Shrewsbury—Situation; foundation; etymology.
ANCIENT HISTORY.
State under the Britons; Stephen besieges the Castle; town 13
taken by Llewelyn; Royal visits; Supreme Courts of Justice;
the Great Parliament; Battle of Shrewsbury; Owen Glendower;
Birth of Richard and George Plantagenet; Proclamation of
Henry VII.; Tradition of the phrase “Proud Salopians;”
Pageant in honour of Sir Henry Sidney; Council House the
residence of King Charles I.; King James II.; Loyally of the
Inhabitants; Visit of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of
Kent and Princess Victoria.
THE CASTLE AND FEUDAL STATE.
Foundation and early account of the Fortress; Interior 18
Gateway; General Description; Watch Tower; Prospect from the
Castle Mount; Gates and Towers; Feudal Picture of the Town.
PRESENT STATE OF THE TOWN.
Distant appearance; salubrity; Domestic architecture; Act 21
for Improving Streets; Gas Company; Population, &c.
ECCLESIASTICAL BUILDINGS.
Prefatory observations; Saxon foundations, lands, 96
possessions, &c.; cursory notice of the Conventual Churches,
Ancient Chapels, Chantries, and appropriate decoration of
the Sacred Buildings.
OLD ST. CHAD’S CHURCH.—Fall and account of the ancient
edifice, dawning light of the Reformation, first exercise of
the Protestant Religion, Bishop’s chancel, present remains
of the fabric.
NEW ST. CHAD’S.—Site, architectural description, chancel
window, monuments, bells, lecture, &c.
ST. MARY’S.—Interesting variety of the architecture, south
portal, noble effect of the interior, genealogical window of
stained glass, stone organ screen, biographical notice of
the Rev. J. B. Blakeway, transepts, curious font, chantry
chapels, monuments, bells, flight from the spire, &c.
ST. ALKMOND’S.—Demolition of the ancient church, modern
edifice, eastern window, elegance of spire, first mayor of
Shrewsbury, &c.
ST. JULIAN’S.—Present fabric, stained glass, monument to
Archdeacon Owen, &c. free lecture.
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
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]
Admir’d SALOPIA! that with venial pride
Eyes her bright form in Severn’s ambient wave;
Fam’d for her loyal cares in perils tried;
Her daughters lovely and her striplings brave.