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Most of the listed buildings are in the High Town area of Bridgnorth, with a smaller group in Low Town near the bridge. The majority of these are houses and shops, many of them timber framed and dating from the 15th to 17th century, the best of these being Bishop Percy's House. Only a small fragment of the castle and the town walls have ...
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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 [4] The earliest historical reference to the town is in 895, when it is recorded that the Danes created a camp at Cwatbridge; [5] subsequently in 912, Æthelfleda constructed a mound on the west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 ...
Astbury Hall is a stately home, with a 320-acre estate, [1] at Chelmarsh, near Bridgnorth, in Shropshire, England. The building was destroyed by fire in 1889, and rebuilt by Edmund Southwell (mayor of Bridgnorth, 1895-1897) in 1891. [2] John Arthur Buston, Master of the Wheatland hunt, lived at Astbury from c. 1911-c. 1937. [2]
Badger is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about six miles north-east of Bridgnorth.The parish had a population of 134 according to the 2001 census, falling to 126 at the 2011 census.
A settlement was formed at the "bridge north of Quatford", now known as Bridgnorth, which became the major town in the district. North of the village is a mock castle now known as Quatford Castle. It was built circa 1830 by John Smalman for himself and originally called Morf Mount; [ 1 ] later, it became the residence of Smalman's grand-nephew ...
Internally, the principal rooms on the first floor were a council chamber and a courtroom. [7] The clock in the gable at the south end was installed in 1680 while the clock at the north end was installed at a later date. [8] The building was used for cultural events: an audience attended a "grand miscellaneous concert" there in 1789. [9]