immediately after his consecration, brown went to reside at salter's hall, near newport, shropshire. his diocese comprised within it not only shropshire and cheshire, but also the six counties of north wales. such was the energy of his episcopal governance during the thirty years that elapsed between 1861 and 1881, he had increased the number of priests there from thirty-three to ninety-five, of churches from thirty to eighty-eight, of monasteries from one to six, and of convents from one to eleven. and whereas in 1851, he had found not one poor school at all he left flourishing, near st. asaph, the fine establishment of st. beuno's college, and scattered all over his diocese sixty-three poor schools, at which 9,273 children were in daily attendance. much of this wonderful increase was directly traceable to his untiring energy and his remarkable power of organisation. in september 1868, brown left newport and went to reside at shrewsbury.