St Alkmund's Church

Whitchurch Urban, GB

St Alkmund's Church is an active Anglican parish church in Whitchurch, Shropshire, England. By tradition, this church was founded in the 900s CE by the Anglo-Saxon Queen Æthelflæd ('Lady of the Mercians' and daughter of Alfred the Great). Certain sources suggest that the saint to whom it is dedicate

d, St Alkmund, (the son of Alhred, King of Northumbria (d. c. 800), was first buried in Whitchurch. It is in the diocese of Lichfield, the archdeaconry of Salop and the deanery of Wem and Whitchurch. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England which has designated it a Grade I listed building. It stands at an elevated position in the centre of the town.

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Nearby

Whitchurch Civic Centre town_hall · 0.1 km away
Churton Memorial Fountain monumenti · 0.4 km away
Kitchen garden walls at Iscoyd Park panorami · 4 km away
Gate piers at entrance to Iscoyd Park, including oak pale to park boundary monumenti · 4 km away
High Ash Farmhouse beni_culturali · 4 km away
The Blue Bell Inn beni_culturali · 4 km away
Bell Farmhouse beni_culturali · 4 km away
Whitewell Lodge, including arcaded screen to garden and wall to service yard monumenti · 4 km away