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Augustinian Friary, Shrewsbury
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Augustinian Friary, Shrewsbury (image)
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The friary was built in the last years of the 13th Century. It fell into decline even before the closure of religious houses in the 1540s and one of its buildings was turned into a tannery. This last vestige was dismantled in 1941. (Image courtesy of Shr...
The friary was built in the last years of the 13th Century. It fell into decline even before the closure of religious houses in the 1540s and one of its buildings was turned into a tannery. This last vestige was dismantled in 1941. (Image courtesy of Shr...
The Augustinian Friary moved to this site c.1290. Several notables who had been killed at the battle of Shrewsbury 1403 were buried here. In Tudor times part of the site was in use as a tannery.