In the 14th century it was culverted, its course now under Victoria Road, High Street, Back Lane, Bull Ring and along the north side of the Priory precinct.
[4] At the beginning of the twentieth century the borough council constructed a new sewer system in the town, Shit Brook was diverted to the new disposal works near Downs mill.
In 1847, it was listed as "Sytche" on Ordnance Survey maps, which drew conclusions that it had some relation to a similarly named stream at Burslem in Stoke-on-Trent.
[5] In the 1990s, there was a structural survey carried out on Shit Brook which discovered that the culvert was in poor condition as it had collapsed in places, which led to flooding of nearby properties.
A programme to repair the culvert was proposed by Shropshire County Council Archaeology Service to refurbish it.