St Lawrence's Church, Church Stretton

Domesday Book confirms that there was a Saxon Church and a priest here in 1086. The Norman nave is seen to be the oldest part of St Laurence's Church. After the Norman Conquest the town of Church Stretton was one of the manors given to Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, but in 1102 it reverted to the king. In 1336 Edward III gave the manor to Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, and it stayed with that family until 1579.

Lovely church just round the corner from our holiday cottage!
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