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HER Number (PRN):62525
Name:Garewalds Ford
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:Conservation Area: Shrewsbury

Monument Type(s):

  • FORD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1540 AD)

Summary

A medieval fording place across the Severn, which connected Frankwell with the Meadow Place area of Shrewsbury.

Parish:Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ41SE
Grid Reference:SJ 4920 1289

Related records

01457Related to: Gilberts Tower (Monument)
62527Related to: Shrewsbury Town Wall (Stretch controlling Garewald's Ford, along line of present Smithfield Road) (Monument)
01446Related to: The site of Garewalds Tower (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

The 'ford of Garewald' is mentioned in 1259, in the vicinity of ' Garewald's Castellum'. Reference from Bailiffs' Accounts ? <1>

Duplicate PRN 62526

Sources

[01]SSA10643 - Correspondence: Cromarty D. Letters and Notes from D Cromarty to N J Baker, . Baker N J. 1994.
Date Last Edited:Jan 6 2021 5:48PM