The objects of historical interest in Shrewsbury are most numerous. We
come upon them in every street. We meet them at every corner. We hear
the voices of the past everywhere about us. We find ourselves associated
with something that had a beginning in centuries gone by—something that
has stood the storms of ages and been spared in the disturbances of the
centuries—something that is rich in memories of old—something connected
with circumstances or events which, if we only thought of them, would
furnish us with lessons in stones, and make our daily travelling of the
streets an entertainment. Shrewsbury, of course, is not, in this
respect, an exceptional town; but it is wealthy beyond most others. We
cannot notice at elaborate length the remaining
“_Memorials and things of fame_
_That do renown this city_;”
but let us rapidly run over the town in as straight a course as its
divergent streets permit.