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The Old Market Hall (in recent years branded as the "OMH") is an Elizabethan building situated in the town centre of Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building .
Shrewsbury Market Hall is an indoor market in Shrewsbury, England. Opened in 1965, the building, designed by architect David Aberdeen , replaced a Victorian market hall. [ 1 ] The market has been voted "Britain’s Favourite Market" in 2024, 2023, and 2018.
The most important early buildings, all listed at Grade I are Shrewsbury Castle, St Mary's Church, and the Old Market Hall. The other listed buildings include remaining parts of the town walls, other churches, banks, a folly , former warehouses, the railway station , Shrewsbury Cathedral , a hospital, and a pillar box.
The town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England, has a history that extends back at least as far as the year 901, but it could have been first settled earlier. [1] [2] During the early Middle Ages, the town was a centre of the wool trade, and this was a peak in its importance.
Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury (left). The drapers held their markets on the second floor. [b] The monopoly of the Shrewsbury Drapers was still intact in the middle of the 18th century. [23] Slave owners in the West Indies and the American colonies in the 18th century found that slaves were more productive if they were clothed.
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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.