Monkmoor is a suburb located in the north-east of the town of
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...
,
Shropshire
Shropshire (; abbreviated SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West M ...
,
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
. It is connected to the suburbs of
Underdale and
Abbey Foregate. The ward's population in 2015 was 4,451. Much of Monkmoor is residential; there is approximately 1,904 households in the suburb and 1,939 total dwellings.
[https://shropshire.gov.uk/media/3874/monkmoor-pdf.pdf ]
Amenities
The suburb has two
public house
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the ...
s, ''The Monkmoor'' and ''The Abbey'', named after the nearby
Shrewsbury Abbey
The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross (commonly known as Shrewsbury Abbey) is an ancient foundation in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.
The Abbey was founded in 1083 as a Benedictine monastery by the Normans, Norman Earl of Shre ...
. It also has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
, a
Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
(St Peter's), a chip shop, an
Indian and
Chinese takeaway and a convenience store. It is also home to Shrewsbury Police Station. There is a primary school, ''The Wilfred Owen School'' (opened 2008),
and a specialist academy known as ''Severndale Academy''. There was formerly a secondary Monkmoor Girls' School in the suburb, however it closed in the 20th century and is now a
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...
, converted to housing.
Sport
To the rear of the former school is Monkmoor Recreation Ground, a large recreation ground with
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
,
rugby and
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
facilities.
Shrewsbury Town F.C.
Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1886, the club were inaugur ...
had their first ground on the former Racecourse Ground in Monkmoor, where they hosted 51 matches over 3 years (1886-89).
As well as a
BMX
BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross or bike motocross, is a cycle sport performed on BMX bikes, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX, or else in general street or off-road recreation.
History
BMX began during the ea ...
track which is situated near the back of local primary school Belvidere Primary
Notable people
*
Samuel Butler (1774-1839), headmaster of
Shrewsbury School
Shrewsbury School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Shrewsbury.
Founded in 1552 by Edward VI by royal charter, to replace the town's Saxon collegiate foundations which were disestablished in the sixteenth century, Shrewsb ...
, later
Bishop of Lichfield
The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq. mi.) of the counties of Powys, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West M ...
, bought the mansion called Whitehall on Monkmoor Road as retirement home in 1834.
[Chapter 10: Cherry Orchard, the Growth of a Victorian Suburb.]
*
Thomas Bucknall Lloyd (1824-1896),
Archdeacon of Salop
The Archdeacon of Salop is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield.
History
Shropshire was historically split between the diocese of Hereford (under the Archdeacon of Shropshire) and the diocese of Coventry ...
, had family home at Whitehall, which he bought from his cousin, the novelist
Samuel Butler (1835-1902), Bishop Samuel Butler's grandson, in 1857.
[
* George Butler Lloyd (1854-1930), local ]Conservative
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...
MP for Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...
1913-22, was born at now-demolished Monkmoor Hall.
*Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen Military Cross, MC (18 March 1893 – 4 November 1918) was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry on the horrors of Trench warfare, trenches and Chemi ...
(1893-1918), war poet, lived in family home at 71 Monkmoor Road (house named 'Mahim'), where there is a commemorative plaque.[
]
Transport
The Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury line runs through the suburb under a road bridge, and Shrewsbury railway station
Shrewsbury railway station serves the town of Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England. Built in 1848, it was designated a grade II listed building in 1969. Many services starting at or passing through the station are bound for Wales, and it is a key ...
is located 1.2 miles to the west of Monkmoor. The suburb is served by the 1 bus route. The route connects the suburb to Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, northwest of Wolverhampton, west of Telford, southeast of Wrexham and north of Hereford. At the 2021 United ...
town centre.
See also
* Abbey Foregate
* Underdale, Shrewsbury
References
{{reflist
Suburbs of Shrewsbury