Kingsland, Shropshire

Kingsland
The old Kingsland Brewery beside the River Severn
Kingsland  Kingsland shown within Shropshire
Population	1,525 (2011.Ward)[1]
OS grid reference	SJ492134
Civil parish	Shrewsbury
Unitary authority	Shropshire
Ceremonial county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Shrewsbury
Postcode district	SY3
Dialling code	01743
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Shrewsbury & Atcham
List of places UK England Shropshire

Coordinates: 52°42′25″N 2°45′14″W / 52.707°N 2.754°W

Kingsland is a suburb of the town Shrewsbury, Shropshire in the West Midlands of England. It lies adjacent to the town centre of Shrewsbury across the River Severn by the Kingsland Bridge, built 1881.

The Kingsland fields from the Middle Ages were a fairground to where the trade guilds of Shrewsbury used to parade, each guild having an arbour there, on the Monday after the feast of Corpus Christi, which became known as the Shrewsbury Show. In the early 19th century it was thought to be in decline but it revived after the advent of rail transport to the town. However the order and growing size of the crowds caused a petition for its eventual abolition in 1875.^[2]

This measure was a precondition to the residential development of the area for homes of the wealthy, which grew after Shrewsbury School moved there.^[2] For the building of the houses, brickyards were set up at Copthorne which were linked to Kingsland by a tramline running along the line of Porthill Drive, Porthill Road, Roman Road and Kennedy Road.^[3]

The campus of Shrewsbury School occupies some of the land overlooking the River Severn. The main building was originally built in the 18th century as a foundling hospital, and was later a workhouse for Shrewsbury before the School moved into it from the town centre in 1882.

One of the former Victorian mansions, Kingsland Grange, became the preparatory school today (2015) called Shrewsbury High Prep School.

References

1. "Shrewsbury Ward population 2011". Retrieved 27 November 2015.
2. Trinder, Barrie (1983). A History of Shropshire. Phillimore. p. 97. ISBN 0-85033-475-6.
3. A History of Shropshire. pp. 98–99.