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Town Walls Shrewsbury
Town Walls, Shrewsbury (image)
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Wingfield's tower, previously known as Waring's tower, is the only surviving tower on Shrewsbury's medieval town walls. A mid-14th Century date is most likely given its use of Grinshill stone in contrast to the adjacent town wall itself. (Image courtesy ...
Wingfield's tower, previously known as Waring's tower, is the only surviving tower on Shrewsbury's medieval town walls. A mid-14th Century date is most likely given its use of Grinshill stone in contrast to the adjacent town wall itself. (Image courtesy ...
Welsh forces under Llywelyn the Great captured the town in 1215. So work began on building stone walls around the town. In Tudor times they still stood but in some places had fallen down or had been built upon.
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