Shareshill / Seruesed

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: documented in 1213; re-buil ca. 1742; 14thC(?) tower

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 September 2003 by Geoff Pick [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/120237] [accessed 26 July 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22263SHA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Luke
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin & St. Luke
Church Location: Church Rd, Shareshill, Wolverhampton WV10 7LA, UK -- Tel.: +44 1902 727579
Country Name: England
Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A460, about 10 km NNE of Wolverhampton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lichfield
Historical Region: Hundred of [East] Cuttlestone
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Early English
There is an entry for Shareshill [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SJ9406/shareshill/] [accessed 26 July 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The entry for this parish in the Victoria County History (Stafford, vol. 5, 1959) notes: "There was a church at Shareshill by 1213 [...] Shareshill church was apparently raised from the position of a chapel of ease to Penkridge to parochial status in 1551 [...] The church of ST. LUKE AND ST. MARY THE VIRGIN [...] was largely rebuilt c. 1742. [...] The tower, the base of which probably dates from the 14th century, is the only medieval feature that remains. An earlier rebuilding took place c. 1562 [...] The font is dated 1861" The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: SJ9443706589] also dates the present font to 1861.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.65687, -2.0833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 39′ 24.73″ N, 2° 4′ 59.88″ W
UTM: 30U 562006 5834496