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Shrewsbury, 



Shrewjbury Cajlk. — IVal-s. — County Gaol. — Bridges. — Shrewf' 

 bury Ahhty. — Ancient Oratory. — St. Giles's Church, — St. Alk' 

 mund's Church. — Daring Feats on the Point of the Spire. — 

 Afingular traditional Story. — St. Mary's Church, — Account of 

 a Man killed injliding down a Rope from the Spirey to a Field, 

 acrofs the -River. — St. Julian's Church.— Old St. Chad's. — Neno 

 St. Chad's. — The ^arry. — Account of the Houfe of Induflry. — 

 The Ruins of the Three Friaries. — Public_ Buildings. — Hjftory of 

 Shrewjbury. — Lijl of remarkable Events. 



SH;REWSBURy is a town of confiderable magnitude 

 and importance, fituated on a floping ground, and 

 nearly furrounded by the Severn. The ftreets are 

 irregular, and many of the buildings very ancient. 

 — ^This place once formed the capital of Powifland, 

 and was for fome years a feat of the Welfli princes. 



Castle. 



In my tour through the town and fuburbs I firfl; 

 vifited the caftle. This is built of a red flone, and 

 fituated on an eminence above the river, juil in that 

 part of the town where the river leaves it unde- 

 fended. Its foundation has been afcribed to Roger 

 de Montgomery, the great earl of Shrewfbury, who 



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