Market Drayton
It was built for his father and paid for by Clive from the income from his Indian career. Amongst the many schools he attended is the town s old grammar school, next to St Mary s church. Years later, following the death of their mother, he obtained her diaries from his brother and burned them.The Wellington and Market Drayton Railway operated for just under one hundred years before closure under the Beeching reforms in 1963. Market Drayton has 4 schools: The Grove School is a large secondary school, of approximately 1100 students all of whom are located within 12 miles (19 km) of the town. Despite its rather small size and rural location, the town has forged successful links with its twin towns of Arlon in Belgium and Pézenas in the south of France. He is famous for having spent six years in India from 1862 to 1870 ; there he founded a major studio, Bourne & Shepherd, trekked into and photographed many of India s remotest places and, with his printer Charles Shepherd, became the most notable photographer of the Raj. The British 1930 s British fascist leader Oswald Mosley was born nearby in 1896, at Betton Hall, the home of his mother s parents.
The farm trail is open to the public during farm shop opening hours, and included along the path is the site of an ancient motte and bailey structure which overlooks the River Tern valley. Many of the streets in the town are named after famous castles, such as Balmoral Drive, Caernavon Close, Windsor Drive, Warwick Close, and many others. Aqueduct St Mary s Church Tyrley Locks Pell Wall Hall Nearby at Styche Hall is the birthplace of Robert Clive, first Lord Clive, Clive of India , 1725–1774. That happened after his infamous warm-up for a world frog swallowing record attempt in 1974 when he swallowed a live frog at a Market Drayton pub and washed it down with a pint of black and tan. Market Drayton has always been a hotbed for musical talent producing a number of bands who have progressed on to achieve regional acclaim.
Never far from the headlines in the mid to late 1970s was Poddy Podmore fire engine arrived with ladders,and prison officers and police joined him on the roof. In the early 1980s the town boasted the best School Rock Band in the country, TSB National School Band winners, Monovision.
It was started at a bakery, and quickly spread through the timber buildings. In the 1930s at the height of his fame , he returned to the town where he held a meeting in the square. Market Drayton can also claim to be home to the most famous poacher of recent times.
The great fire of Drayton destroyed almost 70% of the town in the 17th century. 1834).
During the late seventies and early eighties, Drayton also boasted one of the only recording studios in Shropshire, Redball Records. Market Drayton hosts a modern 25 metre indoor swimming pool with an outdoor pool available in the summertime. 1695).
1868) and earlier simply as Drayton (c. On the separation of his parents, his mother, Oswald and his brother went to live in Smithfield Road.
The A53 road by-passes the town. Coordinates: 52°54′16″N 2°29′05″W / 52.9044°N 2.4848°W / 52.9044; -2.4848 Market Drayton is a small market town in north Shropshire, England.
Other cunning stunts included having himself nailed by the ear to a tree, appearing in court covered in manure wearing a dead pig as a hat, and appearing in court dressed as a frogman. Mary s, next to the Grammar School of 1558. The town s marketplace is ancient, with a market charter granted from 1246, and the market continues today.
There is also a skate park near the swimming facilities. The town was previously connected to the town of Wellington via a branch line railway which was opened in 1867. The Georgian house, designed by Sir William Chambers, the architect of Somerset House, replaced the half-timbered house where Clive was born.
This latter link is due to the connection of Lord Clive with both towns. . Market Drayton is on the Shropshire Union Canal and on National Cycle Route 75.
Mosley attended a dame school in Shropshire Street until he went to public school at the age of eight. Their middle class status contrasted with the huge estate of his parental grandparents in Staffordshire.
This facility has taken the place of a 50 metre lido (swimming pool). Although near the Western edge of England, very close to Wales, it can be said to be the most central town in England by means of a geometric exercise : if one draws a rectangle just touching the north, south, east and west extremities of the country (including the Isles of Scilly), the central point falls about two miles (3 km) south of the town, near the village of Woodseaves. The town is promoted as the home of gingerbread who produce nearly one million novelty gingerbread figures for Britain s leading retailers. It is also home to Palethorpe s, now part of the Pork Farms Group who are the towns largest employer making yoghurts. The town is also the home of Tern Press, a highly respected and collectible small press publisher of poetry. Recent developments in the local service industry include the retailers Argos, Wilkinsons, Subway and B&M Bargins which have all brought new employment to the town. There are a number of 17th and 18th century half-timbered buildings in the town centre, as well as a restored Norman church, St.
At the same time the local youth club were represented by the Platinum Needles (formed by former Generation X guitarist Tony James). It is on the River Tern, between Shrewsbury and Stoke-on-Trent, and was formerly known as Drayton in Hales (c.
Poddy was whisked off in a Black Maria. Apart from holidays he never lived in Drayton again. Mosley was deeply ashamed of their reduced circumstances and he did everything to hide the years in Drayton.
A school desk with the initials RC can still be seen in the town. The town was the birthplace of pioneering photographer Samuel Bourne (b. The Buttercross in the centre of the town still has a bell at the top for people to ring if there was ever another fire. Ancient local sites include: Audley s Cross, Blore Heath the site of a major Wars of the Roses battle; and several Neolithic standing stones, The Devil s Ring and Finger , just three miles (5 km) from the town. Other notable landmarks in the area include: Pell Wall Hall , consists of 140 acres (0.57 km2) of community-owned organic farmland located off of the A53 between the Müller and Tern Hill roundabouts.
