Shrewsbury's Fields of Dreams

No area of Shrewsbury town centre has seen such great change over such a short period of time as the area between the main shopping streets and the River Severn.

It is an area seemingly poised for the biggest changes in its history, but this is a place where big changes have been happening for the last 150 years. So, here’s a chance to find out more about the rapidly changing look and feel of Raven Meadows in a fascinating new video collaboration between Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, Shropshire Archives and the Old Market Hall.

Further Reading
If you enjoyed “Shrewsbury’s Fields of Dreams”, you may wish to explore the subjects covered by it in the following sources without which this video couldn’t have been produced.
Nigel Baker: Shrewsbury: An Archaeological Assessment of an English Border Town (2010)
T.M Brown & Michael D Watson “The Civil War Roushill Wall, Shrewsbury”, Transactions of Shropshire Archaeological & Historical Soc. Vol 66. (1989)
Dorothy Cromarty: Everyday Life in Medieval Shrewsbury (1991)
Joyce Butt: “Red lights in Roushill” in Victorian Shrewsbury ed. Barrie Trinder (1984)