English Heritage sites near Woolstaston Parish
LANGLEY CHAPEL
5 miles from Woolstaston 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
5 miles from Woolstaston 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
6 miles from Woolstaston 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
9 miles from Woolstaston 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.
MITCHELL'S FOLD STONE CIRCLE
9 miles from Woolstaston Parish
A Bronze Age stone circle, the focus of many legends, set in dramatic moorland on Stapeley Hill. It once consisted of some 30 stones, 15 of which are still visible.
WENLOCK PRIORY
10 miles from Woolstaston 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.
Churches in Woolstaston Parish
St Michael & All Angels, Woolstaston - Steeplewood Fold
Woolstaston
Church Stretton
(01743) 719578
ST. MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS, WOOLSTASTON
With a parish population of 23 this is the smallest church in the group and is mentioned in the Domesday Book.
A large legacy left to the church in 1991 enabled the rebuilding of the bell tower and re-roofing of the church with traditional hand-made Shropshire slates. The font is Norman with the lower bowl possibly from Roman Wroxeter.
This is the church and Rectory of the well-known Victorian clergyman the Reverend Donald Carr who became hopelessly lost in sub-zero temperatures and 20 foot snowdrifts while returning home across the Long Mynd after conducting a service at Ratlinghope. His grave is outside the West window.
The church is locked but a key is readily available from Rectory Farm just above the church. Visitors are warmly welcomed.
The church is part of the Steeplewood Fold group of churches and 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.
No churches found in Woolstaston Parish