The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15
MONDAY EVENING,
brewed afresh for this occasion there will
be aching heads for which no quarter

brewed afresh for this occasion there will
be aching heads for which no quarter
staff Is responsible. s,
There are many old-time buildings to
be seen there In spite of the towns tunul-
tuous history On the battlefield are ru-
of Hotspur. On Pride Hill stands the
town cross at which his body was burned
between millstones In token of the royal
power and determination thus to crush
all rebels. Butcher Row is an antique
timber structure built for the Abbot OF
Lilleshall There Is a council hall and a
gateway dating from 1902, when 1t was
erected for the presidents Of the council
Of the Welsh Marches. OF the castle al
ready mentioned, built by Simon de Mont
gomery, there still remain the archway
Of the interior gate, the walls of the In
ner court and two large round corners OF
the time Of Edward I. The rest Of the
castle was destroyed in James Ills day.
OF the Abbey Of SITS. Peter and Paul, built
part Of the nave and the western tower.
which now go to form part of the parish
church Of the Holy Cross.
The town ramparts, built by Henry Ill,
remain in part. One portion Is used as
q public walk, and on it stands a square
embattled tower. The fine market house
finished In 1896, contains still older por-
.L1OnS. LIE market pldCS AS SeAAA nAAOW =
by its Saxon name Of Cornchepynge. Ar
old street is named Dogpole street to this
day from some hoary joke about its origl-
nal narrowness, and the fact that the up.
per stories overhung the street. Dogpole
being a corruption of Duck Poll. which
was a necessary admonition to the way
farer in the narrow tunnel-like street.
There is St. Mary's church as old as the
tenth century and an odd architectural
ojvt, haS 0f itc tower Fhe1n9
early Norman, the nave and the doorways
the same; the transept early English (but
the aisles comparatively modern fifteenth
century. It contains monuments to many
an ancient worthy. There are also very
old details In st. Julians, built before
the conquest, but almost modernized In
the eighteenth century, And of the old
Church Of st. Chad, built on the site OF
the Welsh castle Of Fowls, the bishops
chancel remains. The church itself stood
until 1888, when the tower fell and de-
stroyed all but this chancel. The public
museum and library was built as a public
school by the unhappy young King Ed
ward VI. in 1851. 80
/ And so Shrewsbury sits amid her many
glorious memories and invites Great Brit.
ain to help her celebrate just one of them
Antiquarans will mark the occasion by
the restoration Of the ancient gates tina,
defended the old Welsh and Englisf
bridges across, the Severn The Prince
Of Wales has interested himself in the
occasion because Of the towns close asso
citation with the title which the eldest sor
of England's king has borne since the
fourteenth century. The tourist agencie!
don't seem to have walked up to the fac
that there is SO unusual celebration tt
take place there. They know little Of
nothing Of it. Shrewsbury is not give1
to advertising: but she is none the les:
| preparing a series Of festivities, that l.
| the old town itself were not SO already
will ''be worth going miles to see."