English Heritage sites near Withington Parish
HAUGHMOND ABBEY
3 miles from Withington 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.
WROXETER ROMAN CITY
3 miles from Withington 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.
CANTLOP BRIDGE
6 miles from Withington 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.
MORETON CORBET CASTLE
6 miles from Withington Parish
The ruins of the medieval castle and Tudor manor house of the Corbets are dominated by the theatrical shell of an ambitious Elizabethan mansion wing in Italianate style.
BUILDWAS ABBEY
7 miles from Withington Parish
The impressive ruins of this Cistercian abbey have an idyllic setting near the River Severn. Unaltered 12th century church and beautiful vaulted chapter house with tiled floor.
ACTON BURNELL CASTLE
8 miles from Withington 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.
Churches in Withington Parish
Withington S.John the Baptist
St John the Baptist Church
Withington
Shrewsbury
01952252078
http://haughmondandwrekin.org.uk
The Church was founded in the 12th Century as a Chapel of Upton Magna. It was entirely rebuilt between 1872 and 1874 in style of the late 13th century. It consists of a 2 bay chancel, with organ chamber on the north side, a 3 bay nave and porch (also on the north side) and at the west end a 4 staged tower, with a clock, topped by a spire which is a landmark for some miles.
The fittings include a stone reredos and central panel with relief of the crucifixion, altar rails, an oak lectern and octagonal stone pulpit and font.
There are still a number of earlier features, including the16th century. There are 2 bells, cast in the 13th or 14th century which hang in a two tier timber frame for 5 bells of about 1800, pre-dating the 1874 tower. These are the 2nd and 3rd oldest Church bells in Shropshire.
The Church registers began in 1591 and the Church has been used for worship since that time.
We welcome visitors to our church. You are welcome to attend Sunday servies, when Christians of all denominations are welcome to share in communion with us. Or you can just come to look around the church. If it is locked, please contact the Rector on 01952-251857.
Pubs in Withington Parish
Hare & Hounds
Although the Hare & Hounds is only some 8 miles from Shrewsbury centre and even less from Wellington, the journey through narrow country lanes suggests an incursion into the deepest of Shropshire countryside. It became a free house in Febr...