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A528 Whittington B5065 e Abbey B4580 B5063 St Chad’s A5 Wem A529 United Reformed B5009 Cheswardine Oswestry A49 Hodnet A41 Unitarian St Julian’s Loppington Church A442 RC Cathedral Petton B4397 B5063 A483 Burlton A53 Kingsland Coleham Clive Hinstock B4396 Llanyblodwel A5 Moreton Corbet A519 Llynclys B5476 Knockin Ruyton XI Towns St Giles Harmer Hill Grinshill Llanymynech B4396 Baschurch Shawbury Forton A518 B4398 Hadnall B5062 Nessclie Preston Gubbals A528 Astley Crudgington Edgmond Newport B4393 High Ercall Longford Belle Vue A442 Battleeld A518 A41 Melverley Montford Bridge B5062 B506 B4380 Lilleshall A483 3 Alberbury Ford SHREWSBURY 79 Reabrook A49 B43 A5 B4394 Wellington Weston- Wombridge under-Lizard Sutton A458 Cardeston x12 A5 Wrockwardine A5 Meole Brace 7 6 B4380 5 Hanwood B5061 4 M54 Holy Trinity Westbury B4386 TELFORD Welshpool Bayston Hill Wroxeter Shifnal B4387 A488 A49 Atcham Tong A458 A5223 3 Meole Brace Greek Orthodox A458 Pontesbury B4380 Madeley Condover A4169 A464 Cound Coalbrookdale Albrighton B4499 Minsterley Codsall B4386 Worthen Cressage Ironbridge A41 Pulverbatch Acton Burnell Jackeld Marton A490 Barrow Harley Architecture and History: Broseley B4176 Stiperstones Longnor Badger People’s Lives, Family History and Stories Leebotwood A442 Chirbury Much Wenlock A483 Cardington 8 If you want to experience the glory of England, then you B4386 B437 B4373 Ratlinghope Bourton A454 should visit its parish churches. In Shropshire there’s one Montgomery All Stretton Easthope A458 Woreld A488 Longville B4176 Church Stoke Aston Eyre BRIDGNORTH in nearly every village and often more than one in our Church Stretton B4371 Hope Bowdler Morville B4368 towns. There you will find a wealth of history, architecture, Snead Wentnor Shipton Oldbury Claverley B4385 More Rushbury horticulture and spirituality. Members of the Shropshire A489 Chetton Glazeley Eaton-under- Holdgate Quatford Churches Tourism Group want to share all of this with Bishop's Castle A489 Heywood Lydbury Munslow Deuxhill Chelmarsh A458 Cleobury North B4 you and details are in this brochure North 5 A49 Tugford 55 B4385 Edgton Diddlebury Billingsley Clee St Margaret Alveley Newcastle Highley Craven Arms B4368 Stottesdon Architecture and Artefacts on Clun Aston-on-Clun Clunton A442 There are finest medieval roofs, saddleback and octagonal towers B4368 Culmington Stoke St Milborough B4368 Stokesay with Anglo Saxon tub fronts to be seen; remarkable painted B4364 Arley Clun B4367 B4194 ceilings; splayed windows, a rare Vesica window, a Burne-Jones Onibury Stanton Lacy 3 Clungunford B436 KIDDERMINSTER pre-Raphaelite window, a large Jesse window, fine Kempe A488 Cleobury Hopton Heath Bromeld Doddington Mortimer windows and Arts & Crafts windows. There are stained glass A4113 A4117 B4355 Bewdley x2 A448 windows telling stories from Burne-Jones and William Morris, Knucklas Bucknell LUDLOW Nash and Boraston A456 Kinton Ludford Caynham David Evans stained glass (a local glass artist) and Francis Eginton Hope Bagot Stourport A4113 painted glass. You can see the skill in the carving of a carpenter Ashford Bowdler Hartlebury Wigmore Ashford Whitton B4202 -on-severn who died 500 years ago and the work of a stone mason from Knighton A456 Richard’s Castle Carbonell A451 nearly 900 years ago. Tenbury Wells A443 A449 A49 B4214 B4204 Music is made by many different organs – a and his Hill family connections. Find the Walker chamber organ, a barrel organ, a story of the hurricane tombstone, about a Gray & Davidson, a Wedlake of London, ferocious blizzard that wiped out an entire a Binns organ and a Harrison & Harrison family and Lady Godiva being associated three manual pipe organ. with one medieval cross. There may be some items that you don’t Also, you can see monuments to Captain know what they are, such as reredos (both Webb of Olympics fame, the Cornewall Adderley, St Peter; Alberbury, St Michael and all Angels; Astley St Mary the Virgin; Aston Eyre painted and carved) with bodley reredos at family, Mary Webb, the tomb of John doorways, 15th century arched door, oak the high altar; a painted triptych and sheila- Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, a plaque Acton Burnell St Mary shingled bell core and broach spire. Chancel na gigs. Mediaeval misericords and tiles, to 17thC biblical scholar Matthew Henry, SY5 7PE Ω Q Open daylight hours rebuilt in 1907 after collapsing into the River Jackfield Maws tiles, Norman carvings, wall memorials to Wilfred Owen, Lord Clive One of the finest examples of a 13th century Teme. Interesting box pews and wall monuments. paintings, clocks, a table tomb with brasses, (Clive of India), Job Charlton, 17thC Judge Church, including medieval tiles, a table www.ashfordbowdler.co.uk an Edward Pugin designed church with and Prince Arthur’s grave tomb with brasses plus the Lee family marble stained glass by world renowned Margaret monument. With the churchyard containing its Ashford Carbonell Rope. A pagan fertility symbol, grotesque heritage collection of Daffodils, it is a special carvings on the towers and interesting Churchyards place with a wealth of history, architecture, St Mary Magdalene horticulture and spirituality. gargoyles. At the right time of year, you can find a SY8 4DA Ω (limited) Q º heritage collection of daffodils and lovely www.unitedbeneficeofcondover.co.uk Open 10am – 4.30pm snowdrop walks, the ever-present ancient A church has stood on the elevated site for over People’s Lives, Family History churchyard yews, preaching crosses and 900 years since Norman times. The ancient lych-gates. There is also the sin-eaters Adderley St Peter and Stories TF9 3RS Ω Details of keyholder on church churchyard yews are even older, indicating that There is so much family history and grave and a cast iron miner’s grave. noticeboard the site may have been used for worship in Saxon times. Chancel has an arrangement of splayed people’s stories to discover, such as the St. Peter’s Church of Norman origin in the North windows which include a rare ‘Vesica’ window. church built on the promise of love. You Shropshire countryside, extensively rebuilt 1801 Finally… www.ashfordcarbonell.co.uk may learn about the people who once lived If you are interested in architecture or without a porch. A unique church which was divided in 1957 due to spiralling running costs, and worshipped where you are standing. history, the churches of the towns and the nave is used by congregation, the sanctuary villages of Shropshire will amply repay owned by the CCT. This latter half had two rival Astley St Mary the Virgin You may see monuments to men & women SY4 4BP Ω Village Hall Q your visit. Before you set out, look on the feuding families in its history. The font inside the Open daylight hours who died in war, or in old age having lived individual churches pages on our website main door has a Roman origin, possibly a column lives of quiet kindness or to children who to find out more detail. Make sure you sign turned upside down! The churchyard has won St Mary’s lies at the heart of the village. The were greatly loved and lamented. There the visitors book in each church, so people awards in its conservation efforts. blocked doorway with its dog-tooth hood mould are war graves, a carving on oak structures will see where their visitors come from, is typical Norman in design, with an adjacent row between 1887-99 created by local boys both near and far. of indentations on the south wall which, tradition taught by the vicar. Alberbury says, were made by men sharpening their weapons. The tower was added in 1837. The rood Perhaps best of all, if you stand or sit quietly St Michael and All Angels screen, altar and reredos were designed in the There are the stories of local children sent for a few minutes, you may sense the peace, SY5 9AH Ω Q ramp available late 1930s by Sir Charles Nicholson; the recently away on the Mayflower in 1621, the hosting the stillness, the absence of noise of these Open Saturdays 10am – 4pm Easter to end refurbished, east window is by David Evans. In of English Parliaments and of the organ ancient places. You may see, or read, or Oct; details of keyholders available 2012 the medieval bell (c1270) was refurbished, moved from Diddlebury to another church suddenly sense something that speaks to Saxon Collegiate Church founded between and a Victorian bell installed for the clock chime. for £10 in 1925; about the bigamous your heart and you will leave richer in spirit. the 7th and 10th century. Reconsecrated 1290, www.astleyparish.org marriage of the son of the Marquis of Exeter once Welsh border disputes ceased. Nave ‘finest taking place and stories about the chapel We hope that you will find this brochure example of a late medieval roof in all Shropshire’ to the Leper Hospital in Brother Cadfael (Nikolaus Pevsner). Impressive Saddleback Tower, Aston Eyre useful, and we wish you great joy in your WV16 6XD Ω Open daylight hours stories. There are the Lee family links with exploration of Shropshire’s hidden glories. c1200. Loton Chapel added 1320, contains American Confederacy and Bishop Heber Burne-Jones pre-Raphaelite window. Aston Eyre Church is situated at the north end www.adderleyparish.co.uk of the beautiful Corve Dale and it has no known dedication.