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Shearmen's Hall, Shrewsbury
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Milk Street, Shrewsbury (image)
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The stone building in this view is the Shearman's Hall. The Shearman were craftsmen who trimmed woollen cloth to provide a finer finish. Only the cellar of the Hall remains today. The fine timber building beyond it is Proude's Mansion. (Image courtesy of...
The stone building in this view is the Shearman's Hall. The Shearman were craftsmen who trimmed woollen cloth to provide a finer finish. Only the cellar of the Hall remains today. The fine timber building beyond it is Proude's Mansion. (Image courtesy of...
The red sandstone Shearmen’s Hall was the guild hall of those who finished the Welsh cloth purchased by Shrewsbury drapers. These workers were said at the time to number a thousand in 1621. In fact the figure was less than two hundred, but it was by far the largest, and probably the poorest, of the trade guilds.