Picturesque views and description of cities, towns, castles, mansions, and other objects of interesting feature, in Shropshire, from original designs, taken expressly for this work, by MrFrederick Calvert, engraved on steel by MrTRadclyffe, with historical and topographical illustrations . ough several dates are placed in different parts ofthe building. It has not been noticed as having been a fortress, although it was garrisonedby the Parliament against Charles I. in 1644. It is stated that the King, having possscssionof Shrewsbury and several places in the neighbourhood, the Parliament sent
Picturesque views and description of cities, towns, castles, mansions, and other objects of interesting feature, in Shropshire, from original designs, taken expressly for this work, by MrFrederick Calvert, engraved on steel by MrTRadclyffe, with historical and topographical illustrations . ough several dates are placed in different parts ofthe building. It has not been noticed as having been a fortress, although it was garrisonedby the Parliament against Charles I. in 1644. It is stated that the King, having possscssionof Shrewsbury and several places in the neighbourhood, the Parliament sent part of thegarrison from hence against Shrewsbury, which soon after surrendered to their forces. Thiscastle, after for ages being the theatre of no common scenes, is now sunk into are the changes of this transitory state ! A few sheep browsing on the bushes thatvegitate in tjie crevices of its walls, serve to point out its desertion.— Thus do these ivy-mantled ruins, Like hoary-headed age, nod oer their own decay. Gatacre Hall, the seat of Colonel Gatacre.—It appears, according to Fuller, thatGatacre has formed a part of the paternal possessions of this family, from the reign ofEdward the Confessor. The present proprietor of this manox is Edward Gatacre, Esq.,.
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