It may be further stated that the present design is purely patriotic; and whilst no expence has been spared in the numerous embellishments, candour and truth (combined with accuracy and conciseness) have been carefully observed throughout a more extensive field of local information and graphical illustration than has heretofore been cultivated in any previous work adapted as a Guide through the Metropolis of Shropshire,—many subjects being now classified and brought under general notice for the first time. The Author would therefore hope that the MEMORIALS OF SHREWSBURY will be found to afford a comprehensive and faithful illustration to the stranger of whatever may be important in this ancient and beautifully situated town, as well as useful and deserving the confidence of his fellow-townsmen in particular, to whom he offers them (to use the words of our great lexicographer) “in the spirit of a man that has endeavoured well,” and with the utmost sincerity for the best interests of his native place. H. P. _High-street_, 1836. ILLUSTRATIONS, FROM DRAWINGS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK. PAGE. 1. Vignette View of Shrewsbury — 2. Gateway of Castle 15 3. Remains of Old St. Chad’s Church 28 4. New St. Chad’s Church 33 5. St. Mary’s Church, N.W. 38 6. Monument to Rev. J. B. Blakeway, and North 49 Transept 7. St. Julian’s and St. Alkmond’s Churches 59 8. The Abbey Church 67 9. St. Giles’s Church, N.W. 78 10. — Interior View 81 11. St. Michael’s Church, Castle-foregate 85 12. St. George’s Church, Frankwell 88 13. Trinity Church, Coleham 92 14. Royal Free Grammar School 99 15. Town Arms 105 16. The County Hall 112 17. Market House 117 18. Lord Hill’s Column 122 19. Howard-street Butter and Cheese Market 129 20. The Infirmary 131 21. Drapers’ Almshouses 138 23. Shearmen’s Hall 150 23. The Old Tower 153 24. Initial Letter of a Charter from Edw. III. to the 154