| HER Number (PRN): | 62433 |
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| Name: | Golden Cross Passage |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Shrewsbury |
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Monument Type(s):
- ALLEY (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1901 AD)
Summary
An alley of medieval to post medieval date; suggested location of a sacristy.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 4922 1239 |
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Related records
| 60086 | Related to: 45 High Street, Shrewsbury (Building) |
| 60109 | Related to: Cellar under the Golden Cross Inn (Monument) |
| 10325 | Related to: No 46-47, HIGH STREET, Shrewsbury (Building) |
| 60110 | Related to: Sandstone wall, Golden Cross Inn (Monument) |
| 62440 | Related to: Street block on SW side of High Street, Shrewsbury (Monument) |
| 10298 | Related to: The Golden Cross Public House, No 14 Princess Street, Shrewsbury (Building) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA5918 - 1997 field visit as part of SUAD
Description
Originally Sextry Shut, named from the 'Sextry', a group of buildings (identification uncertain) associated with Old St Chad's church, occurring in late 15th-century and mid-16th century records (quoted by Hobbs) in the context of entertainment of visitors, (ecclesiastical hospitium/inn??. The Mercers company (says Hobbs) had their hall in the Sextry, a function which could be consistent [<1>]. Forrest equated the Sextry with the buildings of the Golden Cross Inn, while noting that Phillips's history had identified it with the 'King's Head Shut', aka Peacock Passage (62432); possibly the buildings ran between the two [<2>]. Golden Cross Passage later became the Steelyard Shut before acquiring its present name [<1>]. Again, this passage passes through a medieval timber-framed building on the High Street frontage (no.45, site 60086), and down the side of the late medieval Golden Cross main north-south range, served by a late medieval doorway (60110). The passage may, therefore, have developed as intra-plot access. (Further investg. no.45 t-f req) <3>
The original name of Golden Cross Passaged was Sextry Shut, thought to have been derived from the fact that the Sacristy (later corrupted to Sextry) stood at its Princess Street end. <1>
Forrest says that a covered bridge gave access across Princess Street to the Sacristy of St. Chad's Church. The name became corrupted to `Sextry'. It was built over the end of the Golden Cross Passage and had a long low range at the back which formed the left side of the shut and reached nearly to the High Street. Most of the range was a inn -the Golden Cross- as early as 1495 and the building except the top storey, dates from 1480. <2>
Notes on the remnants of timber framing at the north end of the passage which indicate its origin as an intra-plot passage <4>
Sources
| [01] | SSA365 - Monograph: Hobbs J L. 1954. Street Names of Shrewsbury. p136-137. |
| [02] | SSA4134 - Monograph: Forrest H E. 1911. Old Houses of Shrewsbury. p40-41. |
| [03] | SSA20432 - HER comment: Baker Nigel J. UAD Analysis. 13/03/1997. |
| [04] | SSA22169 - Field survey report: Morriss Richard K. 1997. Golden Cross Passage, North End. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 10 2022 1:56PM |
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