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Sometimes early features of a building may only become apparent when plaster is removed. This 16th century doorway at The String of Horses had been...
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This 19th century photograph shows The String of Horses, Frankwell when it was a working inn. Prior to this the inn had been known as The Royal Oak...
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The String of Horses inn from Frankwell, Shrewsbury, has been taken apart piece by piece to be reassembled here at the Avoncroft Museum of Historic...
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A complete roof-truss is lowered into position on the frame of the rebuilt String of Horses. This is an end, or gable, truss. This can be seen as i...
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The Abbot's House in Shrewsbury was built around 1500, although much of the timber framing that you see today has been repaired and altered over th...
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This house was built around 1500 and, despite its name, historians do not think that it was the home of an Abbot. However, it may have been built ...
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Work on St. Mary's church in Acton Burnell began in the late 13th century, whilst work on the chancel and nave was carried out in the 16th century....
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Inside this church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, stands the ornate tomb of Sir Richard Lee who died around 1591. The Lee family acquired the man...
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The late 16th century hall was probably built by Sir Edward Acton. The house is very similar in appearance to Whitehall in Shrewsbury, which was bu...
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Acton Scott Hall was built around 1580 by the Acton family, whose descendants still live in the hall. There is a tradition of a Saxon (AD 597-1066)...
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The Adams School in Newport was originally founded in 1442. However, it was refounded and endowed by William Adams in 1657. Adams was a member of...
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John Benbow was the son of a Shrewsbury tanner. Tradition has it that he ran away to sea. In 1686 he is known to have owned a frigate in the Leva...
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