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The Grade II listed Shrewsbury Unitarian Church was founded in 1662 according to the inscription above the main door. The current building was built between 1839 and 1840. [268] Shrewsbury has a Roman Catholic Cathedral, by the Town Walls. [269] Designed by Edward Pugin after the death of his father, Augustus, it was consecrated in 1856. [270]
The town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire,western 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.
Shrewsbury (/ˈʃruzberi/ SHROOZ-bury) is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 38,325 according to the 2020 United States Census, in nearly 15,000 households. [1] Incorporated in 1727, Shrewsbury prospered in the 19th century due to its proximity to Worcester, and from visitors to Lake Quinsigamond.
The Shrewsbury Historic District encompasses the historic early center of the town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. It consists of the town common, laid out in 1721 at what are now Main and Prospect Streets, and buildings adjacent or nearby. The district was declared locally in 1972, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in ...
The Battle of Shrewsbury was fought on 21 July 1403, [12] at what is now Battlefield, just to the north of present-day Shrewsbury town. The battle resulted in the death of Henry Percy, and a victory to King Henry IV , who established a chapel at the site to commemorate the fallen.
There is a tradition that Shrewsbury was "founded in the 5th century, on occasion of the decay of the Roman Uriconium." The historian, John Wacher, suggests that Shrewsbury may have been refortified by refugees fleeing an outbreak of a plague in Viroconium around this time. [21]
The company took over the former Worcester City Motel on Aug. 15, 2019, for $2.3 million from Vihar Inc., a company led by President Pramod B. Thaker of Shrewsbury.
This was once the 4th largest city in Roman Britain. According to tradition, ... Shrewsbury School, (founded in 1552), and Ellesmere College (founded in 1884).