Owdo me owd butties thank’ee for joining me for some more of me chunnerin’s, today it’s all about a little stone in the middle of nowhere. In January 1691 a pedlar left Newcastle (our Newcastle in Shropshire) in plenty of… Read More »CANTLIN STONE aka Pedlar’s Stone
Rowley’s House has stood proudly on this spot since the late 1500s and has had a few strange goings on over the years. When Rowley’s was our museum it was whum to the Corbet Bed, which is on loan frum… Read More »Haunted Shrewsbury DAY SEVENTEEN – Rowley’s House
Okay lets rest our nerves with a bit of light relief from the world of film. If you stand looking at the front entrance to St Chad’s church there is a gate to your right that leads into a small… Read More »Haunted Shrewsbury DAY SIXTEEN – St Chad’s Graveyard
This grade ll* listed house dates back to the late 1500’s but it has been altered and added to over the years. It has been home to the wonderful Peele collection of toys and books and a few “visitors”. The… Read More »Haunted Shrewsbury – DAY EIGHT – the Old House, Dogpole
Sometime in the late 1780s a mon travelling frum Dublin to London decided to break his journey with a night in Shrewsbury. He booked himself into the recently renamed Lion Hotel (it was previously the Red Lion) and requested a… Read More »Haunted Shrewsbury DAY SEVEN – St Julian’s Churchyard
Well, after all of yesterday’s “visitors” you may be pleased to know that we only have one today but she visits a building certainly worth having a brevit at. The Draper’s Hall, built in 1576, retains many original fixtures and… Read More »Haunted Shrewsbury DAY SIX – Draper’s Hall
Although, after restoration by the late Bob Freeman, the parade is whum (home) to a fine selection of independent shops but prior to closing in 1977 it was home to the Royal Salop Infirmary and that is where our visitors… Read More »Haunted Shrewsbury DAY FIVE – The Parade
Number 27 Pride Hill was built in 1964 and over the years has been an electrical shop, a fast food restaurant, a charity shop, a supermarket and a bakery but our next visitor predates all of these. The main General… Read More »Haunted Shrewsbury DAY FOUR – 27 Pride Hill
When I was a little ‘un and up town with me nan the vicar invited us in for a coffee to escape the sudden downpour but our first ghoss here inna quite so welcome. Bloody Jack (who you hopefully read… Read More »Haunted Shrewsbury DAY THREE – St Nicholas Presbyterian Chapel
Danker me! It’s October already next wik and as it ends with all hallows i thought that some of you might be interested in a few (possibly) haunted sites in Shrewsbury where there might be summat ter be sin. The… Read More »Spooktober – summat ter be sin?