2l3 SHREWSBURY- 



Churches. 



The remaining churches in Shrewfbury are, 



St. Giles's, St. Julian's, 



St. Alkmund's, and 



St. Mary's, St. Chad's. 



St. Giles's church is fituated on the fkirt of the 

 fuburbs, about a mile eaft of the abbey. It is an 

 ancient, fmall, and inelegant, but fomewhut pi£tu- 

 refque building. It boafts a higher origin than the 

 abbey, and in domefday book is called " the parifh 

 of the city." It is at prefent annexed to the church 

 of Holy Crofs, or the abbey. The bones of St- 

 Wenefred, when they were removed from Denbigh- 

 fliire to Shrewfbury, are faid to have been firfl, for 

 a time, depofited in this church. — In the church- 

 yard, but now almofl obliterated, is an infcription to 

 the memory of William White, a quarter-mafter of 

 horfe, in the reign of William III. : 



In Irlfh wars 1 fought for England's glory; 



Let no man feoff at telling of this ftory. 



I law great Schomberg fall, likewife the brave St. Rirth^ 



And here I come to die, not there in my youth. 



Through dangers great I have pafs'd many a ftorm, 



Die we all mufl, as fure as we are born. 



St. AlkmwKTs church is remarkable for its hand- 

 fome fpire. It contains an eaft window of ftained 

 glafs, the workmanftiip of Eginton of Birmingham. 

 This was put ud in the year 1795, and, as I was 



informed. 



