Flaxmill

Georgian Timeline

During the Georgian period, trade had waned in Shrewsbury and the town was now a fashionable leisure destination. Local aristocracy and gentility began to rent and build property, and assembly rooms, coffeehouses and lecture halls sprung up across the town.

1739

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