Memorials of Shrewsbury: being a concise description of the town and its environs, adapted as a general guide for the information of visitors and residentsPidgeon, Henry
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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
Pidgeon, Henry
Shrewsbury (England) -- Guidebooks
ST. MICHAEL’S PARISH WITHIN THE CASTLE.—Ancient history and
trial respecting, parochial limit, etymology of Derfald.
THE ABBEY CHURCH.—General description, fine west window,
north portal, solemnity of the interior, armorial bearings
and figures in stained glass, organ screen, font, ancient
cumbent effigies, altar tombs and monuments, old painting of
the Crucifixion.
ST. GILES’S CHURCH.—Antiquity of the structure, primitive
appearance of the interior, stained glass, sepulchral
stones, reflections and prospect from the cemetery.
ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH.—Western view, consecration, stained
glass, &c.
ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH.—Consecration, interior decoration, old
hospital, free chapel.
TRINITY CHURCH.—Foundation and description.
RELIGIOUS HOUSES.—Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene, Spel-cross.
DISSENTING MEETING HOUSES.—Roman Catholic Chapel.
ROYAL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Endowment, its state and pre-eminence, present to Dr. Butler 104
from his pupils, appointment of Dr. Kennedy, annual prizes,
royal visits, school buildings, chapel, library,
exhibitions, &c.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CHARTERS, &c.
Municipal Body; Ancient Seal; Sessions; Courts of Record and 111
Request; Members of Parliament; Trading Companies; Merchant
Guild; Pageant of Shrewsbury Show.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
County Hall, Courts of Justice, Guild Hall and Exchequer, 130
Market House and Statue of Richard Duke of York, Old Welsh
Bridge, Old East or Stone Bridge, English Bridge, Lord
Hill’s Column and fine panoramic prospect, Town and County
Gaol, Poultry Market, Butter and Cheese Markets.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
Introduction; the Salop Infirmary, Eye and Ear Dispensary, 143
St. Giles’s Hospital, St. John’s Hospital, Drapers’
Almshouses, St. Chad’s Almshouses, House of Industry, Humane
Society; the Prison, Parochial, and Town Charities.
CHARITY SCHOOLS.
Bowdler’s or the Blue, Millington’s, Allatt’s, Public 147
Subscription, Lancasterian, St. Mary’s and St. Michael’s,
St. Chad’s Ladies’, Infant, and Sunday Schools.
WALK WITHIN THE WALLS.
Introduction; Market Square, Mercers’ Hall, the Sextry, 169
Shearmen’s Hall, Maypole Festivities, Occupation of
Shearmen, Wyle Cop, Residence of the early British Settlers
and the Saxons, Lion Hotel, Beeches Lane, Town Walls, the
Crescent, Ancient Tower, St. John’s Hill, the Austin Friars,
Initial Letter of a Charter from Edward III. the Welsh
Bridge, Quays and Warehouses, Mardol, Rowley’s Mansion,
Hill’s Lane, ancient Houses, the Bell Stone, Shutt Place,
Shoplatch, the Stalls, Ireland’s Mansion, Pride Hill, the
High Cross, Castle Street, St. Nicholas’s Chapel, the
Council House, Court of the Marches of Wales, Loyalty of
Thomas Lyster, Esq. Farquhar’s Recruiting Officer,
Character of Salopians, the Drapers’ Hall, Dogpole, Church
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