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Charlton Hall, Shoplatch, Shrewsbury
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Charlton Hall, Shoplatch, Shrewsbury (image)
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Sir John de Charleton of Apley Castle gained a "license to crenellate" in 1325 to enable him to build, or perhaps enlarge, a very substantial fortified property in Shrewsbury on a site bounded by Market Street, Swan Hill, Shoplatch and St. John's Hill. I...
Sir John de Charleton of Apley Castle gained a "license to crenellate" in 1325 to enable him to build, or perhaps enlarge, a very substantial fortified property in Shrewsbury on a site bounded by Market Street, Swan Hill, Shoplatch and St. John's Hill. I...
Charlton Hall took its name from John de Charlton, Edward II’s chamberlain, who built an imposing red sandstone mansion here in the fourteenth century. Its remains could still be seen in the early 1800s.