. Vanishing England . ld, some old houses inFrankwell, including the inn with the quaint sign—theString of Horses, the ancient hostels—the Lion, famousin the coaching age, the Ship, and the Raven —BennettsHall, which was the mint when Shrewsbury played itspart in the Civil War, and last, but not least, the housein Wyle Cop, one of the finest in the town, whereHenry Earl of Richmond stayed on his way to Bosworthfield to win the English Crown. Such are some of thebeauties of old Shrewsbury which happily have not yetvanished. Not far removed from Shrewsbury is Coventry, whichat one time could boa
. Vanishing England . ld, some old houses inFrankwell, including the inn with the quaint sign—theString of Horses, the ancient hostels—the Lion, famousin the coaching age, the Ship, and the Raven —BennettsHall, which was the mint when Shrewsbury played itspart in the Civil War, and last, but not least, the housein Wyle Cop, one of the finest in the town, whereHenry Earl of Richmond stayed on his way to Bosworthfield to win the English Crown. Such are some of thebeauties of old Shrewsbury which happily have not yetvanished. Not far removed from Shrewsbury is Coventry, whichat one time could boast of a city wall and a castle. Inthe reign of Richard II this wall was built, strengthenedby towers. Leland, writing in the time of Henry VIII,states that the city was begun to be walled in whenEdward II reigned, and that it had six gates, many fairtowers, and streets well built with timber. Other writersspeak of thirty-two towers and twelve gates. But fewtraces of these remain. The citizens of Coventry took an. \ House thai the Earl of Richmond stayed in before the Battleof Bosworth, Shrewsbury 60 VANISHING ENGLAND active part in the Civil War in favour of the Parliamen-tary army, and when Charles II came to the throne heordered these defences to be demolished. The gates wereleft, but most of them have since been is a city of fine old timber-framed fifteenth-century houses with gables and carved barge-boards andprojecting storeys, though many of them are decayedand may not last many years. The city has had afortunate immunity from serious fires. We give an illus-tration of one of the old Coventry streets called SponStreet, with its picturesque houses. These old streets arenumerous, tortuous and irregular. One of the richestand most interesting examples of domestic architecturein England is St. Marys Hall, erected in the timeof Henry VI. Its origin is connected with ancient guildsof the city, and in it were stored their books and grotesque
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