Shrewsbury’s most famous son is the naturalist Charles Darwin; he was born and raised in the town.
So one might wonder, in an idle moment, if he was aware of the loggerheads. Well, actually, he had to be if he was at all observant, but here’s proof…
On one side (the servants’ side) of his father’s house The Mount, is a Salop Fire Insurance Office badge, plaque #5448.
An entry at Shropshire Archives suggests that it was placed there around 1810, around the time Charles was born.
So Charles must have seen it when he was a young lad.
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