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SHREWSBURY , a municipal and See also:parliamentary See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough, See also:market See also:town and the See also:county town of See also:Shropshire, See also:England. Pop. (1901), 28,395. It is situated on both See also:banks of the See also:river See also:Severn, but mainly on a See also:peninsula formed by the river on the See also:left See also:bank. It is served by the See also:London & See also:North-Western and See also:Great Western See also:railways, being 163 m. N.W. from London. The companies use a See also:joint station, and jointly See also:work the See also:line S. to See also:Hereford. There is See also:water communication eastward by the Shrewsbury See also:canal, and by the Severn below the town. Eastward from the peninsula the See also:English See also:bridge crosses the river, westward the Welsh bridge; southward the Kingsland and Greyfriars See also:bridges. The joint railway station is on the peninsula, and is reached from the See also:south by a massive See also:iron bridge. The streets, many retaining See also:ancient names curiously corrupted, are hilly and irregular, but strikingly picturesque from their number of See also:antique See also:timber houses, among which may be mentioned that in See also:Butcher See also:Row, formerly the town See also:residence of the See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of Lilleshall; the See also:council-See also:house overlooking the Severn, erected in 16zo for the presidents of the council of the Welsh See also:marches; and the two adjacent mansions of See also:Robert See also:Ireland and See also:Richard See also:Owen, citizens c. 1590. Of the town ramparts built in the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III. the See also:principal remains are a portion to the south-See also:west, used as a public walk, on which stands a square embattled See also:tower. The See also:castle built by See also:Roger de See also:Montgomery was dismantled in the reign of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II., and is modernized as a residence, but there remain the archway of the interior gateway, the walls of the inner See also:court and two large See also:round towers of the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Edward I. The See also:rich See also:abbey of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter and St See also:Paul was also founded by Roger, on the site of an earlier See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church. Of the abbey church (See also:Holy See also:Cross) the See also:nave of massive See also:Norman work remains,especially impressive owing to the warm red See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone of which it is built; there are further two See also:Early English See also:arches and the western tower. Of the monastic buildings little is left, See also:save a remarkable roofed See also:pulpit of ornate Decorated work. Among other churches St See also:Mary's, founded in the loth See also:century, is a See also:fine cruciform structure with a lofty tower and See also:spire, displaying examples of various styles of See also:architecture from early Norman to Perpendicular, the See also:base of the tower, the nave and the doorways being Norman, the See also:transept Early English and the aisles 15th century, while the interior is specially worthy of See also:notice for its elaborate details, its early stained See also:glass, including a See also:Jesse window, and its ancient monuments. Some 50 ft. of the spire See also:fell in 1894, severely injuring the church and necessitating extensive restoration. St See also:Julian's was originally built before the See also:Conquest, but rebuilt in 1748, except the tower, the older portion of which is Norman and the upper See also:part of the 15th century. St Alkmond's also dated from the loth century, but was rebuilt towards the See also:close of the 18th century, with the exception of the tower and spire. It has a beautiful See also:half-timbered rectory. St See also:Giles's, originally the church of the leper See also:hospital, dating from the time of Henry I., was altered at. various periods. The hollow base of the old See also:churchyard cross bears the name of the Pest See also:Basin, because the citizens See also:cast See also:alms into it in the 16th century during the visitation of the See also:plague, which, according to tradition, first appeared here. The old church of St See also:Chad, supposed to have occupied the site of a See also:palace of the princes of See also:Powis, was destroyed by the fall of the tower in 1788, and of the ancient See also:building the See also:bishop's See also:chancel alone remains. The new church of St Chad was built on another site in 1792. Shrewsbury is not fortunate in its ecclesiastical architecture of the See also:late 18th century. There are slight remains of a Franciscan [house (See also:Grey Friars) founded in 1291, of an Augustinian friary (1255) and of a Dominican house (1222). The old buildings completed in 1630 for the See also:grammar school of Edward VI., founded in 1551, are now occupied by the county museum and See also:free library, the school having been removed in 1882 to new buildings in the suburb of Kingsland S. of the river. It takes See also:rank among the first public See also:schools in England. The ground it occupies in Kingsland was formerly the See also:scene of the Shrewsbury show, a See also:pageant and festival held during the festival of Trinity. Among the principal See also:secular buildings of the town are the fine market house in the Elizabethan See also:style (completed according to an inscription over the See also:northern See also:arch in 1595), the See also:shire See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall and See also:guildhall (rebuilt in 1837, and again, after a See also:fire, in 1883), the See also:general market and See also:corn See also:exchange (1869), and the drapers' hall, a timbered structure dating from the 16th century. The principal benevolent institutions are the county infirmary (1747), Millington's hospital (1734) and the See also:eye, See also:ear and See also:throat hospital (1881). A See also:monument to See also:Lord See also:Clive, who was member for the borough 1761—1764, was erected in the market-See also:place in 1860, and a Doric memorial See also:pillar to General. Lord See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill in 1816 at the See also:top of the Abbey Fore-See also:gate. The town See also:race-course occupies a portion of the " Soldiers' Piece," where See also:Charles I. addressed his See also:army in 1642.
To the south-west of the town is a See also:park of 23 acres, known as the See also:Quarry, with beautiful avenues of See also:lime-trees, descending to the river. Glass-staining, the See also:spinning of See also:flax and See also:linen See also:yarn, iron-See also:founding, See also:brewing, malting, the preparation of brawn and the manufacture of the well-known Shrewsbury cakes are now the principal See also:industries. Shrewsbury is a See also:suffragan bishopric in the See also:diocese of See also:Lichfield, and the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic bishop. The parliamentary borough returns one member. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, ro aldermen and 30 councillors. See also:Area, 3525 acres.
Shrewsbury (Pengwerne, Scrobsbyryg, Salopesberie), then known as Pengwerne or Pengwym, was the See also:capital of the See also:kings of Powis during the 5th and 6th centuries, but was taken in 779 by See also:Offa See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Mercia, who changed its name to Shrewsbury (Scrobsbyryg).. Owing to its position on the Welsh See also:borders it became one of the See also:chief cities of the Saxon kings, and a See also:mint was established here in the reign of King IEthelstan. After the Conquest the town was included in the earldom of Shrews-See also:bury, and the Domesday Survey shows that the Saxon burgesses
paid the saute See also:danegeld as in the reign of Edward the See also:Confessor. Until See also:Wales was annexed to England in the 13th century, Shrewsbury was one of the chief border towns, and as such it was besieged by Owen Gwynedd, in r067, but was relieved by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the Conqueror. In the reign of Henry I. it was garrisoned by Robert de See also:Belesme, but surrendered to the king in 1102. It was several times burnt by the Welsh and was taken and held by them from 1215 to 1221. During the Welsh See also:war in the reign of Edward I., the king made the town his See also:head-quarters, and in 1283 See also:David, the last native See also:prince of Wales, was tried and condemned to See also:death by a See also:parliament held here. In 1403 Henry See also:Percy, son of the See also:earl of See also:Northumberland, was defeated and killed at Shrewsbury by Henry IV. At the beginning of the See also:Civil War, Charles I. stayed in the town for some time, but it surrendered to parliament in 1645. The first ,extant See also:charter, dated I1go, is a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant by Richard I. to the burgesses of the town at a See also:fee See also:farm of 40 marks, but Henry II. is known to have granted an earlier charter which was confirmed by King See also:John in 1200. The same king granted two other charters, one in 1200 giving the right of electing the See also:reeves, and the other in 1205 providing that their lands and tenements should be governed by the "See also:laws of See also:Breteuil, the laws of the See also:Barony and the laws of the See also:Englishry." Henry II. in 1227 granted a gild See also:merchant with a house. Besides these charters there are numerous confirmations before the See also:incorporation charter of See also:Elizabeth of 1586. Charles I. in 1638 altered the See also:corporation to a mayor, 24 aldermen and 48 assistants. In 1684 the burgesses surrendered their charter to the king and received a new one in the following See also:year which, however, did not See also:change the See also:form of See also:government. From 1295 to 1885 Shrewsbury returned two members to parliament, but then the number was reduced to one.
See H. Owen and J. C. Blakeway, A See also:History of Shrewsbury (1825) ; See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Phillips, The History and Antiquities of Shrewsbury (1837) ; See also:Victoria County History, Shropshire.
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