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Mardol is an historic street in Darwin Town Trail
/ref> Shuts and passages leading from the street include the King's Head Passage, Phoenix Place, Mardol Gardens, Carnarvon Lane, Hill's Lane and Roushill Bank. At the top of Mardol stands a public artwork, ''Darwin Gate'', created in 2004, whilst at the foot is ''
Mardol is an historic street in Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
, Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...
with a variety of architectural styles, ranging from Tudor timber-framed buildings to more modern constructs. It runs from the site of the St George's Bridge (a crossing of the Severn
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, replaced by the nearby Welsh Bridge
The Welsh Bridge is a masonry arch viaduct in the town of Shrewsbury, England, which crosses the River Severn. It connects Frankwell with the town centre. It is a Grade II* listed building.
The bridge was designed and built from 1793 to ...
, at a place called Mardol Quay) up to the town centre, a place called Mardol Head.
The origin of the name of the street is not clear. One possibility is "the mard wall" meaning boundary wall, another is "the Devil's End"./ref> Shuts and passages leading from the street include the King's Head Passage, Phoenix Place, Mardol Gardens, Carnarvon Lane, Hill's Lane and Roushill Bank. At the top of Mardol stands a public artwork, ''Darwin Gate'', created in 2004, whilst at the foot is ''
The Quantum Leap
''The Quantum Leap'' is a sculpture situated next to the River Severn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It was created to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of evolutionist Charles Darwin, who was born in the town in 1809. The sculpture w ...
'', another large outdoor artwork created in 2009.
See also
*History of Shrewsbury
The town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England, has a history that extends back at least as far as the year 901, but it could have been first settled earlier.V. Bellamy, ''The making of Shrewsbury: the history of a border town'' (Wharncliffe Local ...
Notes and references
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