Old St Chad's - LUCKY SEVEN - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK.
N 52° 42.384 W 002° 45.196
30U E 516670 N 5839639
All that remains of the Old St Chads church which collapsed in 1788, is the Lady chapel, the anchor for this L7 = Tally 14. Christian worship has take place at this site since the 8th Century. Old St Chads is located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Waymark Code: WMQMZ9
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/05/2016
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Old St Chads said to be the Church where Shrewsbury began, traditionally founded by Offa, c 780. Rebuilt by the Normans in 1148, now lays in ruins with just a remnant chapel, surrounded by grave slabs & few burials with headstones.
When St chads fell down in 1788 the Lady Chapel was the only undamaged part of the church remaining. Many of the grave slabs have been used as flagstones to make the footpaths surrounding the remaining Lady Chapel.
The Chapel is now preserved, as a listed building. See British Listed Buildings Website: (
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The Rise & Fall Of the Old St Chads.
"Scheduled Monument and Grade II* Listed Building The medieval parish church of Old St Chad's, which was probably founded (perhaps as a minster) in the Saxon period, and remained in use until 1788 when its tower collapsed (most of the rest of the building was then demolished and the church replaced by the current St Chad's, built on a new site)." Text Source: (
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