Shropshire

Shop goods and transit cargoes

Image: Beale’s Corner, Wribbenhall Between 1660 and 1730 port books portray the upstream trade in shop goods:… read more »

St Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury, c 1800

St John the Baptist, Halesowen, c 1800

St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, c 1800

St Leonard’s Church, Bridgnorth, c 1800

St Leonard’s Church, Malinslee, near Dawley, c 1800

St Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury, c 1800

St Nicholas’s Chapel, Shrewsbury, c 1800

Table of Contents of Views in Shropshire

Image from: Bayliss, Rev J C, Views in Shropshire (c. 1839). Shropshire Archives. TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE, (THE ABBEY… read more »

The Coal Trade

Image: Ironbridge Gorge late C19. Photograph from J & S Slater’s Views of Ironbridge and District Coal was… read more »

The Quarry, Shrewsbury

Image from: Bayliss, Rev J C, Views in Shropshire (c. 1839). Shropshire Archives. The accompanying drawing is… read more »

The Severn Trade

Image: Stourport locks (1770) This might seem a rich array of sources yet none covers the whole… read more »

Understanding the Vessels

Image Stourport from below bridge. Thomas Harral, Picturesque Views of the Severn, 1824 Bringing together the many sources… read more »

Understanding the watermen

Image : Gloucester Bridge and West Gate. Thomas Harral, Picturesque Views of the Severn, 1824 An increasing awareness… read more »

Varieties of Severn History

Image Bewdley from below the bridge. Thomas Harral, Picturesque Views of the Severn, 1824 Analysing the Severn Navigation… read more »

View in the Stretton Hills

Image from: Bayliss, Rev J C, Views in Shropshire (c. 1839). Shropshire Archives. The principal design of this drawing, taken… read more »

Welsh Bridge, Shrewsbury, c 1800

Wenlock Abbey, Shropshire, three miles from the Severn

From Picturesque Views of the Severn, 1824 by Thomas Harral

Whiteladies’ Priory, near Boscobel House, c 1800

Willey Park

Image from: Bayliss, Rev J C, Views in Shropshire (c. 1839). Shropshire Archives. WILLEY PARK lies about three miles from… read more »

William Shenstone, The Leasowes, and Landscape Gardening

William Shenstone was born in 1714 and died in 1763. His fame rests on his reputation as… read more »

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Chronology of principal events that occurred during the Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands. Significant places in the historic counties of Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire during the Industrial Revolution. Industrialists, engineers, artists, thinkers and writers who contributed to the Industrial Enlightenment, technology, art, culture, religion and politics. Explorations of industries and innovations; landscapes and localities; art and architecture; culture and diversity; and the place of the West Midlands in the contemporary world.

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