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The Darwin Trail passes through Mountfields, following the River Severn along the track used by the barge pullers, from the theatre to Charles Darwin's childhood home at The Mount. It passes through fields that Darwin explored when escaping from Shrewsbury School , which he hated.
Thomas Telford's Holyhead Road, dating from 1815 and connecting London to the main sea-crossing to Ireland, used the English Bridge to cross the Severn here. The road's modern successor, the A5, now bypasses Shrewsbury and the bridge's main role today is to connect the centre of Shrewsbury with the Belle Vue and Abbey Foregate areas of the town.
The arch was excavated during the construction of Theatre Severn in the late 2000s [4] [5] and is preserved within its foundations. Saint George is the patron saint of England . It is also given to the ( CofE ) church in Frankwell, which is within walking distance of the Welsh Bridge/site of St George's Bridge.
The ruins of Bridgnorth Castle. Bridgnorth is named after a bridge over the River Severn, which was built further north than an earlier bridge at Quatford. [4] The earliest historical reference to the town is in 895, when it is recorded that the Danes created a camp at Cwatbridge; [5] subsequently in 912, Æthelfleda constructed a mound on the west bank of the River Severn, or possibly on the ...
The east side of the Welsh Bridge. The Welsh Bridge is a masonry arch viaduct in the town of Shrewsbury, England, which crosses the River Severn.It connects Frankwell with the town centre.
Frankwell grew up as a port and trading location by the river and on the road to Wales, but across the river from the walled borough of Shrewsbury and therefore beyond the town's jurisdiction. There have been a number of suggestions about where the name derives from, but one possible origin is "Frankville", which means a town of free trade.
A bill promoting the toll bridge was passed as the Shrewsbury (Kingsland) Bridge Act [2] in 1873. The bridge was promoted by Henry Robertson, who was also M.P. for Shrewsbury and designed by the civil engineer John William Grover. [3] It was constructed in 1883 by the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company, which also built the Victoria Falls ...
Shrewsbury (/ ˈ ʃ r oʊ z b ər i / ⓘ SHROHZ-bər-ee, also / ˈ ʃ r uː z-/ ⓘ SHROOZ-) [1] [2] is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England.It is sited on the River Severn, 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Wolverhampton, 15 miles (24 km) west of Telford, 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Wrexham and 53 miles (85 km) north of Hereford.