St Giles’ Church, Barrow
St Giles' Church is in the hamlet of Barrow, Shropshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Telford Severn Gorge, the archdeaconry of Ludlow, and the diocese of Hereford.Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Barrow, Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “St Giles” and “St Giles‘ Church, Barrow”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Benthall Hall and Wenlock Priory.
Benthall Hall
Photo: Gammock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Benthall Hall is a 16th-century English country house in Benthall in the town of Broseley, Shropshire, England, and a few miles from the historic Ironbridge Gorge. Benthall Hall is situated 1½ miles north of St Giles’ Church, Barrow.
Wenlock Priory
Photo: Speedbird2064, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 2 miles west of St Giles’ Church, Barrow.
Broseley Pipeworks
Museum
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Broseley Pipeworks is one of ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. The museum is based in the market town of Broseley in the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England within a World Heritage Site, acclaimed as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Broseley Pipeworks is situated 1½ miles northeast of St Giles’ Church, Barrow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benthall and Wyke.
Benthall
Village
Photo: Stephen Dewhirst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Benthall is a small village in the civil parish of Barrow, in Shropshire, England. It is situated to the south of Telford, about a mile south of Ironbridge on the River Severn, and almost contiguous with the town of Broseley.
Wyke
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wyke is a small hamlet in rural Shropshire, England, where it is part of the civil parish of Much Wenlock. Its name may originate from Old English wice, Wych elm, but is more likely derived from the word wic, dwelling or village.
Broseley
Town
Photo: Mike White, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broseley is a market town in Shropshire, England, with a population of 4,929 at the 2011 Census and an estimate of 5,022 in 2019. The River Severn flows to its north and east. Broseley is situated 1½ miles northeast of St Giles’ Church, Barrow.
St Giles’ Church, Barrow
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Barrow, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.59655° or 52° 35′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.50652° or 2° 30′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C4VHFWV+J9OpenStreetMap ID
way 816570431OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7593259
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In Other Languages
“St Giles’ Church, Barrow” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس جايلز”
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