[2] Shrewsbury Market Hall hosts just over 70 independent businesses, including grocers, restaurants, cafes, and butchers.

[4] Prior to the mid-19th century, many British towns and cities included market houses, which would serve different functions across multiple floors.

The main entrance to the ground floor was on the Mardol side, which included butchers and a shopping arcade, and on the Bellstone end, apple and butter markets were located in the general hall.

[6] On the 28th of June 1963, during construction on the Bellstone end, a collapse of a cellar floor trapped several workers, and led to one being killed and four others injured.

[1] Although the market had been trading since the 21st of November 1964, it was officially opened on the 16th of September 1965, by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman, after construction lasting 2 years.

[7] In a headline, the Shrewsbury Chronicle wrote "Market Is Big Asset To Town", and described it as "the newest and most modern building in the county".