ASTON STREET

Number 2 - THE ALBION

The Albion was the last public house to be built in Wem. It followed the development of the railways (which arrived in 1850) In 1890, William Flowers (born in Rugby) was the landlord.He was still there at the census in 1901 In 1917, Agnes C Franklin was the landlady.By 1934, Joseph Lewis had taken over.In 2013, the inn was renamed the "Drayton Gate" to commemorate the gate of Wem which saw the main brunt of the unsuccessful Royalist attack on the town. The verse The Women of Wem and a Few musketeers Beat the Lord Capel and all his cavaliers summed up the Royalist rout, which eventually saw King Charles lose control of the country. It was renamed the Drayton Gate and marketed itself as a restaurant until 2018, when it was sold and turned into offices.