Plough Inn, The Square, Shrewsbury

	The Square, Shrewsbury (image) The large building on the left was the Shirehall built in 1834-7 by Robert Smirke and demolished in the 1970s. It replaced an 18th Century predecessor which was suffering structural problems resulting from its construction on an old bog. Fragments of this earlier Shirehall form part of a rockery in Abbey Gardens. One of the timber buildings on the right still survives and was raised in height in the early 20th Century. Until 2005 it was the Plough Public House. (Image courtesy of Shrewsbury Museums Service and www.darwincountry.org)
	Plough Inn, The Square, Shrewsbury (image) The Plough has been an inn since 1686, if not earlier. It occupies part of the "Shields" or "Selds" a long timber-framed row occupying much of the west side of The Square. It was raised in height by an extra, realistically framed, storey early in the 20th Century. (Image courtesy of Shropshire Archives)
	Building behind Plough Inn, The Square, Shrewsbury (image) Demolition of properties on Shoplatch in the early 1970s allowed a rare glimpse of the rear of buildings on The Square, formerly Cornmarket. The recently (2005) delicensed Plough Inn was in fact a late 17th Century amalgamation of two inns, the Sun (on Cornmarket) and the Old Plough (shown here). John Jones of Gellilyfdy lodged here in the 1590s as a guest of landlords Mr and Mrs Herring whilst he was a pupil at Shrewsbury School. (Image courtesy of Shropshire Archives)