Holy Trinity Church, Holdgate

Holy Trinity Church is in the village of

A church with a priest is recorded in the Domesday Book, but none of the fabric from that church has survived. The nave and possibly part of the chancel date from the 12th century, with the rest of the chancel and the lower part of the tower from the following century. The south porch was probably added in the 14th century.^[4] The upper part of the tower was added either in the 15th,^[2] or in the 17th century.^[4] The west end of the nave was partitioned off as a schoolroom after 1793, and the church was restored and re-pewed in 1854–55. In 1894–95 there was a further restoration by J. P. St Aubyn and Henry Wadling, during which a chancel arch was inserted, windows were renewed, the ceilings were taken down, new roofs and a new porch were built, and the partition in the nave was removed.^[4]

Architecture

Exterior

Holy Trinity is constructed in

In the churchyard are three memorials, each listed at Grade II. To the south of the chancel is an ashlar headstone dated 1716,[6] and to the southeast of the chancel is a similar headstone inscribed with the dates 1748 and 1771.^[7] To the south of the nave is a chest tomb dating from the early 19th century.^[8]

See also

• Grade I listed churches in Shropshire
• Listed buildings in Abdon, Shropshire

References