About the Business
Whitchurch is one of the oldest continually inhabited settlements in the country. It has been a busy town since Roman times, when it was called Mediolanum. The town's High Street was built over the original Roman road known as "Watling Street" that connected Chester to London. Emperors such as Hadrian and Constantine would certainly have passed through Whitchurch on their travels. Sir John Talbot, the first Earl of Shrewsbury, had is heart buried under the porch of the parish church St Alkmund's at his request. One of the greatest soldiers of his time he fought for King's Henry IV, V, VI until he was killed in 1453 at the battle of Castillion, near Bordeaux - the last major battle of the hundreds year war. Another famous son is Sir Edward German, the renowned composer of "Tom Jones" and Merrie England" was born in St Mary's Street in a building that is now a popular public house. This eminent son was laid to rest in his home town in 1936.
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