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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]
Bridgnorth is a civil parish in Shropshire, England.It contains 252 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, twelve are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
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 [4] The earliest historical reference to the town is in 895, when it is recorded that the Danes created a camp at Cwatbridge; [5] subsequently in 912, Æthelfleda constructed a mound on the west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 ...
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The pubs sold their own beer, Dogbolter. Each pub cost around £250,000. The Firkin motto was Usque ad Mortem Bibendum ("drink until you die"). [3] In February 1988, Bruce put his eleven Firkin pubs up for sale, selling them for £6.6m [failed verification] in May 1988 to European Leisure. [4]
The 436/7 bus service connects Much Wenlock with Shrewsbury, with the 436 also connecting the town with Bridgnorth. Both services operate hourly between 07:00 and 19:00. A less frequent service links the town to Telford. A Shropshire Hills Shuttle service at weekends and on Bank Holidays during the spring and summer started in 2012, but ceased ...
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]
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