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Never actually been in the main building and I only live near the Wrekin. But I did get to fit some carpet at one of the coach houses across the road a couple of years ago. The very first iron multi storey building the grand father of all skyscrapers is only about a mile away from Darwin's house. And a further 10 miles away you have the origin of the very first parliament the very first iron bridge and the birth place of the olympic games and also the birth place of industry. I'd say but I would, that Shropshire is the centre of the known world. P.S Clive of India's mansion isn't too far away either.

It's a shame this descends into the usual jeremiad about how supposedly awful modern architecture is.

Hint of sarcasm at 17:08 with the award winning new bank design

I lived in Darwin House in the 1970s....located at 2 Darwin Street. The house where Darwin was born was called the Mount although it was used by the government and they started calling it Darwin House as well around about the 1970s. This led to lots of confusion with mail being misdirected and I regularly visited "The Mount" to exchange mail. The government office years were ugly and covered up much of the charm of the earlier house.

What a great video. Thoroughly enjoyed it as I lived in Shrewsbury in the 1970s. I had the pleasure of revisiting recently and loved it. So sad that modernism covered up the past - but such is life. Only minor complaint is the music is too loud at the beginning and end and overwhelms the soft spoken presenter.

I visited the house today with a group, for a pre-arranged guided tour with John Hughes. He's a really excellent guide and we all enjoyed it very much. It's great to see these photos too, and hear more information from John. Charles Darwin is a hugely important figure and it's great to see his childhood home starting to be celebrated like this.

An excellent production very informative and it brought to life the house and gardens back in all its glory congratulations to everyone involved in its production

Great video, learnt a lot of things. Shame the town planners of the 60's didnt realise their actions ruined areas.

We have a street named after your town ; it always had a magical appeal to me going back to the 1980's . Thanks ever so much from old New Orleans 😇

Wow so much information thank you. I have lived here all my life now in my 50's I have always loved it. Thank you very much

My great-grandfather was from Oswestry. William Henry Morris who was son of William Morris and Fanny Halfyard (from Topsham, Devon). William senior was a store owner and then an Auctioneer, plus I think a Post Master at some stage.

Shrewsbury. Not Shrowsbury.

My family used to the town both in summer and winters because my parental grandmother lived in Whitchruch

Really interesting street names on some of those old maps. When and why did Knucking Street become Hill's Lane? When and how was it decided to rename Old Fish Street into Butcher's Row and St. Alkmund's Place? When and why was Stalls renamed Shoplatch? How did the Pride family wield enough power to have High Pavement renamed as Pride Hill? I already knew from research towards a GCSE geography project in 1989 that what is now referred to as Wyle Cop was formerly divided between Wyle Cop (the top), The Wyle (the main hill) and Under the Wyle. You can see 'Under the Wyle' on one of these maps but not 'The Wyle'. When did the use of 'Wyle Cop' start to creep beyond the top of the hill to encompass the main stretch of hill that was formerly called The Wyle? After working on my GCSE project, I wrote in to the Shrewsbury Chronicle a letter headed something like 'Compromises on Plans for Town Parking', weighing in to the debate then raging about whether or not cars should be banned from the town centre. It was published, listing my then age (15). I managed to sneak in a reference to The Wyle, and was subsequently complimented by some old folk for using the traditional street names. Fun times!

Nice job

I used to live a literal stones throw away from the old castle. I wonder what once stood where my old house now stands. It must have been part of the castle grounds. I wish time travel was possible, how fascinating.

Very Good . I always thought it was a boring place to grow up. But it has a fascinating history. Of which we re all part. My great great great grandfather came to oswestry from Whixall . To sell cabbages at the market. His Son Charlie Cotton became the proprietor of the fruit and veg shop next door to the wynnstay hotel. Later to become Wilson's first run by my great uncle George and then by my Uncle Bill and his wife Rachel ,and its still called Wilson's today even though its now a wine bar annex to the hotel. My Grandad would walk us up town on a saturday to the market and he knew everybody,,,it took forever. Its not the same now,,,,but its still oswestry.

Oustanding production .... Excellent from start to finish ..... Thank you so much .

Interesting! Nicely done.

Excellent

Wonderful!

Fabulously produced, researched and really interesting history of the town. Such a pity about rhe historic vandalism that has occured in quite recent times.

A most unexpected and excellent result from us just turning up on your ‘doorstep yesterday. Thank you for providing a personal tour that wholly exceeded any expectation we had

A superb trip into the history of Shrewsbury , thank you , watched numerous times

Just now seen the video - my wife Carolyn was there yesterday - and was shown around. (was it by John Hughes? If so, thank you John!), I really appreciate the meticulous detail in the video. I live near the CMS houses at Waimate North in NZ. Darwin spent Christmas Day in 1835 there. Looking at the books in the library there, is eye opening. Such as Paley's book, opened to watch finding scenario. I would give a lot to see The Mount, but the video tells me a lot. And I will need to be content with this. Many Thanks.

I was born and bred in Shrewsbury decades ago. Still feel an affinity with this lovely town and thanks for producing such quality footage.

This is fascinating. What a find - and so well presented. Brilliant!

Thanks so very much for bringing me to this important place and time. I admire the Darwins greatly. I love having a glimpse into the environment of Charles' formative years. Many, many thanks.

Watch this space!

Before all the concrete and plastic.

Thank you so much for this fascinating insight into the early domestic life of Charles Darwin. Such a shame that so much of the gardens has been lost to development.

This is so interesting and gives us a real picture of all the influences of his youth that conspired to make Darwin what he eventually became. Is the house now open to visitors? I read some time ago that it was in private ownership. It would be wonderful to stroll round at leisure.

Very Good But the house is in SHREWSBURY not Shroesbury

Absolutely brilliant. We’ll done Shropshire Archives!

Ill never forget that bridge thoe, wat a lovely view it was if there was one.

No field of dreams, shack like rest of this run down country.

a very good video - well done

And they want to build a hotel now, insane

Very well researched and presented. Well done

An excellent film. Really enjoyable.

Thank you very interesting.

yikes

cant hear

Nicely done. One thing that irks me very much is the mispronunciation of His name. It's 'AN-ti-noos' with the accent on the first syllable. If you look at the way His name is spelled in Greek (Αντινους), it's important to remember that in Greek, the combination of 'ou' is pronounced 'oo'. His name in Greek is therefore 'AN-ti-noos'. Saying 'an-TIN-oo-us' really makes no phonological or orthographic sense. By the way, the cult of Antinous has revived in many parts of the world. I, for one, hold Antinous close to my heart as my primary deity. (I am a follower of the ancient Greek and Roman Gods and traditions.) Antinous is the Gay God and those who worship Him as their primary deity are increasing in number with the largest population of His followers to be found in Brazil. So PLEASE pronounce His name correctly: AN-tin-oos. Ut Antinous vos benedicat.

Great video. Lovely to see Antinous being discussed openly and academically in the UK. Thank you both so much. I am the author of the novel 'The Love God' about the life of Antinous and am a priest of his revived cult (founded in the USA and now Worldwide). I will be blessing the start of Glastonbury Pride on 23rd July.

Fascinating. Hadrian & Antinous one of the great love stories of all time.

There must have been hordes of those vandals, most active post WW2, but clearly practiced a lot in the 30's. Obviously, not much of a protest back then. Very sad, but still a fine town to visit.

Wait, 0:48 do you still have the Berth cauldron? I thought it was in the British museum & went in April!

The music reminds me of the stuff played on the phone during the wait for the local surgery to answer…