. The earth and its inhabitants ... mines. Lead is also raised, but the copper mines appear to have becomeexhausted. The manufactures are comparatively unimportant. Shreusbunj, the capital of the county, is the first town washed by the Severnafter that river has left Wales. In former times it was a place of greatmilitary importance, and the lofty peninsula, almost encircled by the Severn, uponwhich it is seated, was strongly fortified by walls and a Norman castle, of whichthere still exist considerable remains. Perhaps no other town in England is equallyrich in fine mediaeval buildings. The ma
. The earth and its inhabitants ... mines. Lead is also raised, but the copper mines appear to have becomeexhausted. The manufactures are comparatively unimportant. Shreusbunj, the capital of the county, is the first town washed by the Severnafter that river has left Wales. In former times it was a place of greatmilitary importance, and the lofty peninsula, almost encircled by the Severn, uponwhich it is seated, was strongly fortified by walls and a Norman castle, of whichthere still exist considerable remains. Perhaps no other town in England is equallyrich in fine mediaeval buildings. The market-house dates from the sixteenth 102 THE BRITISH ISLE3. century; tlio Council House is an old mansion, where the court of tho WelshMarches was held. St. Marys Church has an octagonal spire and a profusion ofstained glass. Butchers Row is interesting on account of its quaint have been raised in honour of Lord Hill and Lord Clive. Shrewsbury Fig. 56.—Shuewshuky. Fi-om tlio Ordnanop Survey Map. 1 ; C3, \
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