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This very steep railway was used to transfer goods between the canal and the river. Photo Roger Smith.
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This is an advert for a concert to be held at Bridgnorth Assembly Rooms, on Tuesday 27th March, 1860. The poster advertises that Mrs J. Hayward, a...
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This poster is advertising a lecture at Bridgnorth Town Hall on Tuesday 22nd April, 1862. The lecture was about "our pilgrimage through life", and ...
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This house was built around 1736 for the headmaster of Shrewsbury School, Dr Robert Phillips. The house is, perhaps, one of the best to be built i...
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This octagonal summerhouse can be found in the gardens of 12 St. John's Hill in Shrewsbury. The main room of the summerhouse is reached by the stai...
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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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This is the house where Richard Baxter lived whilst he was assistant Minister at St Leonard's church, between 1640 and 1641. He went on to become ...
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This is a photograph of Mr and Mrs Mann reading letters of sympathy after a bogus gas man stole their life savings in March 1972.
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The 53rd Regiment of Foot was raised in 1751. They saw action during the Indian Mutiny around 1857 and 1859. In 1881, they were renamed as the 1st ...
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Clive Donner's production of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' has been praised for its authentic scenes. The film, set in Shrewsbury, really gi...
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This is a scene from ' A Christmas Carol' , set in Quarry Place in Shrewsbury. It had a famous cast including George C. Scott as Scrooge, David War...
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