Transcribed from the John Davies, Fourth Edition (1855) byDavid Price,

A GUIDE,
DESCRIPTIVE AND HISTORICAL,
THROUGH THE
TOWN OF SHREWSBURY,

INTERSPERSEDWITH BRIEF NOTICES OF THE MORE

REMARKABLE OBJECTS IN THEENVIRONS,

TO WHICH AREAPPENDED, LISTS OF
THE EMINENT NATIVES OF THE TOWN,
WITH REFERENCES TO BIOGRAPHICALWORKS;

OF
THE BIRDS SEEN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD;

ANDOF
THE RARER SPECIES OF PLANTS
INDIGENOUS TO THE VICINITY.

BYTHE
REV. W. A. LEIGHTON, B.A.  F.B S.E.
AUTHOR OF “A FLORA OFSHROPSHIRE,” &c.

“I held on way to auncient Shrewsebrietowne,
And so from horse at lodging lighting downe,
I walkt the streats, and markt what came to vewe.”

Churchyard.

 

FOURTHEDITION.
Illustrated with Sixty=one Engravings on Wood.

SHREWSBURY:
PUBLISHED BY JOHN DAVIES, XV. HIGH STREET.
SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

p.iv“Without aiming to be great—we aspire onlyto be useful.”

Dr. Butler’s InauguralAddress, 1835.

p. vLIST OFENGRAVINGS.