Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SHREWSBURY SJ51NW BATTLEFIELD 653-1/2/745 Church of St Mary Magdalene 19/09/72 II* Church.
Early C15, restored 1862 by Pountney Smith.
Gargoyles, some representing fighting figures.
Emblematic stained glass throughout, and figures of apostles to chancel, and Mary Magdalene in the east window.
Corbet family mortuary chapel to north, with stained glass dated 1864, and fragments of C15 glass originating in Normandy.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the church was built as a chantry established by King Henry IV to commemorate the Battle of Shrewsbury fought nearby in 1403.
After 1545, it became the parish church for the old parish of Albright Hussey, and is now maintained by the Redundant Churches Fund.