OUR WORSHIP
On most Sundays we offer worship in all of our twelve parishes. Most parishes have a common service time each week but some parishes vary the service times from week to week, so please check the times detailed on this website if you are planning to attend one of our services. Occasionally (usually, but not exclusively, on the fifth Sunday in a month), we hold joint services where people from a number of parishes in our Deanery meet together to worship.
We offer a range of services in our churches, some using formats from the Book of Common Prayer and others based on the more recent Common Worship formats. Wherever you chose to join us, and whatever service is being held when you attend, you can be assured of a warm welcome.
OUR DEANERY
Wrockwardine Deanery is a grouping of twelve parishes (thirteen churches) set amongst beautiful countryside in rural Shropshire nestled between Shrewsbury to the west and Telford to the east. Much of the southern and western boundaries of the Deanery follow the River Severn. The Deanery extends through the North Shropshire Plain with the landmark 1,335 ft. hill, the Wrekin, located close to the eastern edge of the Deanery.
The Deanery takes its name from the parish of Wrockwardine, near to the market town of Wellington. The Deanery includes large centres of population in the villages of Admaston and Bratton on the north western edge of Telford with the remainder of the Deanery consisting of smaller communities in villages and hamlets.
The twelve parishes are Buildwas, Eaton Constantine with Wroxeter, High Ercall, Leighton-under-Wrekin, Longdon-on-Tern, Rodington, Rowton, Uffington, Uppington, Upton Magna, Withington and Wrockwardine.
FOR OUR YOUNGER PEOPLE
We hold Praise and Play in Wrockwardine church every Friday morning between 10 and 11.30am (except during school holidays). Rodington Village Hall also hosts Praise and Play on the first Wednesday of each month.
We have two Messy Churches meeting around the Deanery - one with a rotation around the villages of High Ercall, Rodington, Longdon upon Tern, Rowton and Ellerdine, and a second around the villages of Uffington, Upton Magna and Withington.
Messy Churches will take place at
Longdon upon Tern Village Hall on Sunday 19th May at 9.30am,
Withington Parish Room on Sunday 2nd June at 9.30am,
Ellerdine Village Hall on Sunday 16th June at 9.30am,
Upton Magna Village Hall on Sunday 7th July at 9.30am and
Rodington Village Hall on Sunday 21st July at 9.30am.
We hold family fun events around Lent and Pentecost. Local Schools participate in our Easter Experience event. During the first week of August we hold a family orientated Holiday Club. This year's "Treasure Seekers" all age holiday club is being held on Tuesday 30th July - Thursday 1st August from 10am - 1pm each day at Rodington Village Hall. If you have any of the following that we could use at the all age holiday club, it would be helpful if you would put them to one side for the time being: Shells, Old maps; square tiles; Clean foil milk bottle tops; Empty CD cases; Inflatable palm trees, parrots, flamingos...; Broken costume jewellery or beads; Shoe boxes with separate lids; Long cardboard tubes from cling film, kitchen foil (or longer). Places at the holiday club are limited - contact Di for a booking form 01743 709983
We have two Open the Book teams in the deanery serving the primary schools of Bratton, High Ercall and Upton Magna. There is a team from outside the deanery who provide Open the Book into Crudgington school. We hope to soon have a team available to provide Open the Book into Buildwas school.
We hold a monthly Youth Café in the Deanery. This meets on the second Friday in the month between 7pm and 8.30pm. We play games, have craft activities, support OCC shoebox appeal and sometimes we learn a new skill. We have our café time of hot chocolate and pizzas, chip butties or other delights and finish with a time of worship and reflection. The next Youth Café is at Upton Magna Village Hall on Friday 14th June.
FUTURE EVENTS
Events happening in and around our deanery over the next few weeks include:
RODI’S CAFÉ at Rodington Village Hall on Saturday 18th May from 9.30 - 11.30am.
JUMBLE SALE in Buildwas Village Hall on Saturday 18th May from 12noon until 4pm raising money for the Buildwas Church Restoration Fund. If you have any jumble to donate for this event, please call 01952 432497. Collection can be arranged if necessary. Information about how the Buildwas Church 300 Restoration Project is progressing is available on its new website www.buildwaschurchrestoration.org
PRAYER FELLOWSHIP on Monday 20th May at 2.30pm at 16 Talbot Fields, High Ercall
LUNCH AT THE VICARAGE in High Ercall on Tuesday 21st May at 12.30pm.
There will be a Deanery CONFIRMATION SERVICE on Sunday 26th May at St Mary’s Church, Leighton at 10.30am. Diocesan Bishop Michael will be presiding.
SUMMER FETE. St Bartholomew's Longdon-upon-Tern hold their Summer Fete on Saturday 8th June at 1.30pm. Stalls, Games, Teas, Ice Cream, White Elephant, Tombola, Cakes, Plants, Books and Barbecue. "A Warm Welcome to all our Friends - old and new".
The WROCKWARDINE VILLAGE FETE, in aid of St Peter’s Church, will be held at Church Farm (opposite the church) on Saturday 8th June from 2pm onwards. Attractions include Merlin's Magic, live music from The Vibe and Vocabella, a performance by Wrockwardine Rainbows and Brownies. Delicious home-made Teas, Burgers and Ice-cream Sodas. Fabulous stalls including Toys, Tombolas, Cakes, Books/DVDs, Vintage and Plants. Side Show Games with prizes, Raffle, Face Painting, Keepie Uppie Contest. Single Rose Competition (please bring entries on the day), Art Display in Church by St Peter's School Bratton. Admission £1 (Children free if accompanied by an adult). If you would like to help in any capacity please get in touch with Amanda Bathurst – 01952 246571, bathurstholt@aol.com.
SUMMER SOUNDS - an evening of relaxing music with local musicians and bands on Saturday 15th June at Buildwas Village Hall from 7.30 until 11pm. Bar, Raffle, Quiz. Raising money for the Buildwas Church Restoration Fund and general church funds. Tickets cost £5. Call 01952 432497 or 07970 883238 or purchase online (with an additional charge) at summersoundsnight.eventbrite.co.uk
NEWS
National Lottery support enables St Lucia’s to team up with the RNIB.
St Lucia’s Church, Upton Magna, Shropshire is looking forward to 2019 having received £204,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to begin its urgent repairs in the Spring.
Churchwarden, Linda Carding, said “ We are delighted to have received this grant, made possible by National Lottery players, it’s wonderful to know that we will be able to preserve St Lucia’s heritage for future generations, especially after being on the Heritage England “at risk “ register for several years facing the possibility of closure.”
This 12th Century church, dedicated to Saint Lucy, the patron saint of light and eyesight has stood at the heart of this rural community for over 1000 years. This project aims to carry out essential structural repairs to the roof, tower and drainage before initiating a wide range of heritage activities.
Fabric Fund Co-ordinator Sue Woods added “ We are privileged to be offered the opportunity to work alongside the Royal National Institute of Blind People and their Transcription centre. Tactile diagrammatic maps, books and models along with digital technology will be introduced to share the fascinating story of St Lucy, our rare and ancient bells and the history of this Medieval church to all visitors.”
A variety of new and exciting activities are planned involving the local community, plus the pupils of St Lucia’s Primary School will be developing a sensory garden in the churchyard. Headteacher Sarah Woolley said “We are delighted that the school is to be actively involved with this project”.
Daniel Kawczynski, MP for Shrewsbury & Atcham added “I am so pleased to hear that the church in Upton Magna has been awarded this National Lottery support. The church plays an important part within the local community and it is essential that it is repaired and restored to enable it to continue to support the people of the village in a way it has done for many years. I will follow the developing association with St Lucy and the RNIB with interest.”
Vanessa Harbar, Head of Heritage Lottery Fund West Midlands said: “We have been delighted to support St Lucia to carry out urgent repairs and engage new audiences with this much-loved local landmark. Thank you to the National Lottery players who have made it possible.”
OUR TEAM
Team Rector and Rural Dean:
Rev Andy Ackroyd
revandy320@btinternet.com
01952-252078
Local Lay Mission and Outreach Minister:
Di Woolridge
missionwrockwardine@gmail.com
01743-709983
Lay Minister:
Rosalie Wheeldon
michael.wheeldon2@btinternet.com
01952-770247
Team Vicar:
Rev Suzan Williams
swilliams690@gmail.com
01952-770395
Curate:
Rev Lisa Knight
wrockwardinecurate@talktalk.net
07729-621554
Deanery Lay Chair:
John Wardle
john@wardle.com
01952-248928
SERVICE TIMES BY DATE
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SERVICE TIMES BY CHURCH
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Buildwas - Holy Trinity Church
Services at 3.00pm unless otherwise stated
Sunday 19 May
Sunday 26 May
Sunday 2 June
Sunday 9 June
Sunday 16 June
Sunday 23 June
Sunday 30 June
Sunday 7 July
Sunday 14 July
Sunday 21 July
Sunday 28 July
Evening Service
Deanery Confirmation Service at
Leighton 10.30am
Evening Service
Holy Communion
Evening Service
NO SERVICE
Priesting of Lisa Knight at St Chad's Shrewsbury at 4pm
Family Worship at Rodington 10.30am
Evening Service
Holy Communion
Evening Service
Evening Service
Eaton Constantine - Church of St Mary the Virgin
Services at 9.30am unless otherwise stated
Sunday 19 May
Sunday 26 May
Sunday 2 June
Sunday 9 June
Sunday 16 June
Sunday 23 June
Sunday 30 June
Sunday 7 July
Sunday 14 July
Sunday 21 July
Sunday 28 July
Holy Communion
Deanery Confirmation Service at Leighton
10.30am
Morning Service
Morning Service
Holy Communion
Morning Service
Family Worship at Rodington 10.30am
Morning Service
Morning Service
Holy Communion
Morning Service
High Ercall - St Michael and All Angels Church
Services at 11.00am unless otherwise stated
Sunday 19 May
Sunday 26 May
Sunday 2 June
Sunday 9 June
Sunday 16 June
Sunday 23 June
Sunday 30 June
Sunday 7 July
Sunday 14 July
Sunday 21 July
Sunday 28 July
Family Service
Deanery Confirmation Service at Leighton
10.30am
Holy Communion (8.00am)
Family Service
Family Communion
Family Service
Morning Service
Family Worship at Rodington 10.30am
Holy Communion (8.00am)
Family Service
Family Communion
Family Service
Morning Service
Leighton - St Mary's Church
Services at 11.00am unless otherwise stated
Sunday 19 May
Sunday 26 May
Sunday 2 June
Sunday 9 June
Sunday 16 June
Sunday 23 June
Sunday 30 June
Sunday 7 July
Sunday 14 July
Sunday 21 July
Sunday 28 July
Morning Service
Deanery Confirmation Service (10.30am)
Holy Communion
Family Worship (9.30am)
Morning Service
NO SERVICE
Priesting of Lisa Knight at St Chad's Shrewsbury at 4pm
Family Worship at Rodington 10.30am
Holy Communion
Family Worship (9.30am)
Morning Service
Evening Service (6.30pm)
Longdon on Tern - St Bartholomew's Church
Services at 9.45am unless otherwise stated
Sunday 19 May
Sunday 26 May
Sunday 2 June
Sunday 9 June
Sunday 16 June
Sunday 23 June
Sunday 30 June
Sunday 7 July
Sunday 14 July
Sunday 21 July
Sunday 28 July
Messy Church (9.30am)
Deanery Confirmation Service at Leighton
10.30am
Holy Communion
Morning Service
Family Service
Morning Service
Family Worship at Rodington 10.30am
Holy Communion
Morning Service
Family Service
Morning Service
Rodington - St George's Church
Services at 11.00am unless otherwise stated
Sunday 19 May
Sunday 26 May
Sunday 2 June
Sunday 9 June
Sunday 16 June
Sunday 23 June
Sunday 30 June
Sunday 7 July
Sunday 14 July
Sunday 21 July
Sunday 28 July
Holy Communion
Deanery Confirmation Service at Leighton
10.30am
Methodist led service (11.00am)
Methodist led service
Family Service
Holy Communion
Methodist led service
Family Worship at Rodington 10.30am
Methodist led service
Family Service
Messy Church (9.30am)
Holy Communion
Methodist led service
Rowton - All Hallows Church
Services at 9.30am unless otherwise stated
Sunday 19 May
Sunday 26 May
Sunday 2 June
Sunday 9 June
Sunday 16 June
Sunday 23 June
Sunday 30 June
Sunday 7 July
Sunday 14 July
Sunday 21 July
Sunday 28 July
Holy Communion
Deanery Confirmation Service at Leighton
10.30am
Evening Service (6.30pm)
Morning Service
Messy Church at Ellerdine Village Hall (9.30am)
Family Holy Communion (3.00pm)
Family Worship at Rodington 10.30am
Evening Service (6.30pm)
Morning Service
Holy Communion
Family Worship (3.00pm)
Uffington - Holy Trinity Church
Services at 9.30am unless otherwise stated
Sunday 19 May
Sunday 26 May
Sunday 2 June
Sunday 9 June
Sunday 16 June
Sunday 23 June
Tuesday 25 June
Sunday 30 June
Sunday 7 July
Sunday 14 July
Sunday 21 July
Sunday 28 July
Holy Communion by extension (11.00am)
Deanery Confirmation Service at Leighton
10.30am
Holy Communion (4.00pm)
Morning Worship
Evening Service (6.30pm)
Morning Worship
Holy Communion (11.00am)
Lisa Knight's
First Communion as a priest (7.00pm)Family Worship at Rodington 10.30am
Morning Worship
Evening Service (6.30pm)
Morning Worship
Holy Communion (11.00am)
Uppington - Holy Trinity Church
Services at 9.45am unless otherwise stated
Sunday 19 May
Sunday 26 May
Sunday 2 June
Sunday 9 June
Sunday 16 June
Sunday 23 June
Sunday 30 June
Sunday 7 July
Sunday 14 July
Sunday 21 July
Sunday 28 July
Family Service
Deanery Confirmation Service at Leighton
10.30am
Morning Service
Morning Service
Family Service
Holy Communion
Family Worship at Rodington 10.30am
Morning Service
Morning Service
Family Service
Holy Communion
Upton Magna - St Lucia's Church
Services at 9.30am unless otherwise stated
Sunday 19 May
Sunday 26 May
Sunday 2 June
Sunday 9 June
Sunday 16 June
Sunday 23 June
Sunday 30 June
Sunday 7 July
Sunday 14 July
Sunday 21 July
Sunday 28 July
Family Worship
Deanery Confirmation Service at Leighton
10.30am
Morning Worship
Holy Communion
Family Worship
NO SERVICE
Priesting of Lisa Knight at St Chad's Shrewsbury at 4pm
Family Worship at Rodington 10.30am
Messy Church
Holy Communion
Family Worship
Evening Service (6.30pm)
Withington - St John the Baptist's Church
Services at 9.30am unless otherwise stated
Sunday 19 May
Sunday 26 May
Sunday 2 June
Sunday 9 June
Sunday 16 June
Sunday 23 June
Sunday 30 June
Sunday 7 July
Sunday 14 July
Sunday 21 July
Sunday 28 July
Evening Service (6.30pm)
Deanery Confirmation Service at Leighton
10.30amMessy Church in the Parish Room
Evening Service (6.30pm)
Family Worship
Evening Service (6.30pm)
Holy Communion
Family Worship at Rodington 10.30am
Evening Service (6.30pm)
Family Worship
Evening Service (6.30pm)
Holy Communion
Wrockwardine - St Peter's Church
Sunday 19 May
Sunday 26 May
Sunday 2 June
Sunday 9 June
Sunday 16 June
Sunday 23 June
Sunday 30 June
Sunday 7 July
Sunday 14 July
Sunday 21 July
Sunday 28 July
Sung Communion
Holy Communion
Deanery Confirmation Service at
Leighton 10.30am
Evening Prayer
Family Service
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Morning Service
Sung Communion
Evening Prayer
Holy Communion
Morning Service
Family Worship at
Rodington 10.30am
Holy Communion
Family Service
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Morning Service
Sung Communion
Songs of Praise
Holy Communion
Morning Service
11.15am
8.00am
6.30pm
11.15am
6.30pm
8.00am
11.15am
11.15am
6.30pm
8.00am
11.15am
6.30pm
11.15am
6.30pm
8.00am
11.15am
11.15am
6.30pm
8.00am
11.15am
Every Tuesday from 12noon - 1pm Private Prayer
Every Wednesday at 10.30am Holy Communion
Sunday 19 May, Fifth Sunday of Easter
Buildwas:
Eaton Constantine:
High Ercall:
Leighton: Longdon on Tern:
Rodington:
Rowton:
Uffington:
Uppington:
Upton Magna:
Withington:
Wrockwardine:
3.00pm
9.30am
11.00am
11.00am
9.30am
11.00am
9.30am
9.30am
9.45am
9.30am
6.30pm
11.15am
Evening Service
Holy Communion
Family Service
Morning Service
Messy Church
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Holy Communion by extension
Family Service
Family Worship
Evening Service
Sung Communion
Sunday 26 May, Sixth Sunday of Easter
Leighton:
Rodington:
Uffington:
Wrockwardine:
10.30am
11.00am
4.00pm
8.00am
6.30pm
Deanery Confirmation Service
Methodist led service
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Evening Prayer
Sunday 2 June, Seventh Sunday of Easter, Sunday after Ascension Day
Buildwas:
Eaton Constantine:
High Ercall:
Leighton: Longdon on Tern:
Rodington:
Rowton:
Uffington:
Uppington:
Upton Magna:
Withington:
Wrockwardine:
3.00pm
9.30am
8.00am
11.00am
11.00am
9.45am
11.00am
6.30pm
9.30am
9.45am
9.30am
9.30am
6.30pm
11.15am
6.30pm
Evening Service
Morning Service
Holy Communion
Family Service
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Methodist led service
Evening Service
Morning Worship
Morning Service
Morning Worship
Messy Church in the Parish Room
Evening Service
Family Service
Holy Communion
Sunday 9 June, Pentecost
Buildwas:
Eaton Constantine:
High Ercall: Leighton: Longdon on Tern:
Rodington:
Rowton:
Uffington:
Uppington:
Upton Magna:
Withington:
Wrockwardine:
3.00pm
9.30am
11.00am
9.30am
9.45am
11.00am
9.30am
6.30pm
9.45am
9.30am
9.30am
8.00am
11.15am
Holy Communion
Morning Service
Family Communion
Family Worship
Morning Service
Family Service
Morning ServiceEvening Service
Morning Service
Holy Communion
Family Worship
Holy Communion
Morning Service
Sunday 16 June, Trinity Sunday
Buildwas:
Eaton Constantine:
High Ercall:
Leighton: Longdon on Tern:
Rodington:
Rowton:
Uffington:
Uppington:
Upton Magna:
Withington:
Wrockwardine:
3.00pm
9.30am
11.00am
11.00am
9.45am
11.00am
9.30am
9.30am
9.45am
9.30am
6.30pm
11.15am
6.30pm
Evening Service
Holy Communion
Family Service
Morning Service
Family Worship
Holy Communion
Messy Church at Ellerdine Village Hall
Morning Worship
Family Service
Family Worship
Evening Service
Sung Communion
Evening Prayer
Sunday 23 June, First Sunday after Trinity
Buildwas:
Eaton Constantine:
High Ercall: Leighton: Longdon on Tern:
Rodington:
Rowton:
Uffington:
Uppington:
Upton Magna:
Withington:
Wrockwardine:
St Chad's Shrewsbury:
9.30am
11.00am
9.45am
11.00am
3.00pm
11.00am
9.45am
9.30am
8.00am
11.15am
4.00pm
NO SERVICE
Morning Service
Morning Service
NO SERVICE
Morning Service
Methodist led service
Family Holy CommunionHoly Communion
Holy Communion
NO SERVICE
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Morning Service
Priesting of Lisa Knight
Tuesday 25 June
Uffington:
7.00pm
Lisa Knight's
First Communion as a priestSunday 30 June, Second Sunday after Trinity
Rodington:
Wrockwardine:
10.30am
6.30pm
Family Worship
Holy Communion
Sunday 7 July, Third Sunday after Trinity
Buildwas:
Eaton Constantine:
High Ercall:
Leighton: Longdon on Tern:
Rodington:
Rowton:
Uffington:
Uppington:
Upton Magna:
Withington:
Wrockwardine:
3.00pm
9.30am
8.00am
11.00am
11.00am
9.45am
11.00am
6.30pm
9.30am
9.45am
9.30am
6.30pm
11.15am
6.30pm
Evening Service
Morning Service
Holy Communion
Family Service
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Methodist led service
Evening ServiceMorning Worship
Morning Service
Messy Church
Evening Service
Morning Service
Holy Communion
Sunday 14 July, Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Buildwas:
Eaton Constantine:
High Ercall: Leighton: Longdon on Tern:
Rodington:
Rowton:
Uffington:
Uppington:
Upton Magna:
Withington:
Wrockwardine:
3.00pm
9.30am
11.00am
9.30am
9.45am
11.00am
9.30am
6.30pm
9.45am
9.30am
9.30am
8.00am
11.15am
Holy Communion
Morning Service
Family Communion
Family Worship
Morning Service
Family Service
Morning ServiceEvening Service
Morning Service
Holy Communion
Family Worship
Holy Communion
Morning Service
Sunday 21 July, Fifth Sunday after Trinity
Buildwas:
Eaton Constantine:
High Ercall:
Leighton: Longdon on Tern:
Rodington:
Rowton:
Uffington:
Uppington:
Upton Magna:
Withington:
Wrockwardine:
3.00pm
9.30am
11.00am
11.00am
9.45am
11.00am
9.30am
9.30am
9.45am
9.30am
6.30pm
11.15am
6.30pm
Evening Service
Holy Communion
Family Service
Morning Service
Family Worship
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Celtic Morning Worship
Family Service
Family Worship
Evening Service
Sung Communion
Songs of Praise
Sunday 28 July, Sixth Sunday after Trinity
Buildwas:
Eaton Constantine:
High Ercall: Leighton: Longdon on Tern:
Rodington:
Rowton:
Uffington:
Uppington:
Upton Magna:
Withington:
Wrockwardine:
3.00pm
9.30am
11.00am
6.30pm
9.45am
11.00am
3.00pm
11.00am
9.45am
6.30pm
9.30am
8.00am
11.15am
Evening Service
Morning Service
Morning Service
Evening Service
Morning Service
Methodist led service
Family WorshipHoly Communion
Holy Communion
Evening Service
Holy Communion
Holy Communion
Morning Service
Every Tuesday between 12.00noon and 1.00pm
Individual Prayer and Reflection at Wrockwardine Church
Every Wednesday at 10.30am
Holy Communion at Wrockwardine Church
BAPTISMS, WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS
Baptisms
You can be baptised as an infant or an adult. During the service, water is sprinkled on the head of those being baptised. It is a symbolic act which means that the person being baptised has become part of the family of God. Many parents choose to baptise their children in a service that is sometimes called ‘Christening’ to celebrate the new life of their child and commit to raising the child in the Christian faith.
Thanksgiving for Children
Some parents may not wish to make this commitment at this stage in a child’s life and we also offer a service of thanksgiving following the birth of a child, rather than baptism.
If you are interested in being baptised, or having children baptised, please contact a member of our clergy team who can discuss this with you. You will find their contact details here.
Weddings
Over 40,000 weddings take place in Church of England parish churches every year. Getting married is a really joyful and exciting time, but it can sometimes be stressful. One of our clergy team can offer you guidance and support not only in planning your wedding day, but also in your married life together.
If you’re thinking of getting married in a church, we would love to discuss this with you. Click here to view our team contact information
Services of Blessing and Thanksgiving
If you choose to get married outside of a church in a civil ceremony, you can still have a service of blessing on your marriage in one of our churches. One of our clergy team will be pleased to help you plan the service and advise what sort of service will suit you best.
Funerals
A funeral is used to mark the end of a person's life here on earth. The death of a loved one is an extremely sad and difficult time, so our clergy team is available to offer you help and support. You do not need to be a regular church attender to arrange a funeral; everyone is able to organise a funeral service with us, even if you have never gone to church. Please feel free to contact one of our team if you want to discuss funeral arrangements, or for help and support at this difficult time.
Buildwas - Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church at Buildwas dates from 1720 and replaced a medieval church. The book "The Buildings of England: Shropshire (Newman and Pevsner, 2006) describes it as “a diminutive building”. The chancel of the church was “gothicised” in 1864. The pulpit of the church is Jacobean. Its west gallery dates from 1720 and is supported by strong square pillars which also support the bellcote. The east chancel window dates from around 1864 and depicts scenes from the life of Christ. The church hosts a number of nineteenth century memorial tablets.
Postcode: TF8 7DA, Map reference: SJ 643045
Crudgington - St Mary's Church
St Mary's church in Crudgington is in the Parish of High Ercall, built in 1863 by J L Randal. It has a wooden bell chamber and spirelet
Postcode: TF6 6JY, Map reference: SJ 632181
Eaton Constantine - St Mary's Church
The present church building, which replaced the original medieval church, was built in 1847-48 by Thomas Smith of Madeley. It has a two-bay chancel, vestry, nave, south porch (the entrance) and a "bellcote". There are steep roofs and a buttress. It has a circular Norman font.
The box pews are unusual and there is a west gallery supported on iron columns. The organ, which can still be played, dates
from 1762.Postcode SY5 6RF, Map reference SJ 599062
High Ercall - St Michael and All Angels Church
Although not mentioned in the Domesday Book there seems little doubt that the original church was built around the year 1090. The church was enlarged in about the year 1200 when the present fine arcades were positioned where the outer walls formerly stood.
History has little to relate about the fortunes of the church until the momentous years of the Civil War when, in 1645, during the siege of the Royalists in the adjoining Manor House (now the Hall), it suffered considerable damage. In the year 1689 it was recorded that a peal of four bells was already hanging in the belfry, two more were added seventeen years later, and the last two were hung in 1812. The bells have been restored on a number of occasions since then. This fine peal of bells is rung regularly throughout the year. In 1998 a new bell-ringing floor was installed creating an area for kitchen and toilet facilities below.
The church contains many fine examples of stained glass, an impressive candelabrum, and an effigy of a crusader thought to date
from 1300, amongst many other interesting features.
Postcode: TF6 6BE, Map reference SJ 594175
Leighton - St Mary's Church
The Domesday Book of 1087 mentions Leighton Church. Restored in c.1717 with a classical east window. A part of the font is from
Virconium. The two iron tombs in the Nave, dated 1677 and 1696 were cast in the village where iron was smelt from at least 1650. On the south of the chancel arch is an heraldic device common before and after 1800, which was a memorial of the head of the manorial family. The figure of a Knight Templar in the sancturary is that of Sir Richard Leighton, whose body is said to have been buried in Buildwas Abbey. On the other side is the tomb of William Leighton and Margaret his wife, dated 1540. After the dissolution of Buildwas Abbey in 1534 the rectoral tithe of Leighton Benefice which the Abbey had appropriated centuries earlier, was given by the King to the Manor of Leighton, the owner of which became lay-rector with a seat in the chancel and the responsibility of repairing the chancel. The present bells were cast by Abraham Rudall in 1716 and bear his name and the date.
Postcode: SY5 6RN, Map reference SJ 612053
Longdon on Tern - St Bartholomew's Church
The Church of St Bartholomew is a small 18th century, Grade II listed, Georgian stone and red brick church. Built in 1742 the church has seen major alterations and an extension in the late nineteenth century. On the same site stands the refurbished Grade II* listed Longdon-Upon-Tern village hall, formerly a schoolhouse provided by the Duke of Sutherland and opened in 1849; a decline in population meant the school closed in 1970. The west gallery was refurbished in 2010 and can now be used for musical events. The church has excellent acoustics.
Postcode TF6 6LE, Map reference SJ 618152
Rodington - St George's Church
It is not known how long there has been a village at Rodington. The name is English, meaning the settlement of the people by the River Roden, and English people began to move into the area in the eighth century, although there may have been a settlement before that. The first church was probably built of wood and then replaced with a stone one before the Norman Conquest around 1066. As you enter the church you will see an area of exposed stonework on the wall opposite the door which shows part of the original wall. The original stonework is probably 1000 years old since Rodington is described in the Domesday Book as having a church. The chancel was built in 1843, and eight years later, in 1851, the stone walls were covered in brick and the north aisle was built. The church would then have appeared much as it is now.
Postcode SY4 4QS, Map reference SJ 588143
Rowton - All Hallows Church
The book "The Buildings of England: Shropshire" (Newman and Pevsner, 2006) says of the church of All Hallow at Rowton "Of coarse purple sandstone. Said to be medieval in origin. Nothing datable earlier than 1800, when the nave was reconstructed wider and the broad lancets [windows] inserted. Short chancel, of brick, dated 1881. West porch dated 1882. Weeny west bell turret."
The church is set near a farm, with stunning views over farmland, often with cattle grazing in the fields.
Richard Baxter the English Puritan church leader, theologian and controversialist, called by Dean Stanley "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen" was born at Rowton on 12 November 1615 and is commemorated there by a small stone obelisk, which stands on a triangle of grass at the centre of the village.
Postcode TF6 6QQ Map reference SJ 613199
Uffington - Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity church at Uffington was built in 1856 by S. Pountney Smith. It replaced a medieval building and is built of tooled Grinshill sandstone ashlar. The chancel and nave are in one, with a south chapel and a narrow north aisle. There is a timber framed south porch. Towards the road the gable end of the chancel displays a wheel window over three lancets. There are patterned tiles throughout the church. In the windows there is sixteenth and seventeenth century glass from the Netherlands and Germany, and the square panels in the lancets in the south of the nave came from Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland, two of which are date 1579 and 1658. (See the book "The Buildings of England: Shropshire" (Newman and Pevsner, 2006). The churchyard is a conservation area and has won awards from the Diocese of Lichfield.
Wilfred Owen, the well-known first world war poet, used to attend Holy Trinity at Uffington, crossing the river from Shrewsbury in
a coracle!Postcode SY4 4SN Map reference SJ 528139
Uppington - Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church, Uppington was built around the Norman Period. The original architect was George Sidebotham. It was restored and partly rebuilt in 1885 by J.P. Pritchard of Darlington. All financed by the Fourth Duke of Cleveland. It has since been listed as a grade II building. The book "The Buildings of England" (Newman and Pevsner, 2006) says the church building has an early Norman nave and chancel, with some interesting 11th century features. The blocked north doorway, which has some Anglo Saxon features, is carved with a long dragon with loose knots in its tail. There is a Norman window in the south wall of the chancel and there is a three-light 14th century window. The 1885 rebuilding dramatically altered the building, with heightened and strengthened walls, an extended nave, and a new tower.
Uppington's association with Wroxeter with its Roman city can be seen in the apparently Roman altar in the churchyard to the south of the nave. There is also an attractive living ancient yew with hollow centre of 28' girth.
Postcode TF6 5HJ Map reference SJ 601096
Upton Magna - St Lucia's Church
Upton Magna church is dedicated to St. Lucia - one of only two churches in this country dedicated to her, apparently. The first church building was probably a wooden or wattle and daub church and was founded at least as early as the twelfth century, though there is evidence that the chancel dates back to the Norman Conquest. The north wall of the chancel seems to date back to the time when nearby Haughmond Abbey was built (c. 1135). The windows in the north wall seem to date from this period, though the ones in the east wall are a little later, probably thirteenth century and the windows in the south wall are fourteenth century insertions. There was some restoration in the nineteenth century, when the chancel arch was rebuilt and perhaps the east end of the church was also rebuilt. The roof dates from the nineteenth century as does the north aisle and the vestry. The tower was completed in 1475 and
contains a good ring of six bells, the majority from the seventeenth century, though new bells were added in 1907 and 2007.
Postcode SY4 4TZ Map reference SJ 553124
Withington - St John the Baptist Church
The Church was founded in the twelfth 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 the sixteenth century. There are 2 bells, cast in the thirteenth or fourteenth 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.
Postcode SY4 4PZ Map reference SJ 576129
Wrockwardine - St Peter's Church
St. Peter's church, Wrockwardine is thought to be of Saxon origin. The Domesday Book of 1068 refers to a church and a priest(Odelerius) in the settlement. There have been changes to the church over the centuries, but since the Perpendicular age (late fourteenth century) there have been few major alterations. The church building now consists of a nave and chancel, with north and south transepts.
The north transept houses the Cludde chapel. There is a fine tower with a ring of six bells, which. have been ringing out over the parish for over 600 years.
The churchyard surrounding the church is now closed for new burials, but contains tombs of some of the family of the Earls of Powis, among others. From the church there are stunning views north and east.
Postcode TF6 5DG Map reference SJ 624120
SAFEGUARDING
The Parochial Church Councils of each parish in the Wrockwardine Deanery take the safety of everyone who comes to church and any of its activities very seriously. They work to safeguarding guidelines provided by the Church of England, for both vulnerable adults and children. The Church of England policies and further information are available on the Church of England website.
Each parish has a Safeguarding Officer who works with the Parochial Church Council to ensure our safeguarding policy and procedures are implemented and regularly reviewed. The policy adopted by each of our parishes will be available here soon..
The Safeguarding Lead for the Deanery is Team Rector Andy Ackroyd.
You can also contact local authorities and charities if you have a safeguarding concern. Visit the relevant website listed below
Keeping Adults Safe in Shropshire Board
Shropshire's Safeguarding Children Board
NSPCC, Help for adults concerned about a child: 0808 800 5000
Childline: Help for children and young people: 0800 1111
National Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000 247
Men's Advice Line: 0808 801 0327
Action on Elder Abuse: 0808 808 8141
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