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Shrewsbury Abbey
Hob Uid: 879496
Location : Shropshire Shrewsbury
Grid Ref : SJ4982712331
Summary : Site of Medieval fishpond
More information : (SJ49811231) Abbot's Pool [GT].(1) The Abbot's Fishpond was probably part of the stretch of water now known as Abbey Pool"which within memory was in two pools". An early grant mentions the piscary, (piscarium).(2) The Abbot's Pool has been filled in, and its site is occupied by a sawmill.(3)

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Source details : OS 25" 1927.
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Source details : Owen H and Blakeway JB 1825. History of Shrewsbury 2 95.
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Source details : F1 DS 04-Oct-1960.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Fishpond
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 41 SE 240
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