
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: The Golden Cross An ale house for over 500 years it was a meeting place for Royalists in the Civil War until Shrewsbury was taken by Parliamentarian troops in 1646. Was also sacristy to old church of St.Chad opposite which collapsed in 1788 Recorded plaque organisation: Rotary Club of Shrewsbury.
The Golden Cross, an ale house dating back over 500 years, served as a significant meeting place for Royalists during the English Civil War and was formerly attached as a sacristy to the now-collapsed Church of St. Chad opposite.
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