Oswestry Town Walls Report - 1980

Town Wall Report FOREWORD

Part I. THE BUILDING OF THE WALL

• The Castle
• Growth of the Town
• The Murage Grants
• The Conjectured Line of the Wall
• John Leland's Visit to Oswestry
• Miscellaneous Topographical Detail

Part II. DESTRUCTTON AND DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BOROUGH'S DEFENCES

• Infilling and Expansion
• Growth of Suburbs
• Developments on the Bailey
• Archaeological Potential of the Core Region
• The Great Fires of Oswestry
• John Norden's Survey
• State of the Town Wall
• Decay of the Castle
• The Civil War
• Deterioration of the Gates
• Removal of the Gates
• An Excavation Strategy

Part III RECORDED SIGHTINGS OF THE WALL

Part IV. EXCAVATION REPORTS

• Cae Glas Park I
• Cae Glas Park II
• Welsh Walls

APPENDIX - The Form of a Murage Grant

Town Wall Report NOTES & REFERENCES