The other churchill church
St Michael's Church, Churchill, Worcestershire
Edwards Lane, Churchill, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR7 4QE
An atmospheric church in a tiny village, St Michael’s is mainly of the 14th-century, although fragments from an earlier building are built into its walls.
The font is 15th-century and there is good woodwork of the 17th-century. Two strange stone carvings built into the sill of the north window appear to be parts of a lion.
The low chancel screen and the lectern came from Great Malvern Priory in 1910, when a major restoration of
St Michael’s was carried out.
The small bell-cote contains two bells, one dating from the 15th-century.
Originally a chapel in Worcester St Helen Ancient Parish. It was a separate parish by 1269. Abolished ecclesiastically in 1924 to help create White Ladies Aston with Churchill Ecclesiastical Parish.[25]
There is a single window in each wall of the nave. To the east of each nave window is a small hole in the wall, about 3 feet off the ground. The function of these holes is not known, but they do provide a bit of an historical mystery. There are several memorials, but none terribly old - the oldest being to Thomas Barker, who died in 1688.
The church is now deconsecrated and is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
Edwards Lane, Churchill, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR7 4QE
An atmospheric church in a tiny village, St Michael’s is mainly of the 14th-century, although fragments from an earlier building are built into its walls.
The font is 15th-century and there is good woodwork of the 17th-century. Two strange stone carvings built into the sill of the north window appear to be parts of a lion.
The low chancel screen and the lectern came from Great Malvern Priory in 1910, when a major restoration of
St Michael’s was carried out.
The small bell-cote contains two bells, one dating from the 15th-century.
Originally a chapel in Worcester St Helen Ancient Parish. It was a separate parish by 1269. Abolished ecclesiastically in 1924 to help create White Ladies Aston with Churchill Ecclesiastical Parish.[25]
There is a single window in each wall of the nave. To the east of each nave window is a small hole in the wall, about 3 feet off the ground. The function of these holes is not known, but they do provide a bit of an historical mystery. There are several memorials, but none terribly old - the oldest being to Thomas Barker, who died in 1688.
The church is now deconsecrated and is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.