SHREWSBURY TOWN TRAIL
(sponsored by Shrewsbury Civic Society)
The Town Trail booklet gives a potted history of the town from its early days as a Welsh tribal capital through to the foundation of the Abbey in 1083 and then on to the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403.
1645 brought the civil war to Shrewsbury with the Cavaliers and Prince Rupert in town and the Parliamentarians outside – eventually breaking in.
Later we have industrialisation taking place with William Hazledine’s foundry producing iron for bridges, including the Menai Bridge.
In 1809, Charles Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury and lived here for the first 26 years of his life. He was educated at Shrewsbury School which is now the library.
We have an award winning Market and even an example of Brutalist Architecture in what English Heritage has called “The finest Tudor town in England”
With so much history to cover, the Town Trail takes you on a historic walk of Shrewsbury. Each page gives details of the town’s wonderful buildings in a numbered guide amounting to 35 Pages of detailed history for £3.50.
It can be purchased in our shop at the Bear Steps Hall
(Scroll down for a map of the Town Trail)
1 = Bear Steps Hall
2 = St. Alkmund’s Church
3 = Abbot’s House
4 = Kingston House
5 = Prince Rupert Hotel
6 = St. Mary’s Church
7 = Drapers’ Hall
8 = Yorkshire House Inn
9 = St. Mary’s Cottage
10 = Jacobean Town House
11 = Old County Gaol
12 = Library
13 = Castle
14 = Castle Gates House
15 = Council House Gatehouse
16 = Old Council House
17 = Adam Style House
18 = Perche’s Mansion
19 = Windsor House
20 = The Parade Shops
21 = Cromwell’s Hotel
22 = Former Guildhall
23 = Former Welsh Chapel
24 = Old House
25 = Ward’s Classical Facades
26 = Lion Hotel
27 = Henry Tudor House
28 = Mytton’s Mansion
29 = Nag’s Head Inn
30 = Sycamore House
31 = Old Liberal Club
32 = Old St. Chad’s
33 = Former Judge’s Lodgings
34 = St. Julian’s Church
35 = Old County Savings Bank
36 = Clive House
37 = Music Hall
38 = Old Market Hall
39 = Wolley’s House
40 = Former Plough Inn
41 = Owen’s Mansion
42 = Ireland’s Mansion
43 = Lloyd’s Bank
44 = Former Cross Keys Inn
45 = Rowley’s House
46 = Catholic Cathedral
47 = 13th Century Watchtower
48 = St. Chad’s Church
49 = County War Memorial
50 = Darwin’s House
51 = Glacial Erratic Boulder
52 = Darwin Gate
53 = Abbey