Category: Travel Writing
PAGE. 1 Organ Screen in St. Mary’s Church 1 2 Norman Doorway, ditto 1 3 Town Hall 7 4 Market House 9 5 Statue of Richard Duke of York, on ditto 10 6 Angel under canopied niche, on ditto 10 7 Public Rooms 12 8 Ireland’s Mansion 14 9 “Bennette’s Halle” 15 10 Timber Houses on Pri...
instituted with the object of affording to the young men of the town the means of acquiring general and scientific knowledge, by the formation of a library, delivery of Lectures...
8. Part 8The eastern extremity of the nave is terminated by a wall, built between the two great western piers which once supported the central tower, in which is inserted a fine triple N...
9. Part 9founded at an early period of the 13th century. Hawise Gadarn, (born 1291,) the heiress of the ancient Princes of Powis Gwenwynwyn, and wife of Sir John de Cherleton, was a grea...
7. Part 7In 1490, Henry VII., accompanied by his queen and son, Prince Arthur, kept the feast of St. George, (April 23,) in this church. In 1581, Sir Henry Sidney, President of the Counc...
4. Part 4In the left wing, as the visitor approaches, is a door opening into the booking and parcel offices: At the end of the right wing an entrance to the arrival and departure
5. Part 5Eastward of this, on each side, is a similar arch of like dimensions, springing from the same pier. From these, the wings of the transept, corresponding in size and style, branc...
1. Part 1PAGE. 1 Organ Screen in St. Mary’s Church 1 2 Norman Doorway, ditto 1 3 Town Hall 7 4 Market House 9 5 Statue of Richard Duke of York, on ditto 10 6 Angel under canopied niche,...
14. Part 14“We are exceedingly pleased with this elegant and judicious Guide. We think it is formed after the best plan, that of pure and terse description of those objects which are actua...
13. Part 13The above Establishment possesses all the advantages, comforts and convenience of an Inn and General Boarding House, rendering every accommodation and great facility to commerci...
3. Part 31806 THOMAS SMART HUGHES, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Browne Medal_, _Latin Ode_. 1807 THOMAS SMART HUGHES, St. John’s College, Cambridge, _Browne Medal_, _Greek Ode_. JOHN...
2. Part 2which presents an interesting and curious specimen of the domestic architecture of the year 1620; that date, and the initials W O E, indicating it to have been built by one of t...
12. Part 12PAGE ABBEY, 124—founded, 124—endowment, 126—dissolution, 128 126—present remains of, 129—church, 129—western window, 130—armorial bearings in, 131—tower, 131—altar screen, 134—f...
11. Part 11(on the authority of Robert Griffith Temple, Esq. Barrister at Law.) Picus viridis, Green Woodpecker, common. — major and medius, Pied Woodpecker, Shrewsbury Quarry, occasionall...
10. Part 10This handsome brick building was erected in 1765, at an expense of £12,000, and used for a few years as a Foundling Hospital, until the funds becoming inadequate to the support...