Historic Shrewsbury

A collection of mostly historic images from my home town in Shropshire
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an old black and white photo of buildings on a street with a clock tower in the background
St John's Hill, once called Pig Hill as it housed the swine market in the 17th & 18th centuries. Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
an old black and white photo of a building with a sign that says witthers
Britannia Hotel (Now Shrewsbury Hotel) at the bottom of Mardol/Smithfield Road.
an old black and white photo of people in front of a house with lots of stairs
Pengwern Boathouse, Regatta Day Circa 1920. River Severn, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
an old map shows the location of some buildings
1894 map showing Castlefields. You can see Canal Wharf and the old Gas Works. Shrewsbury. Shropshire.
an old black and white photo of a woman standing in front of a large building
Drapers Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
an old black and white photo of people sitting on the side of a dirt road
Port Hill circa 1890. Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
an old black and white photo of people walking down the street with horse drawn carriages
Castle Foregate
an old black and white photo of flooded streets
Smithfield Road in flood. The Toll House in the distance has been demolished, the terrace house next to it is Lily's Tea Room and the gates on the left are part of the old cattle market. Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
an old map shows the location of several buildings and roads in which there is no traffic
1617 Shrewsbury. Some familiar old names and some I’ve not heard of. Pride Hill is written High Paument on here (High Pavement). Butcher Row was The Shambles, Claremont Street used to be Dog Lane, on here it’s Hound Street. Hills Lane was Knocken Street, Mardol is Mard Wall. There’s a Shoemakers Row, Beche Lane, Meryvace and Criples Lane. The Old St Chads had a college nearby (hence College Hill), it also had Almhouses. A longer bridge to the Abbey, you can see why it still floods up there.
an old black and white photo of a street with buildings on both sides in the distance
Hills Lane, Shrewsbury. Now you'd be looking at a car park, Rowley's House is to your left.
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an old black and white photo of people standing in front of a butcher's shop
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there is a sign that says the pengwern hotel and telley bitter
Now gone, the Pengwern Hotel, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
a drawing of a building with an open window
This is the dormer-gable on the facade of the Drapers' Hall, since altered. This part was an extension of 1582. The drapers were the wealthiest trade guild in the town. This wealth came from them acting as middle-men for the Welsh woollen cloth trade. Shrewsbury, Shropshire.