Grizzlegutweed the Bear
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700 year old ursine. The last English bear and last living member of the Royal menagerie. Resides as a crown pensioner in the Tower London.
Flowers around the doorway, two Shropshire cottages. Bishops Castle and Clun
In the lanes between Acton Burnell and Shrewsbury you suddenly come across this vision of England- Pitchford hall, an Elizabethan timbered mansion. This isn’t my photo but it is exactly the view you get from the lodge
A memorial in Acton Burnell church to William Smyth, ‘a victim to valour’ Killed by a cannonball at Mentz. William was fighting as a dragoon in the Austrian army. Why? Because the Smyth’s were Catholic and the law banned William from being an officer in the British army
Looking from the high altar west towards the main doors- Lichfield cathedral this morning
The monument to Sir Humphrey Lee (d.1632) and his wife: Acton Burnell, Shropshire. Note below the couple their son and 5 daughters
The church at Acton Burnell has three fine monuments the oldest is to the builder grand Nephew- Sir Nicholas Burnell dated 1382. There is one of best medieval brasses in Shropshire. My camera phone was incapable of taking a good phone of the whole here are details
Fade stencilled roses from the 13thc decoration of Acton Burnell church
A lancet window with a magnificent image of King Edward l in stained glass 19thc Acton Burnell church
The elegant 13th century font, Acton Burnell.
The church at Acton Burnell is an unknown gem, next to the castle ruins and like them built by Robert Burnell Bishop of Bath and Wells at the end of the 13th century. There are many carved corbels and a pretty little 19thc tower between the transept and chancel
Acton Burnell castle, an oblong Manor House with towers at each corner. Edward l held a Parliament here in the tithe barn.
Acton Burnell castle. A 13th century fortified Manor House- Bulit by King Edward 1st’s ‘fixer’ Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells. like the castle at Clun entry to these ruins is free- if you can find them amongst the tangle of lanes
The church door at Clun is dated 1666 ( the year of the great fire) and was given by the churchwardens, Isaac More and Thomas Powys. The carved inscription is eccentric in its spacing . THOMAS POWYS CHURCHWAR 1666. DENS
I was surprised to find the grave of the playwright, John Osborne, in the churchyard of Clun parish church
An interesting and unusual exterior tomb alcove with stiff ball flower decoration
Fortress like elements of St George’s , Clun. Big chunky architecture that seems to rise up through the earth like a tree.
The Norman tower ( with Saxon elements?) at St George’s Clun , is built like a fortress
