English Heritage sites near Leebotwood Parish
LANGLEY CHAPEL
4 miles from Leebotwood Parish
A small chapel tranquilly set all alone in charming countryside. Its atmospheric interior contains a perfect set of 17th-century timber furnishings, including a musicians' pew.
ACTON BURNELL CASTLE
4 miles from Leebotwood Parish
Twice the home of parliaments, this red sandstone shell of a semi-fortified tower house was built between 1284-93 by Bishop Burnell, Edward I's Lord Chancellor.
CANTLOP BRIDGE
5 miles from Leebotwood Parish
Built in 1813, this innovative, single-span, cast-iron road bridge over the Cound Brook was possibly designed and certainly approved by the great engineer Thomas Telford.
WROXETER ROMAN CITY
8 miles from Leebotwood Parish
Wroxeter (or 'Viroconium' ) was the fourth largest city in Roman Britain. It began as a legionary fortress and later developed into a thriving civilian city.
WENLOCK PRIORY
9 miles from Leebotwood Parish
Tranquil ruins in lovely setting. Re-founded by the Normans as a priory. Unusual washing fountain with 12th century carvings, extravagantly decorated chapter house, topiary-filled cloister garden.
HAUGHMOND ABBEY
11 miles from Leebotwood Parish
Extensive remains of Augustinian abbey, including abbots' quarters, refectory & cloister. Chapter house frontage with 12th & 14th century carving & statuary, timber roof c.1500. Displays, picnic area.
Churches in Leebotwood Parish
St Mary's, Leebotwood - Steeplewood Fold
Station Road
Leebotwood
Church Stretton
(01743) 719578
Originally a hermitage owned by Haughmond Abbey the stone church was built in circa 1200A.D.
A medieval wall painting of the Nativity discovered in 1976 and the Welsh dragon carvings on the Western roof truss are of particular note. Memorials to the Corbett family are in the East end of the church. The churchyard is managed to conserve wildflowers and other wildlife.
The church is part of the Steeplewood Fold group of churches comprises six parishes - Stapleton, Dorrington, Longnor, Leebotwood, Smethcote and Woolstaston. The parishes have an approximate civil population of approximately 2000 and most lie to the west of the A49 trunk road between Shrewsbury and Church Stretton: approximately 5 miles distant from each.
Pubs in Leebotwood Parish
Pound
Leebotwood, SY6 6ND
(01694) 751477
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