Editing Welshpool (section)

==Historic buildings==
[[File:Y Trallwng Welshpool 02 Stryd yr Eglwys.JPG|thumb|left|upright|St Mary's Church, Welshpool]]
[[File:Welshpool Cockpit - geograph.org.uk - 178087.jpg|thumb|Welshpool Cockpit]] 
[[St Mary's Church, Welshpool|St Mary's Church]] is a Grade I [[listed building]]. The original church dated from about 1250,  there are remains of this church in the lower courses of the church tower. The nave was rebuilt in the 16th century, and the whole building was substantially restored in 1871. The 15th century chancel ceiling may have come from [[Strata Marcella]] Abbey, about {{convert|5|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} away, and a stone in the churchyard is said to have been part of the abbot's throne. A memorial in the church commemorates [[William Morgan (Bible translator)|Bishop William Morgan]], translator of the Bible into Welsh, who was the vicar from 1575 to 1579.<ref name="St Marys Welshpool">{{cite web|title=The Parish of Welshpool/About the church|url=http://parish.churchinwales.org.uk/a193/|publisher=The Church in Wales}}</ref>

The Mermaid Inn, 28 High Street, was very probably an early 16th-century merchant's house, placed on a [[burgage]] plot between the High Street and Alfred Jones Court. The timber-framed building has long storehouse or wing to the rear. The frontage was remodelled {{circa}} 1890, by [[Frank Shayler|Frank H. Shayler]], architect, of Shrewsbury. Early illustrations of the building show that prior to this it had a thatched roof and that the timbering was not exposed. There is a passage to side with heavy box-framing in square panels, with brick infill exposed in side elevation and in rear wing. The frontage was exposed by Shayler to show decorative timber work on the upper storey. An Inn by the 19th century when it was owned by a family named Sparrow.<ref>{{cite book | title=The Changing Face of Welshpool | publisher=Powysland Club | year=1998 | location=Welshpool | pages=22 | isbn=0947805346 | first1=Ion | last1=Trant | first2=R. M. Wynne | last2=Griffiths}}</ref>

There is an octagonal brick cockpit in New Street, which was built in the early 18th century and was in continual use for [[cockfighting]] until the practice was outlawed by the [[Cruelty to Animals Act 1849]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://historicwales.gov.uk/files/pdf-listed-building.php?ids=24154&lang=ENG | title=Historic Wales Report | work=Historic Wales | access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> {{as of|2015}}, it is the home of the town's [[Women's Institute]]. [[Welshpool Town Hall]], which was completed in 1874, is a Grade II listed building.<ref>{{NHAW|desc=Town Hall|num=14930|access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref>