South Churches Tour
2008
2008
On September 20th, a lovely day in early autumn, nearly 40 members and friends visited five very different churches along upper Corvedale. The day ended with a delicious tea in Morville Parish Hall.
Aston Eyre
Late Norman church which was a chapel of Morville, a Benedictine prior in the 12th century.
Late Norman church which was a chapel of Morville, a Benedictine prior in the 12th century.
St Michael’s Stanton Long
Late Norman Church restored in Victorian times. It has an unusual stone reredos, designed by F Kempson in 1888.
Late Norman Church restored in Victorian times. It has an unusual stone reredos, designed by F Kempson in 1888.
Ditton Priors.
Mainly 13th century church. It has a stained glass Millennium window designed by a local 11 year girl, Natalie White.
Mainly 13th century church. It has a stained glass Millennium window designed by a local 11 year girl, Natalie White.
St Gregory’s, Morville.
Early Norman church which had become a Benedictine Priory in 1138.
Early Norman church which had become a Benedictine Priory in 1138.
St Michael’s, Upper Cressett.
Lovely Norman church now under the care of the Churches Preservation Trust.
Lovely Norman church now under the care of the Churches Preservation Trust.
Tympanum over South porch at Aston Eyre
