Yes the photo below was this location :) History & Haunting of : Wenlock Priory, Much Wenlock, Shropshire,England ,U.K A frequent quote about Much Wenlock is that it is a place that “belongs in spirit wholly to the past”. Wenlock Priory, or St Milburgas Priory, is a ruined 12th century monastery, located in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, The foundation was a part of the Cluniac order, which was refounded in 1079 and 1082, on the site of an earlier 7th century monastery, by Roger de Montgomery. It is thought to be the final resting place of Saint Milburga, whose bones were reputedly discovered during restoration work in 1101. Today, Wenlock Priory is in the care of English Heritage and is used mostly for recreational purposes. The grounds have a collection of topiary Merewalh, King of the Magonsaete founded the original Anglo-Saxon monastery here circa 680 and Merewalhs daughter quickly became its abbess, and was later canonised. After her death circa 727, however, little is historically known of the monastery until the Norman Conquest. It is known that the priory was inhabited by monks until after the Norman conquest. In the 12th century, the abbey was replaced by a Cluniac priory for men. Following the reformation of the monastery, in the early fourteenth century, the priory church was lavishly and completely rebuilt, and today considerable remains are left of the 350-foot-long church (110 m), including the north and south transept and the nave. The Staffordshire Paranormal Investigation Team – SPIT for short – has the answer: “At 6:45 pm on a winter’s night members of the Investighost team were at the priory doing some filming… One of the team filmed a person standing on the third floor of the abbey. The third floor which has no floor?! Monks can be heard to chant, and if you are lucky enough to stay after dark, you’re in for a real treat near the north tower.”?? staffs-para/ VIDEO HERE > https://youtube/watch?v=Y4Scar3x2JM Around the Priory, the town of Much Wenlock was formed. The town is made up of a small network of intricate, narrow streets lined with timber-framed black and white buildings. Within the town is the well of St Milburga of Wenlock which was said to have cured sight impairments and helped Victorian women find a suitor Following the dissolution in 1540, several buildings, including the late 15th century Priors House were converted into a private residence later known as Wenlock Abbey. It remains inhabited to this day, and so is not accessible, however the fine architecture can still be seen and incorporates Norman and 15th century work. This gives us a clue of how grand the original priory church would have been. During the middle ages, most of Wenlock Edge lay within the preserve of Long Forrest, which was so named because of its length, extending along the full length of Wenlock Edge. It was also during the middle ages that the Edge provided some economic benefit to local builders, who mined the Edge for its limestone. This limestone was then used as a building material for many local buildings. A good example of this can be found at Wenlock Priory. The remains of the limestone industry can be found at various places along the Edge and near the town of Much Wenlock, there are still some working quarries. The Edge is also an area that has long been associated with ghosts. Majors Leap takes its unsual name from the spot where major smallman made his horse jump over the edge whilst trying to evade capture from the pursuing Roundheads. While Smallman survived, his mount died and his ghost still haunts there A crossroads two miles southeast of the town was said to be haunted by the ghost of Mary Way, murdered on the site. The phantom is reputedly headless and wears a shimmering white dress. Photo 1 by~thehazeltree.files.wordpress/ Photo 2 by~thehazeltree.files.wordpress/ In the cloister garth (garden) adjoining the great 13th century church is a lavabo, or washing fountain, embellished with carvings. Built around 1180, this three-tiered stone basin incorporated a siphon system, which supplied water through spouts set into carved heads. Up to 16 monks at a time could wash here before eating in the refectory. The lavabo was not, as it is today, open to the sky and to the view of interested passers-by; instead, it was enclosed in an octagonal building, which thankfully preserved the monks’ modesty. Photo 3by~thehazeltree.files.wordpress/ Ancient oak door Photo 4 by cmodlin.wordpress/ Photo by betsybethandbeer-
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000