"Nooks and Corners of Shropshire" by H. Thornhill Timmins. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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H. Thornhill Timmins. Nooks and Corners of Shropshire
Nooks and Corners of Shropshire
Table of Contents
1899. PREFACE
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS
NOOKS AND CORNERS OF SHROPSHIRE
A GENERAL SURVEY. THE TOWN OF SHREWSBURY
FROM SHREWSBURY TO PITCHFORD, ACTON BURNELL, AND CHURCH STRETTON
STRETTON DALE AND THE LONGMYND, A VISIT TO STOKESAY CASTLE
FROM CRAVEN ARMS TO BISHOP'S CASTLE AND CLUN
ROUND ABOUT CLUN FOREST. TO KNIGHTON AND LUDLOW
ROUND ABOUT LUDLOW
THE CLEE HILLS, CORVE DALE, AND WENLOCK EDGE
WENLOCK, WROXETER, AND THE WREKIN
TO LILLESHALL ABBEY, TONG, AND BOSCOBEL
ROUND ABOUT BRIDGNORTH
BETWEEN SEVERN AND CLEE
WESTWARD HO! TOWARDS THE WELSH BORDER
INDEX
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H. Thornhill Timmins
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Far aloft soars the graceful spire of St. Alkmond's Church, ('Stalkmun's,' in the vernacular), the nave whereof was pulled down in a panic a century ago, after its neighbour St. Chad's had fallen, and rebuilt in the contemptible 'style' of that period.
'In the yere 1533,' as an old chronicler tells, 'uppon Twelffe daye, in Shrowsburie, the Dyvyll appearyd in Saint Alkmond's churche there, when the preest was at High Masse, with great tempeste and Darknesse, soe that as he passyd through, he mountyd upp the Steeple in the sayd churche, tering the wyers of the clocke, and put the prynt of his Clawes uppon the 4th Bell, and tooke one of the pynnacles awaye with hym, and for the Tyme stayde all the Bells in the churches within the sayde Towne, that they could neyther toll nor ringe.'
