Shrewsbury Castle - Visitor Attraction - Great Britain.
N 52° 42.667 W 002° 44.983
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Shrewsbury Castle houses the Shropshire Regimental Museum. The displays include spectacular collections of pictures, weapons, uniforms and other memorabilia from the 1700's to the present. The Castle is located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Waymark Code: WMP3Y3
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/26/2015
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The Regimental Museum was established in 1985 and is housed in the mediaeval border fortress of Shrewsbury Castle.
The oldest & most interesting part of the Castle is Laura's Tower, it overlooks the surrounding townscape and further out to the countryside.
"Since 1985, the castle has housed the Shropshire Regimental Museum, with artefacts from the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. The museum combines the collections of the 53rd, the 85th, the KSLI to 1968, the local Militia, Rifle Volunteers and Territorials, as well as those of other county regiments - the Shropshire Yeomanry and the Shropshire Artillery Volunteers and the Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery." Text source: (
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"The Norman castle, built of red sandstone, was founded by Roger de Montgomery in c1070. During Summer 1138 King Stephen laid siege and captured the fortress. The king granted the castle to Sir Francis Newport of High Ercall, Shropshire in 1663, and it remained in private hands until 1924, when it was acquired by the Corporation of Shrewsbury. It was restored as much as possible to its Edwardian condition and opened to the public in 1926. It now houses the Shropshire Regimental Museum." Text Source: (
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Property Address:
Shrewsbury Castle.
Castle Gates,
Shrewsbury,
Shropshire,
UK.
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