| HER Number (PRN): | 62568 |
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| Name: | Shrewsbury Town Wall (Section: New St Chad's) |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| Protected Status: | Conservation Area: Shrewsbury |
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Monument Type(s):
- TOWN WALL (13th century to 15th century - 1200 AD to 1499 AD)
Summary
This site represents: a town wall of medieval date.
| Parish: | Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ41SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 4884 1240 |
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Related records
| 62569 | Parent of: Duplicate of PRN 01452 (Monument) |
| 01453 | Parent of: Gatepol Postern Gate (Monument) |
| 01095 | Part of: Shrewsbury town walls (13th century) (Monument) |
| 10497 | Related to: Church of St Chad ST CHADS TERRACE, Shrewsbury (Building) |
| 62570 | Related to: Shrewsbury Town Ditch ('La Mote': Victoria Avenue to Beeches Lane) (Monument) |
| 62566 | Related to: Shrewsbury Town Wall (Section: Claremont Bank) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events
- ESA4730 - 2001 WB at St Chad's Church by SCCAS
Description
Section of town wall either side of the tower [PRN 01452], demolished when the new church of St Chad was built in 1790-1792. A plan of it was made at the time showing its outline in relation to that of the new church <1>
The plan shows it to have had an irregular footprint with buttresses on the outside (south) and a gap where a passage had been forced through it at the end of Claremont Hill, and Claremont Stile installed to give access to the Quarry; this can be seen in the panoramic view of Shrewsbury Taken as it Appeared in the Great Frost, 1739 (SRRC). Somewhere close by in the 18th century was a reservoir for conduit water <2>
(Plan in UAD cartography taken from <1>) <3>
A watching brief on a new drain in the car park of New St Chad's found no sign of the wall line <4>
The results described in [<4>] may suggest that the wall ran slightly further to the north west on its approach to the St John's Hill crossroads than the line defined by the UAD <5>
<01> Anon, Scrap Book of Plans/ Phillips MS (Manuscript). SSA5579.
<02> Anon, 1911/ 1912, The Gates: Shrewsbury Town Walls and Towers, p98-99, 24/04/1912 (Article in serial). SSA10638.
<03> Baker Nigel J, UAD Analysis (SMR comment). SSA20432.
<04> Hannaford Hugh R, 2001, A Watching Brief at St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury (Watching brief report). SSA20726.
<05> Gathercole E Clare, 1999/ 2002, Comments by SMR compiler in SMR database, 18/01/2002 (SMR comment). SSA20725.
Sources
| [01] | SSA5579 - Manuscript: Anon. Scrap Book of Plans/ Phillips MS. |
| [02] | SSA10638 - Article in serial: Anon. 1911/ 1912. The Gates: Shrewsbury Town Walls and Towers. Caradoc News Cuttings. Vol 9. p98-99, 24/04/1912. |
| [03] | SSA20432 - SMR comment: Baker Nigel J. UAD Analysis. |
| [04] | SSA20726 - Watching brief report: Hannaford Hugh R. 2001. A Watching Brief at St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury. SCCAS Rep. 205. |
| [05] | SSA20725 - SMR comment: Gathercole E Clare. 1999/ 2002. Comments by SMR compiler in SMR database. 18/01/2002. |
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 17 2002 1:07AM |
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