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St Peter, Rushbury, Shropshire

Location
(52°31′22″N, 2°43′3″W)
Rushbury
SO 514 919
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Shropshire
now Shropshire
  • Barbara Zeitler
15 Aug 1998

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Description

This single-aisled church lies in a valley between Long Mynd and Wenlock Edge. Parts of the nave are Anglo-Saxon, but most of the windows in the nave are 19thc.

An unornamented early 12thc doorway is let into the N wall. The S doorway, W tower and chancel date to c. 1200, and the S doorway has sculpted capitals. A 12thc font stands in the nave to the L of the S doorway.

History

Before the Norman conquest the manor of Rushbury was in the hands of an Anglo-Saxon named Alwin. By 1086 the manor belonged to Roger de Lacy who sublet it to a certain Odo. Odo's decendants held Rushbury until the 13thc. The church had some connections with Hereford in the 13thc, as is suggested by a record stating that the prior of Hereford was due an annual pension from Rushbury church.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

Newman and Pevsner say that the font base is 20thc.

Bibliography

J. Newman and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Shropshire, New Haven and London, 2006, 491-92.

M. D. Watson, A Guide to St. Peter's Church, Rushbury, n.d.