Shrewsbury Abbey - Background

Background

The Abbey is located to the east of the town centre, near to the English Bridge, surrounded by a triangular area which is today referred to as Abbey Foregate. A large amount of the monastery was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but a number of buildings including the church were left intact. Thomas Telford built his A5 road through the remaining part of the Abbey and now only part of the original abbey church is still in existence, which is still used today as a place of worship. The old refectory pulpit is still visible across the road from the church and a single wall of an abbey building, now an integral part of another building, remains.

The history of Shrewsbury Abbey played a prominent role in the "Cadfael" mysteries by Ellis Peters.

The road that passes the abbey is referred to as "Abbey Foregate", the area around which forms a suburb of the town of the same name. The suburb's development is largely residential, with some commercial and limited industrial development, much of the industry having left during a period of decline in the 20th century.

Abbots of Shrewsbury
  1. Fulchred, c. 1087-x 1119
  2. Godfrey, x 1121-1128
  3. Heribert, 1128–1138
  4. Radulfus, x 1138-1147 x
  5. Robert, occurs 1150 × 1159-1168
  6. Adam, 1168 × 1173-1175
  7. Ralph, elected 1175-1186 × 1190
  8. Hugh de Lacy, fl. 1190 x 1220
  9. Walter, 1221–1223
  10. Henry, 1223–1244
  11. Adam, 1244–1250
  12. William, 1250–1251
  13. Henry, 1251–1258
  14. Thomas, 1259–1266
  15. William of Upton, 1266–1271
  16. Luke of Wenlock, 1272–1279
  17. John of Drayton, 1279–1292
  18. William of Muckley, 1292–1333
  19. Adam of Cleobury, 1333–1355
  20. Henry de Alston, 1355–1361
  21. Nicholas Stevens, 1361–1399
  22. Thomas Prestbury, 1399–1426
  23. John Hampton, 1426–1433
  24. Thomas Ludlow, 1433–1459
  25. Thomas Mynde, 1460–1498
  26. Richard Lye, 1498–1512
  27. Richard Baker, 1512–1528
  28. Thomas Butler, 1529–1540

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