Shifnal is a small Shropshire town of no obvious distinction... The growth of coaching brought prosperity to Shifnal for half a century until the railways gave easy access to more profitable markets... The deep-rooted community life, developed during centuries of slow growth, has, to a large extent, survived great social change and the recent increase of population.
Shifnal, a Pictorial History - Sylvia Watts 1989
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Church Street looking South West |
Church Street looking North East |
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Naughty Nells - with connections to Charles Dickens |
Naughty Nells and neighbouring building |
St Andrew's Church and Old Idsall House Park Court, Shifnal, is now private flats, but was originally built in 1817 as Shifnal Workhouse. In 1836 it became the Union Workhouse for Shifnal and fourteen surrounding parishes. It later became part of the Cottage Hospital.
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