founded and endowed by Mr. John Allatt, gentleman. It was built in 1800,
and cost £2,000. There are two houses for the master and mistress.
Forty boys and forty girls are educated and clothed here, and then sent
out to situations, and coats and gowns are annually distributed among a
number of poor men and women.
Opposite is the NEW EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL, a most ornate structure, and
the entrance of the NEW BRIDGE to Kingsland.
Still on the left, at the turning for Swan Hill—so called from the Swan
public-house which was formerly at the bottom—is the INDEPENDENT CHAPEL,
the oldest of the three Independent chapels in Shrewsbury. It was
erected in 1766 by seceders from the High Street church, and has been
re-built a few years ago. Further on, on the right is the chapel of the
METHODIST NEW CONNEXION, erected in 1834, at a cost of £1,500. In close
proximity to this edifice is an antique tower, the only vestige that
remains of twenty which formerly fortified the town walls. It is square,
three storeys high, embattled at the summit, and lighted by narrow square
windows. Those walls, which we now reach, were built by Henry III. to
fortify the town against the inroads of the Welsh, and the cost was
defrayed partly by the burgesses, and partly from the royal exchequer.
On the left is the ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, built of freestone, in the
style of the early decorated period. It consists of a nave, chancel,
side aisles, chapel, &c., and is connected with the residence of the
officiating priest by a cloister. At the termination of the walls begins