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− | == Lilleshall == | + | == Lilleshall & Monument == |
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+ | <center><wz tip="Lilleshall has several eponymous landmarks, including a monument and an Abbey.">[[File:lilleshall-14March20-3.jpg|650px]]</wz></center> | ||
The village dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, the parish church being founded by St Chad, and is listed in the Domesday Book. | The village dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, the parish church being founded by St Chad, and is listed in the Domesday Book. | ||
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+ | File:lilleshall-14March20-1.jpg|The Domesday book church. | ||
+ | File:lilleshall-14March20-2.jpg|The Commonwealth War Graves entry, in front. | ||
+ | File:lilleshall-14March20-4.jpg|We parked nearby and carried on by foot. | ||
+ | File:lilleshall-14March20-5.jpg|Till the Lilleshall Monument. | ||
+ | File:lilleshall-14March20-6.jpg|View of [[Shropshire]] (with the [[Wrekin]] on the right). | ||
+ | File:lilleshall-14March20-7.jpg|A perfect spot to play with the windmill from Sunnycroft. | ||
+ | File:lilleshall-14March20-8.jpg|Lilleshall from its monument. | ||
+ | File:lilleshall-14March20-9.jpg|A nice bridge in the fields. | ||
+ | File:lilleshall-14March20-10.jpg|We left them together. | ||
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+ | == Lilleshall abbey == | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilleshall_Abbey The Abbey], founded [[XIIth century]], is Augustinian. | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilleshall_Abbey The Abbey], founded [[XIIth century]], is Augustinian. | ||
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+ | == Tong == |
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Sunnycroft is an unusual property (now of the national trust), known as a suburban villa, a sort of country estates in miniature, or poor man's mansion. Sunnycroft is a rare example of a well-preserved such property, with a lovely charm of comfy British sophistication without the pomposity of wealth.
Sherlock Holmes looking interiors.
The village dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, the parish church being founded by St Chad, and is listed in the Domesday Book.
View of Shropshire (with the Wrekin on the right).
The Abbey, founded XIIth century, is Augustinian.