Standing in the foothills of the South Shropshire border with the Welsh Marches
Standing in the foothills of the South Shropshire border with the Welsh Marches, St. Michael and All Angels Church, together with the Bishop’s Castle and other fortifications in the manor of Lydbury, has been of extreme importance, both religiously and historically from the 8th century.
The rood screen is truly amazing and was featured in the millennium exhibition in London. The boxed pews are a rare example of carpenters’ work and St Michael and All Angels is almost unique in that it is an Anglican church with a Roman Catholic chapel that is still used for worship to this very day.
A corner stone from the original Saxon church sits just inside the nail clad entrance door which also bears marks from musket shots – possibly from early executions. The grave stones tell their own story of history – not least the one bearing an inscription of a skull and crossed bones.
There is an adult and a young persons guide available in the church as well as a board indicating the various periods of the church’s construction. Well worth a visit.
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