Talk:Shrewsbury Abbey

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Abbey Clock

The clock on the abbey is (I assume) unusual in that the roman numerals on its face have the "x" replaced by an "f" character. Unfortunately, I have been unable to turn up any information related - or even references - to this.

Anybody have any ideas?

hah! i totally didn't notice that. I don't have any idea why it's like that or so on, but here's a picture a dug up of it. Not very clear but you can just about make it out. :) Chrisbayley 16:56, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Location

Where is the exact location of Shrewsbury Abbey? A map would be nice, too.

An aside-- in the American Civil War, Confederate Roger A. Pryor, of Virginia, who, at Charleston, April 10, 1861, replying to a serenade, said:

"...And I will tell you, gentlemen, what will put her in the Southern Confederacy in less than an hour by Shrewsbury clock."

---www.grantmystery.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.240.36.102 (talk) 20:49, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Visitation purpose

"In the same year there was a Visitation of the Monasteries ostensibly to examine their character, in fact, to value their assets with a view to expropriation." I'm no expert, but I think this might conflate two processes. I'm fairly certain the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1534 yielded a value, often not very accurate, while the visitation came later and was designed to seek out abuses, or, more cynically, find an excuse to dissolve the monastery. There was another valuation at the dissolution itself, generally more careful and accurate. I'd prefer someone who is more expert to clarify, in case I've got this wrong: my knowledge is restricted to reading accounts of dissolutions in the Victoria County History series. Sjwells53 (talk) 12:17, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted sentence

I have deleted the following sentence, although it is part of cited information, on the grounds of irrelevance to history of Shrewsbury Abbey.

"Rebellion followed, with mobs attacking those sent to break up monastic buildings."

It can be restored if someone can demonstrate it happening in the case of Shrewsbury Abbey or its possessions.Cloptonson (talk) 15:24, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ṇ=="the civic church of Shrewsbury"?== I question the description of the Abbey Church today as being the civic church of Shrewsbury. My understanding, as a lifelong resident of its area and onetime subject of the former Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, is that it is St Chad's Church (separately articled) within the town centre peninsula that is the civic church, in that it has seating provided for the Mayor and councilors, with a rack for the processional sword. Has it been adopted as such by the Shrewsbury Town Council which superseded the SABC? Cloptonson (talk) 15:54, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure you're right. The Abbey was not actually in Shrewsbury proper but part of a separate municipality for much of its history, as is made clear in the article. St Chad's, on the other hand, was long in the patronage of the corporation. Sjwells53 (talk) 00:51, 28 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of Vicars

There is a pretty comprehensive list of Abbots (down to the Dissolution) and of Vicars (down to the present day) to be found on a board just inside the church as you enter through the South Porch. But the way the "List" is set up in this page is so user-unfriendly that I'm unwilling to try to populate it! ShropshirePilgrim (talk) 01:23, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]