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for weaving cotton calicoes. It came to employ 200 people but it was given up after Hulbert, following reversals, left the cotton industry and handed the lease back to its lease-owner John Carline (Junior) in 1825. The buildings were converted by the Carlines into (now demolished) workers' cottages.
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There are also many community projects run from the sub charity 'Barnabas Community Projects.' These include a foodbank, a money advice centre and a '360 Journey to Work' programme. Also run by the Church in term-time every week is a toddler group, 'Barneytots;' a youth group, 'Impact,' and a
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The area suffered badly from flooding in 2000, which entirely took hold of Longden Coleham and other low-lying streets in the area. Since then a number of measures have been taken to alleviate flooding problems in the Coleham and Abbey Foregate areas.
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drill hall, acquired in 1995, for its use. The Barnabas Centre within its premises is now a multi-use church centre with many community agencies using the facilities, such as an NHS pop-up
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purchased land at Coleham, where he set up a larger foundry with steam-powered equipment. The foundry eventually employed several hundred workers. In 1796 he cast the frame for the
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The first large scale industrial building in Shrewsbury arose in Coleham when in 1790 the firm of Powis & Hodge built three factory buildings on land bought from
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Coleham grew up as a village outside medieval Shrewsbury, with the nearest crossing over the Severn to the town being the Stone Bridge (now the
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and Sutton Bridge Junction. There were once extensive engine sheds and other railway related activities in the area. There remains a
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The former Trouncer Brewery was established in Coleham on the banks of the Severn in 1807: it closed in 1954 when acquired by
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road, which as it passes through Coleham itself is called "Longden Coleham". The Victorian suburb of
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at the junction of Longden Coleham and Coleham Head beside the Severn. A waterwheel and
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and fulling facilities. The firm failed by 1799 but the buildings were sold in 1803 to
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A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: 1500–1830
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grew up south of Coleham, and the wealthy suburb of Kingsland (which centres on
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Today, Coleham is connected to the town centre by a pedestrian footbridge, the
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is located on Longden Coleham, where it converted and extended a former
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separates Coleham from the other old suburb on this end of town –
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Greyfriars Bridge, linking Shrewsbury's town centre with Coleham
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is a visitor destination and is located on Longden Coleham.
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along Longden Coleham, as well as a primary school. The
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and its associated lands and buildings were nearby. The
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Greyfriars Bridge in Coleham is the starting point for
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children's (aged 5–11) after school club, 'Kidzklub.'
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Coleham is located in Shropshire
Shropshire
OS grid reference
SJ493120
Unitary authority
Shropshire
Ceremonial county
Shropshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Shrewsbury
Postcode district
SY3
Dialling code
Police
West Mercia
Fire
Shropshire
Ambulance
West Midlands
UK Parliament
Shrewsbury and Atcham
UK
England
Shropshire

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