St John the Baptist, Bishop's Castle, Shropshire

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Location
(52°29′21″N, 2°59′54″W)
Site Location
Bishop's Castle
National Grid Reference
SO 323 884
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Shropshire now Shropshire
Diocese
medieval Hereford now Hereford
Dedication
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Barbara Zeitler
Visit Date
24 Aug 1999

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Feature Sets
Description

Aisled Victorian church with a 12thc W tower and a 12thc font in S transept close to chancel. 

History

The first documentation relating to the church dates from the end of the 13thc. The church was a vicarage with the rectory appropriated by Wigmore Abbey in 1322.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The current church was built by T. Nicholson in 1860.  An early 13thc doorway and 13thc sedilia are preserved in garden of adjacent house to S of church.

Bibliography

Anon, The Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Bishop's Castle. A Short History of the Parish Church, n.d.

D. H. S. Cranage, An architectural account of the churches of Shropshire, part 5, 378-80. 

N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Shropshire, Harmondsworth 1958, 75-6.