Shrewsbury Abbey
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The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross (commonly known as Shrewsbury Abbey) is an ancient foundation in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.
Shrewsbury Abbey | |
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Abbey Church of the Holy Cross, Shrewsbury | |
Church of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Shrewsbury | |
52°42′27″N 2°44′39″W | |
Location | Shrewsbury, Shropshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Broad Church with choral tradition |
Website | www |
History | |
Status | Active |
Founded | 1083 |
Dedication | Holy Cross |
Relics held | St Winifred |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Parish church |
Heritage designation | Scheduled monument, Grade I listed building |
Style | Romanesque, Gothic |
Groundbreaking | 11th century |
Completed | 14th century |
Specifications | |
Number of towers | 1 |
Materials | Red sandstone |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Lichfield |
Parish | Holy Cross, Shrewsbury |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Pat Aldred, associate priest |
Laity | |
Organist(s) | Director of Music Peter Smith Organist Nigel Pursey |
Churchwarden(s) | Bernice Firmin, Brian Newman and Hannah Smith |
Official name | Shrewsbury Abbey (Including Pulpit) |
Reference no. | 1003718 |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Abbey Church of the Holy Cross |
Designated | 10 January 1953 |
Reference no. | 1246392 |
Monastery information | |
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Full name | The Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul |
Order | Benedictine |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Established | 1083 |
Disestablished | 1540 |
Dedicated to | St Peter & St Paul |
Architecture | |
Status | Dissolved |
Heritage designation | Scheduled monument |
Style | Romanesque, Gothic |
The Abbey was founded in 1083 as a Benedictine monastery by the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery. It grew to be one of the most important and influential abbeys in England, and an important centre of pilgrimage. Although much of the Abbey was destroyed in the 16th century, the nave survived as a parish church, and today serves as the mother church for the Parish of Holy Cross.
The Abbey is a Grade I listed building and is a member of the Greater Churches Group.[1] It is located to the east of Shrewsbury town centre, near the English Bridge, and is surrounded by a triangular area which is today referred to as Abbey Foregate.