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| − | 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. The monument was erected by tenant to their landlord (Duke of Sutherland), "the most just and generous of landlords" who received this as a testimony, so the plaque on the monument tells us, that "he went down to his grave with the blessings of his tenants on his head". It seems he left them some inheritance of some sort. |
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File:lilleshall-14March20-5.jpg|Till the Lilleshall Monument. | 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-14March20-6.jpg|View of [[Shropshire]] (with the [[Wrekin]] on the right). | ||
| − | File:lilleshall-14March20-7.jpg| | + | File:lilleshall-14March20-7.jpg|The foot of the monument is the perfect spot to play with the windmill from Sunnycroft. |
File:lilleshall-14March20-8.jpg|Lilleshall from its monument. | File:lilleshall-14March20-8.jpg|Lilleshall from its monument. | ||
File:lilleshall-14March20-9.jpg|A nice bridge in the fields. | File:lilleshall-14March20-9.jpg|A nice bridge in the fields. | ||
File:lilleshall-14March20-10.jpg|We left them together. | File:lilleshall-14March20-10.jpg|We left them together. | ||
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== Lilleshall abbey == | == Lilleshall abbey == | ||
Revision as of 21:16, 7 June 2020
Contents |
Itinerary
- Sunnycroft
- The red house (pub)
- Lilleshall (monument, memorial)
- Lilleshall Abbey
Sunnycroft
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.
The Sunnycroft gardens.
Sherlock Holmes looking interiors.
A profusion of details.
The paintings gallery.
The kitchen was clearly not that of noblety.
Back view, with the imposing conservatory.
Side view, on the garden.
Maybe the best part, the tea room.
Victorian cakes were not to Julia's taste.
Lilleshall & Monument
The village dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, the parish church being founded by St Chad, and is listed in the Domesday Book. The monument was erected by tenant to their landlord (Duke of Sutherland), "the most just and generous of landlords" who received this as a testimony, so the plaque on the monument tells us, that "he went down to his grave with the blessings of his tenants on his head". It seems he left them some inheritance of some sort.
The Domesday book church.
The Commonwealth War Graves entry, in front.
We parked nearby and carried on by foot.
Till the Lilleshall Monument.
View of Shropshire (with the Wrekin on the right).
The foot of the monument is the perfect spot to play with the windmill from Sunnycroft.
Lilleshall from its monument.
A nice bridge in the fields.
We left them together.
Lilleshall abbey
The Abbey, founded XIIth century, is Augustinian.