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terwards Earl of Bradford, and fome- 

 time after this period, it got into the 

 poflefiion of the Pulteney family. 



Robert de Belefme, was the firft who 

 attempted to defend the town by walls, 

 this he did, by building from each fide 

 of the caftle, acrofs the Ifthmus, in order 

 tofecuie it againfl the attacks of Henry 

 I.* It was not however till 1219, that 

 a regular wall was begun, and this even 

 then, from want of mony, went on fo 

 flowly, that it was thirty two years be- 

 fore it was finimed. 



The ftreets of Shrewfbury are very 

 irregular, and many of the buildings 

 ancient, but it has been much improved 

 of late years. The many advantages 

 it pofiefies, have induced feveral families 

 of North Wales, to make it their win- 

 ter refidence. 



* Gibfcij's Camdcn, p. 5^6. 



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