| HER Number (PRN): | 00497 |
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| Name: | Site of Willow Gate or Welsh Gate, Oswestry |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Oswestry |
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Monument Type(s):
- TOWN GATE (Demolished 1782, Medieval to Late 18th century - 1066 AD to 1782 AD)
Summary
Site of a medieval town gate, demolished in 1782.
| Parish: | Oswestry, Oswestry, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ22NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 2885 2980 |
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Related records
| 00493 | Part of: Oswestry town defences (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
From the illustration a simple triangular headed passageway with flanking chambers, but the drawing probably shows proposals for restoration c1771 following the demolition of the Black gate, PRN 00496. Demolished in 1782 <1a>
Part of towns defences left standing when walls demolished post 1644. Gate demolished 1782. Also known as Wallia Gate - gate leading to Wales. Street known as Waliho, Woolliow <1b>
The site of the gate is unmarked save for a plaque on the south-west corner of the cross-roads between Willow Street and Castle Street, inscribed "Site of Willow Gate (Removed 1782) in 13th Century Town Wall. Oswestry District Civic Society, 1972". <1c>
The Willow Gate was in poor repair in 1737, and tolls were collected here. A sketch shows a gate 9 feet wide and 3 feet 9 inches high, arched <2>
CMHTS Record Sheet <3>
CMHTS Report <4>
Willow gate remained standing for many years after the adjoining stretches of the town wall had been demolished. It served as a toll barrier. <5>
Sources
| [00] | SSA20722 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 00497. |
| [01b] | SSA2128 - Article in serial: Roberts A. 1885. The Four Gateways of Oswestry. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 1, Vol VIII (=Vol 8). p145-186. |
| [01] | SSA2130 - Card index: Ordnance Survey. 1977. Ordnance Survey Record Card SJ22NE25.4. Ordnance Survey record cards. SJ22NE25.4. |
| [01c] | SSA31554 - Site visit report: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. Various. NRHE: Ordnance Survey Field Investigators Comments. F1 ASP 05-OCT-79. |
| [01a] | SSA325 - Article in serial: Various. 1882. Article in the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Ser 1, Vol V (=Vol 5). p163-166. |
| [02] | SSA1554 - Monograph: Watkin I. 1920. Oswestry with an Account of its Old Houses, Shops, etc, and Some of their Occupants. p146-147. |
| [03] | SSA19971 - Record form: Dalwood Hal. 1993/ 1996. CMHTS SMR Records Shropshire: Oswestry. Central Marches Historic Towns Survey record form. Vol 8. Oswestry 497. |
| [04] | SSA12079 - Historic landscape survey report: Dalwood Hal et al. 1996. Archaeological Assessment of Oswestry, Shropshire (CMHTS). Hereford & Worcester CAS Rep. Rep 333. |
| [05] | SSA2115 - Archaeological fieldwork report: Pratt D. 1980. Oswestry Town Wall. Border Counties Archaeol Gp Rep. pp.4-7; pp.22-24. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 14 2021 12:49PM |
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