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A Guide Through the Town of Shrewsbury

by W. A. Leighton

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Ebenezer Meeting-House

erected in 1834, by a congregation of seceders from the Wesleyan Methodists.

Contiguous to this is the only remaining

Tower on the Town Walls

It is square, embattled, of two stories, lighted by narrow loops, the entrance to the upper being from the top of the wall, through a small plain pointed arch of the age of Henry IV. A similar arch forms the doorway of the lower story.

The more accessible parts of the Town Walls, particularly on the south and south-western sides, were formerly strengthened by similar towers, all of which are now demolished.

At a short distance further on, a considerable portion of

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