Major’s Leap

Places of Interest Nearby

Wenlock Priory

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Wenlock Priory, or St Milburga's Priory, is a ruined 12th-century monastery, located in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, at grid reference SJ625001. Roger de Montgomery re-founded the Priory as a Cluniac house between 1079 and 1082, on the site of an earlier 7th-century monastery. Wenlock Priory is situated 1½ miles east of Major’s Leap.

Much Wenlock Museum

Museum

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Much Wenlock Museum is situated 1½ miles east of Major’s Leap.

Church of St Mary, Harley

Church

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Church of St Mary, Harley is situated 1½ miles north of Major’s Leap.

Places in the Area

Harley

Village

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Harley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Shropshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 163.

Much Wenlock

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Much Wenlock is a rustic 700-year-old medieval market town in Shropshire. Much Wenlock is filled with a patchwork of twisting streets, black and white half-timbered buildings, limestone cottages, speciality shops, numerous hostelries and watering holes and the remains of a magnificent 12th-century priory.

Homer

Village

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Homer is a small village in Shropshire, England, north of the town of Much Wenlock. The name first appears in the 14th century as "Honemor". Originally common land called Homer Wood, the settlement developed from squatters' cottages encroaching on the common during the 17th century. Homer is situated 2 miles northeast of Major’s Leap.

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