Holy Trinity Church, Much Wenlock

With intriguing medieval, Jacobean, and Victorian features; Holy Trinity Church has been the parish church of Much Wenlock for 900 years and is a prominent feature in the centre of the town.

The origins of the church go all the way back to the 7th century, when Milburga, daughter of Merewalh, King of Mercia, founded a religious community in Much Wenlock. The first church erected on the site was Anglo-Saxon, possibly built around the year 680, although nothing earlier than the 12th century now stands above ground in the current church building.

Dating to the early 12th century, the church that we see today was built by the Cluniac monks of Wenlock Priory, beginning around the year 1150.

The church consists of a nave, a south aisle and chapel, a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower. The oldest part is the Norman nave, which shows typical rounded Norman arches and pillars in the nave and chancel. The south aisle and chapel and the tower were added in the late 12th century, and the chancel was later extended, doubling its length.