street names in shrewsbury

[hodnet2000]

hi does anyone know whereabouts in Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury that Plowdens Passage and Innsfield would have been,,,, some of my relatives lived in that area and though i lived in Shrewsbury for most of my life i cant figure out where they might have been.I know where Horsefair is ( my Nanny was born there) but cant find the others (obviously not there now).Also has anyone heard of Owen Shut ,could that of been around the same area? many thanks.  jean

[Lloydy]

Hello

I can't help you with an answer, I'm afraid, but can direct you to the Shropshire Archives in Shrewsbury, who will be able to help you.  I know they keep copies of old maps and can help identify old addresses.  The staff have helped me on a number of occasions.

Have a look at the website for contact details: http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.nsf

[ricky1]

Hi Hodnet

Looking at the census route on 1881, it wasnt to far from the Holy Cross Hospital



ricky

[ricky1]

Hi Hodnet

If you go to this site

http://www.shrewsbury.gov.uk/planninglist/LBRegister.asp?parishID=44

and look for number
653/12/64 on the leftside of the page and then press map 653/12/64 it shows where the hospital is or was

ricky

[hodnet2000]

hi man thanks to both of you,, i will contact the records office by e-mail to see what they can find. thank you ricky, i had a look on the site you suggested and i have a pretty good idea of where Holy Cross Hospital might have been,,,. its somewhere round the back of the Abbey and i think there are Alms Houses still there, but im not sure. Even though im not far from Shrewsbury our public transport is not good ,also every time i go to Shrewsbury they seem to have knocked something else down and it looks totally different! many many thanks,  jean

[ricky1]

Hi Hodnet

also looking on the census route, it mentions the Angel Inn and the Bell Inn, also New hall Gardens, and there is a mention of Number 2 Railway Road and what looks like Priddles passage

ricky

[hodnet2000]

hi, ricky,,,i think Newhall Gardens are still there, also the Bell inn i think,,perhaps Priddens passage could be my Plowdens passage, i will get my map out,,,, where do you get your census info from,,, i use Ancestry, many thanks,  jean

[ricky1]

Hi Jean
I use An***try aswell, its from the 1881 census
Shrewsbury Holy Cross, district 25

ricky

[Lloydy]

lso has anyone heard of Owen Shut ,

This website http://shrewsburyforum.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=259 gave reference to the following:

Owens Passage - a dead shut, to the right of what was Deep Pan Pizza (the route it took has been replaced by the Castle Court shut).

Note - on Castle Court, just as the slope begins, on the left is a doorway which leads to a rather grim passage which was once part of the Raven Hotel. This leads eventually, though don't bother - it's not nice, back to Castle Street, next to where Deep Pan Pizza once was. The passage, like a few others (Owen's Passage, Bythell's Passage, Budgett's Passage), were decimated by the huge new commercial developments of the 1980s.

Have a look......there's some good explanations and photos.