ST. ANDREW’S, QUATT QUATT ANDREW’S, ST. ST. MICHAEL’S, UPTON CRESSETT UPTON MICHAEL’S, ST. ALL SAINTS, CLAVERLEY SAINTS, CLAVERLEY ALL ST. MARY ALL SAINTS, ST. MARY’S, ST. ANDREW’S, MAGDALENE’S, ST. MICHAEL’S, ST. PETER’S, CLAVERLEY A LV E L E Y QUAT T QUAT FORD UPTON CRESSETT WORFIELD QUATFORD MAGDALENE’S, MARY ST. HILL INNOCENTS, TUCK HOLY Notable for its spectacular wall Overlooking open countryside to the The red brick exterior of St Andrew’s Nestled in a beautiful setting, this A hidden gem, St Michael’s is a Described by locals as ‘a church that paintings, Claverley is a treasure West and North, St. Mary’s is a medley dates to c. 1763; however, some of its church, established between 1084-6 Norman church with an array of thinks it’s a cathedral’, this impressive WORFIELD PETER’S, ST. trove of medieval artwork. Alongside of medieval features, dating back to features are medieval. Inside you’ll by the Earl of Shrewsbury, appears in surviving features, including the nave 12th-century church has what is widely architectural features dating from the the Norman Conquest. Keep an eye find some striking early modern Domesday Book (1086). The current and lower chancel, the chancel arch, considered the finest spire in Shropshire. twelfth-fifteenth centuries, you’ll find out for the medieval wall paintings on funerary monuments of the local building retains the Norman chancel the font, and even some surviving Inside you’ll find 14th-century stained glass, a pair of fonts, one Norman and one the south wall and the 15th-century Wolryche family as well as some and some evidence of a Norman Norman windows. A wall painting alongside beautiful newer additions. There possibly Saxon, but decorated in the altar frontal on the north. The stained remarkable items of military history, nave and tower. The font is probably dating to c. 1200 on the west side are also a pair of impressive funerary Norman style and pillars painted to glass in the clerestory (upper level) including a memorial to Lt. Wilkinson Norman, and the remnants of a wall of the chapel depicts an angel, monuments connected with the Bromley look like dressed stone. By far the most dates to the 15th-century. – a local who received the Victoria painting on the north wall of the enthroned king, and broad band of family. The original, 12th-century church captivating feature is the 13th-century Cross during the First World War. chancel date to c. 1100. foliage scrollwork in a style identical doors are on display above a modern Outside, you’ll also find a medieval frieze on the wall of the nave including to that used at Claverley. meeting room complex. preaching cross and sabre marks on scenes alluding to the myth of the the church yard from the Civil War 9th-century emperor Charlemagne. period in the 17th-century. ALVELEY MARY’S, ST. Church St, Claverley, Alveley Village, Alveley, 1 Hillside Bungalows, Quatt, Main Road (A442), Quatford, Upton Cressett, Main St, Worfield, Wolverhampton WV5 7DT Bridgnorth WV15 6ND Bridgnorth WV15 6QW Bridgnorth WV15 6QJ Bridgnorth WV16 6UH Bridgnorth WV15 5LF Top image: Wall paintings at All Saints, Claverley Top image: Funerary monument of the Wolryche family Top image: Part of Worfield’s renovated stained-glass window HOLY INNOCENTS, TUCK HILL On route from Claverley to Alveley, you can stop at Holy Innocents, Tuck Hill. While not medieval, it is a fine church in a lovely setting. Remnants of medieval wall paintings that would have once covered the inside of the church Part of Alveley’s wall paintings 12th-century font at Upton Cressett Tuckhill, Bridgnorth WV15 6EW showing a skeletal figure CHARLEMAGNE_SHROPSHIRE CHURCH TRAIL_12PP LEAFLET _AW.indd 1-6 23/11/2018 13:52 CHARLEMAGNE IF TRAVELLING A European Icon THINGS TO SEE IN MAP OF THE TRAIL FROM THE NORTH BRIDGNORTH... AN EAST Newton SHROPSHIRE 7 Astley Abbotts Worfield CHURCH For those interested in Medieval wall paintings Rindleford Hilton the church of St Andrew’s, Wroxeter, just outside TRAIL For more information on all of these Shrewsbury, is well worth a visit. The grand churches, please see our website: 15th-century church of St Bartholomew’s, Tong, Roughton just off junction 3 of the M54, is also worth seeing. Morville www.charlemagne-icon.ac.uk Tasley Swancote 1 Just off the A458 from Shrewsbury you’ll find the For more information on Claverley, please see our ruins of Wenlock Priory and further along the 6 Bridgnorth Barnsley Claverley Claverley leaflet and further information which A4169 the impressive ruins of Buildwas Abbey can be found on our website: on the banks of the River Severn. Upper Upton Farmcote Cressett Beobridge www.charlemagne-icon.ac.uk/heritage 5 Lower Bridgnorth was the main political centre Quatford Beobridge Eardington IF TRAVELLING for this area during the Middle Ages and Chetton Bobbington FROM THE SOUTH contains many things to see and do. Mose FURTHER READING Upper Forge The ruins of Bridgnorth Castle can be seen in the High Town. St. Leonard’s church 4 is also worth visiting. Both of these were Richard Marks, Stained Glass in England 2 For those travelling through the Shropshire Hills AONB, severely damaged in the Civil War during during the Middle Ages (1993) Glazeley Quatt be sure to visit the majestic Ludlow Castle. Just up the 1646 Siege of Bridgnorth, though Chelmarsh Middleton Tuckhill the A49 is also the fortified manor of Stokesay Castle St. Leonard’s has since been rebuilt. Scriven John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, Shropshire, Deuxhill The Buildings of England series (2006) which is maintained by English Heritage. While not open to the public, Bishop Hampton Percy’s House has a beautiful exterior Roger Rosewell, Medieval Wall Paintings, Loade displaying 16th-century timber work. The Shire Series (2015) 17th-century Town Hall is also admirable. Sidbury IF TRAVELLING Billingsley FROM THE WEST For those parking in the Low Town, 3 the Cliff Railway provides an easy way to ascend the cliffs and admire the Highley Alveley views over the River Severn. Visit the award-winning Walsall Leather Museum, For more information on facilities 1. All Saints, Claverley 5. St. Mary Magdalene, Quatford Shropshire has an exceptionally large a celebration of the British leather goods capital. available at Bridgnorth see: number of historic churches. This short 2. Holy Innocents, Tuck Hill 6. St. Michael’s, Upton Cressett To see Walsall’s famous ‘Bayard’s Colts’, early modern trail highlights a few medieval places of www.visitbridgnorth.co.uk carved staffs, including the ‘Charlemagne head’, 3. St. Mary’s, Alveley 7. St. Peter’s, Worfield All Saints, Claverley worship in a circular route. contact the curator of the Leather Museum. 4. St. Andrew’s, Quatt We start with Claverley, because of the allusions to Charlemagne, but you could Photographs by Jamie Carstairs pick up the route at any point. CHARLEMAGNE A European Icon CHARLEMAGNE_SHROPSHIRE CHURCH TRAIL_12PP LEAFLET _AW.indd 7-12 23/11/2018 13:52.