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
Street, Jones’s Mansion, view of an ancient timber House,
Butcher Row, Fish Street, Belmont, Judges’ House, ancient
College of St. Chad, Vaughan’s Place, Talbot Hotel.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS.
Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Subscription 171
Library, Choral Society, Horticultural Society, Mechanics’
Institution, Newspapers.
WALK WITHOUT THE WALLS.
Shrewsbury Quarry, Remains of Amphitheatre, Kingsland, 181
Stury’s Close, Grey or Franciscan Friary, Site of Alderman
Jones’s Mansion, Dominican Friary, ancient Vineyard, the
Water Gate, account of the Entrance of the Parliamentary
Army, River-side Walk, Derfald, Shrewsbury Park, Murder of
Prince Alfhelm, Canal, Prospect from the Gaol Terrace,
Howard-street, Colossal Figure of Hercules, Dana Walk,
Breidden Hills, the Town Walls.
RECREATIVE.
The Drama, Theatre, Circus, Horse Races, Assembly Room, 185
Salop Hunt, Angling, Aquatic Excursions.
THE SUBURBS—COTON HILL.
Water Works, Spring Water, the Royal Baths, Birth-place of 189
Admiral Benbow, Coton Hill, Site of St. Catharine’s Chapel,
Berwick, Ancient Course of the Severn, View from Cross Hill.
CASTLE FOREGATE.
Linen Factory, Canal (communicating with London, Liverpool, 180
&c), Coal Wharf.
SUBURB OF FRANKWELL.
Ancient Domestic Habitations, the Mount Fortification, Site 192
of Cadogan Chapel and Cross, Monk’s Eye, Township of
Shelton, Glendower’s Oak.
THE ABBEY FOREGATE.
Merivale, Monastic Remains, Ancient Stone Pulpit, Monks’ 201
Infirmary, Guest Hall or Hospitium, Site of Chapter House,
Earliest authorized Assembly of British Parliament, the New
Road, Reflections suggested by its formation, Abbey
Precinct, Destructive Fire, the White Hall, Race-ground,
Lord Hill’s Column, Sutton Spa, Analysis of the Water,
Anglo-Norman Church.
SUBURB OF COLEHAM.
Situation; Iron Foundry, notice of the Menai Bridge. 201
TRADE AND MANUFACTURES.
Welsh Webs and Flannel, Communication between London and 207
Dublin, Railway, Thread and Linen Yarns, Malting Business,
Restoration and Perfection of the ancient art of
Glass-staining, Shrewsbury Cakes, Brawn, eulogy of the Ale,
Markets, Fairs, and Navigation of the Severn.
THE ENVIRONS.
Variety of landscape scenery; Battlefield Church, Grinshill, 225
Hawkstone, Haughmond Abbey, Haughmond Hill, Village of
Uffington, Albrighton, Albright Hussey, Meole, Ancient
Encampment at Bayston, Condover, Pitchford, Acton Burnell,
Atcham, Longner, Attingham, Wroxeter (the Roman Uriconium),
The Wrekin.
[Picture: Vignette View of Shrewsbury]
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