St Mary Magdalene's Church

#902 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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St Mary Magdalene's Church is in the village of Battlefield, Shropshire, England, dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene. It was built on the site of the 1403 Battle of Shrewsbury between Henry IV and Henry "Hotspur" Percy, and was originally intended as a chantry, a place of intercession and commemoration for those killed in the fighting. It is probably built over a mass burial pit. It was originally a collegiate church staffed by a small community of chaplains whose main duty was to perform a daily liturgy for the dead. Roger Ive, the local parish priest, is generally regarded as the founder, although the church received considerable support and endowment from Henry IV. ()

Completed: 1862 (162 years ago)Architectural style: English gothicCoordinates: 52°45'3"N, 2°43'25"W

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St Mary Magdalene's Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Darwin Shopping Centre, New Riverside, Shrewsbury Castle, Shrewsbury Driving Range.

3 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Darwin Shopping Centre, Shrewsbury
77 min walk • The Darwin Shopping Centre is the largest of the two main shopping centres in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, comprising approximately 17 per cent of the town centre's retail offer by leasable area.
3.1 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
New Riverside, Shrewsbury
80 min walk • New Riverside is a £150m shopping centre redevelopment project in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, which is planned to link the town's Pride Hill and Darwin centres and comprehensively redevelop the Riverside centre site.
3.2 miSW
11th-century castle and military museum
Shrewsbury Castle, Shrewsbury
83 min walk • Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It stands on a hill in the neck of the meander of the River Severn on which the town originally developed.
1.9 miS
52°43'25"N • 2°43'40"W
Shrewsbury Driving Range, Shrewsbury
48 min walk • Golf
3.2 miS
Bridge, View point
English Bridge, Shrewsbury
82 min walk • The English Bridge is a masonry arch viaduct, crossing the River Severn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The present bridge is a 1926 rebuilding and widening of John Gwynn's design, completed in 1774.
3.1 miS
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Gothic architecture
St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury
80 min walk • St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in St Mary's Place, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, the Trust designated St Mary's as its first Conservation Church in 2015.
3.1 miSW
Monuments and statues
The Quantum Leap, Shrewsbury
81 min walk • The Quantum Leap is a sculpture situated next to the River Severn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It was created to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of evolutionist Charles Darwin, who was born in the town in 1809.
3.1 miSW
Bridge
Welsh Bridge, Shrewsbury
81 min walk • The Welsh Bridge is a masonry arch viaduct in the town of Shrewsbury, England, which crosses the River Severn. It connects Frankwell with the town centre. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.3 miSW
Cafe, Nightlife, Market
Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury
83 min walk • The Old Market Hall is an Elizabethan building situated in the town centre of Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.3 miS
Church, Architecture
Shrewsbury Unitarian Church, Shrewsbury
83 min walk • Shrewsbury Unitarian Church is a Grade II listed building situated on the High Street in Shrewsbury, England. The meeting house was founded in its present site in 1662 by the Revd Francis Tallents and the Revd John Bryan, two dissenters ejected from St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury and St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury respectively.
2.8 miS
Bridge
Castle Walk Footbridge, Shrewsbury
71 min walk • Castle Walk Footbridge spans the River Severn in Shrewsbury, England, and was the first prestressed concrete bridge in Shropshire.