FREE A Guide to Shropshire’s ShropshireChurches Churches Tourism Group www.discovershropshirechurches.co.uk A483 A51 A530 A49 A529 Ruabon A41 Audlem A525 Woore A528 A539 A525 A525 Whitchurch 15 Llangollen A5 A53 A539 B5026 A51 A41 Adderley A495 B4500 Chirk Dudleston M6 B5069 B5068 Tilstock St Martin's Moreton Say B5415 Ellesmere Welshampton A53 B5476 Selattyn Gobowen Prees Market Drayton B4579 Welsh Frankton A495 Lyneal Whittington B5065 B4580 B5063 A5 Wem A529 Oswestry B5009 A49 Hodnet A41 Loppington A442 B5063 A483 Burlton B4397 Hinstock A528 Llanyblodwel B4396 A5 Moreton Corbet B5476 Llynclys Knockin Ruyton XI Towns B4397 Harmer Hill B5063 A53 A519 Llanymynech B4396 Baschurch Shawbury Bolas Magna A518 B4398 Hadnall B5062 Nessclie Preston Gubbals A528 Crudgington Edgmond Newport B4393 High Ercall Longford A442 Battleeld A518 A41 Montford Bridge B5062 Melverley B5063 B4380 Lilleshall A483 Ford Alberbury SHREWSBURY 79 A5 A49 Wellington B43 Weston- B4394 Wombridge under-Lizard A458 Cardeston x10 A5 Wrockwardine A5 Meole Brace 7 6 B4380 5 Priorslee Hanwood B5061 4 M54 Westbury B4386 TELFORD Welshpool Bayston Hill Wroxeter Shifnal B4387 A49 Atcham Tong A488 A458 A5223 3 A458 Pontesbury B4380 Madeley A464 Condover A4169 Cound Coalbrookdale Albrighton B4499 Minsterley Codsall B4386 Worthen Cressage Ironbridge A41 Pulverbatch Acton Burnell Jackeld Marton A490 Barrow Harley Broseley B4176 B4388 Stiperstones Longnor Leebotwood A442 Chirbury Much Wenlock A483 B4386 Cardington 8 B4386 B437 B4373 Ratlinghope Bourton A454 Montgomery All Stretton Easthope A458 Woreld Longville B4176 Church Stoke Aston Eyre BRIDGNORTH Church Stretton Hope Bowdler B4371 Morville A489 B4368 A488 Shipton Claverley Wentnor Upton Cressett Oldbury B4385 Rushbury A489 Stanton Long Chetton Glazeley Eaton-under- Holdgate Quatford Bishop's Castle Heywood Ditton Priors A489 A458 Lydbury A49 Munslow Deuxhill Chelmarsh Cleobury North B45 North Tugford Aston Botterell 55 A442 B4385 Edgton Diddlebury Billingsley Clee St Margaret Alveley Newcastle Highley Craven Arms B4368 Stottesdon on Clun Aston-on-Clun B4368 Clunton Culmington Stoke St Milborough B4368 Stokesay B4364 Farlow and Oreton Arley Clun B4367 B4194 Cleeton St Mary A442 Onibury Stanton Lacy Clungunford Cleobury B4363 KIDDERMINSTERA456 A4117 Hopton Heath A4113 Bromeld Mortimer B4355 A488 Knowbury Bewdley x2 A448 Knucklas Bucknell LUDLOW Nash and Boraston A456 Kinton Ludford Caynham Hope Bagot Stourport A4113 Ashford Bowdler Hartlebury Wigmore Ashford Whitton B4202 -on-severn Knighton A4110 Richard’s Castle A456 1 A4025 A45 Carbonell A443 Tenbury Wells A449 Burford A49 B4214 B4204 A4112 B420 3 A483 A51 A530 A49 A529 Ruabon A41 Audlem A525 Woore A528 A539 A525 A525 Whitchurch 15 SHREWSBURY A53 Llangollen A5 Mountelds Castleelds All Saints A539 B5026 A51 A41 Adderley A495 St George’s B4500 Chirk Dudleston M6 Frankwell B5069 B5068 Tilstock St Martin's Moreton Say B5415 Ellesmere Welshampton A53 Town Centre B5476 + Selattyn Prees St Mary’s Gobowen Market Drayton St Alkmund. B4579 Welsh Frankton Lyneal e Abbey A495 St Chad’s Whittington B5065 B4580 B5063 Unitarian A5 Wem A529 Oswestry B5009 A49 Hodnet A41 Loppington RC Cathedral A442 Kingsland Coleham B5063 A483 Burlton B4397 Hinstock A528 St Giles Llanyblodwel B4396 A5 Moreton Corbet B5476 Llynclys Knockin Ruyton XI Towns B4397 Harmer Hill B5063 A53 A519 Llanymynech B4396 Baschurch Shawbury Bolas Magna A518 B4398 Hadnall B5062 Nessclie Preston Gubbals Belle Vue A528 Crudgington Edgmond Newport B4393 High Ercall Longford A442 Battleeld A518 A41 Montford Bridge B5062 Melverley B5063 Reabrook B4380 Lilleshall A483 Ford Sutton Alberbury SHREWSBURY 79 A5 A49 Wellington B43 Weston- x10 B4394 Wombridge under-Lizard A458 Cardeston A5 Wrockwardine A5 Holy Trinity Meole Brace 7 6 B4380 5 Priorslee Hanwood B5061 4 M54 Meole Brace Greek Orthodox Westbury B4386 TELFORD Welshpool Bayston Hill Wroxeter Shifnal B4387 A49 Atcham Tong A488 A458 A5223 3 A458 Pontesbury B4380 Madeley A464 Condover A4169 Cound Coalbrookdale Albrighton B4499 Minsterley Codsall B4386 Worthen Cressage Ironbridge A41 Pulverbatch Acton Burnell Jackeld Architecture and History: Marton A490 Barrow Harley Broseley B4176 People’s Lives, Family History and Stories B4388 Stiperstones Longnor If you want to experience the glory of England, then you Leebotwood A442 Chirbury Much Wenlock A483 B4386 Cardington 8 should visit its parish churches. In Shropshire there’s one B4386 B437 B4373 Ratlinghope Bourton A454 Montgomery All Stretton Easthope A458 Woreld in nearly every village and often more than one in our Longville B4176 Church Stoke Aston Eyre BRIDGNORTH towns. There you will find a wealth of history, architecture, Church Stretton Hope Bowdler B4371 Morville A489 B4368 A488 Shipton Claverley horticulture and spirituality. Members of the Shropshire Wentnor Upton Cressett Oldbury B4385 Rushbury Churches Tourism Group want to share all of this with A489 Stanton Long Chetton Glazeley Eaton-under- Holdgate Quatford Bishop's Castle Heywood Ditton Priors you and details are in this brochure. A489 A458 Lydbury A49 Munslow Deuxhill Chelmarsh Cleobury North B4 North 5 Tugford Aston Botterell 55 A442 B4385 Edgton Diddlebury Billingsley Architecture and Artefacts Clee St Margaret Alveley Newcastle Highley There are finest medieval roofs, saddleback and octagonal Craven Arms B4368 Stottesdon on Clun Aston-on-Clun towers with many special fonts including an Anglo Saxon tub B4368 Clunton Culmington Stoke St Milborough B4368 Stokesay font to be seen; remarkable painted ceilings; splayed windows, B4364 Farlow and Oreton Arley Clun B4367 B4194 Cleeton St Mary A442 a rare Vesica window, a Burne-Jones pre-Raphaelite window, Onibury Stanton Lacy Clungunford Cleobury B4363 KIDDERMINSTERA456 a large Jesse window, fine Kempe windows and Arts & Crafts A4117 Hopton Heath A4113 Bromeld Mortimer windows. There are stained glass windows telling stories from B4355 A488 Knowbury Bewdley x2 A448 Burne-Jones and William Morris, David Evans stained glass (a Knucklas Bucknell LUDLOW Nash and Boraston A456 Kinton Ludford Caynham local glass artist) and Francis Eginton painted glass. You can see Hope Bagot Stourport what a knight wore who fought with Henry V at Agincourt, the A4113 Ashford Bowdler Hartlebury Wigmore Ashford Whitton B420 -on-severn skill in carving of a carpenter; or the work of a stone mason from Knighton A4110 Richard’s Castle A456 2 A4025 A451 Carbonell A443 nearly 900 years ago. Tenbury Wells A449 Burford A49 B4214 B4204 A4112 B420 3 Music is made by many different organs – a American Confederacy and Bishop Heber Walker chamber organ, a barrel organ, a and his Hill family connections. Find the Gray & Davidson, a Wedlake of London, story of the hurricane tombstone, about a a Binns organ and a Harrison & Harrison ferocious blizzard that wiped out an entire three manual pipe organ. family and Lady Godiva being associated with one medieval cross. There may be some items that you don’t know what they are, such as reredos (both Also, you can see monuments to Captain painted and carved) with bodley reredos at Webb of Olympics fame, the Cornewall the high altar; a painted triptych and sheela family, Mary Webb, the tomb of John na gigs. Medieval misericords and tiles, Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, a plaque Jackfield Maws tiles, Norman carvings, wall to 17th century biblical scholar Matthew paintings, clocks, a table tomb with brasses, Henry, memorials to Wilfred Owen, Lord an Edward Pugin designed church with Clive (Clive of India), Job Charlton, 17th stained glass by world renowned Margaret century Judge and Prince Arthur’s grave Rope. A pagan fertility symbol, grotesque carvings on the towers and interesting gargoyles. Churchyards At the right time of year, you can find a heritage collection of daffodils and lovely People’s Lives, Family History snowdrop walks, the ever-present ancient churchyard yews, preaching crosses and and Stories There is so much family history and lych-gates. There is also the sin-eaters people’s stories to discover, such as the grave and a cast iron miner’s grave. church built on the promise of love. You may learn about the people who once lived Finally… and worshipped where you are standing. If you are interested in architecture or history, the churches of the towns and You may see monuments to men & women villages of Shropshire will amply repay your who died in war, or in old age having lived visit. lives of quiet kindness or to children who were greatly loved and lamented. There are Perhaps best of all, if you stand or sit quietly war graves, a large tomb dedicated to John for a few minutes, you may sense the peace, Botterell and his wife (1581), carving on oak the stillness, the absence of noise of these structures between 1887-99 created by ancient places. You may see, or read, or local boys taught by the vicar. suddenly sense something that speaks to your heart and you will leave richer in spirit. There are the stories of local children sent away on the Mayflower in 1621, the hosting We hope that you will find this brochure of English Parliaments and of the organ useful, and we wish you great joy in your moved from Diddlebury to Aston Botterell exploration of Shropshire’s hidden glories. for £10 in 1925; about the bigamous marriage of the son of the Marquis of Exeter taking place and stories about the chapel to the Leper Hospital in Brother Cadfael stories. There are the Lee family links with Holy Trinity Church, Meole Brace stained glass images © Revd Jane Willis www.discovershropshirechurches.co.uk Adderley, St Peter; Alberbury, St Michael and all Angels; 1290, once Welsh border disputes ceased. Acton Burnell St Mary Nave ‘finest example of a late medieval SY5 7PE Ω Q Open daylight hours roof in all Shropshire’ (Nikolaus Pevsner). One of the finest examples of a 13th century Impressive Saddleback Tower, c1200. Loton Church, including medieval tiles, a table Chapel added 1320, contains Burne-Jones tomb with brasses plus the Lee family pre-Raphaelite window. marble monument. With the churchyard containing its heritage collection of Daffodils it is a special place with a wealth of history, Ashford Bowdler St Andrew Ω Q Open 10am – 4pm (minimum) architecture, horticulture and spirituality.