has afforded him a pleasing recreation in those scraps of time snatched from active professional avocations—periods wherein every one has his favourite pursuit, and in which any individual may, by prudently employing them for his own pleasure, not unfrequently render himself useful to others.