Langley Chapel

Langley Chapel (England)

Tour of Langley Chapel - 19/10/14

Music by Missa Papae Marcelli

Langley Chapel is an Anglican church, built in 1601, located in a remote area (the parish of Ruckley and Langley) approximately 1.5 miles to the south of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England.

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SHROPSHIRE - Langley Chapel

This chapel is situated in beautiful countryside around 1.5 miles south of Acton Burnell, and about 8 miles south of Shrewsbury. It's history dates from around 1370 and it was re-roofed in 1601. It has been virtually untouched since then. The chapel still has a complete set of original seventeenth century furnishings

Whilst no longer used as a church it still exudes an excellent Puritanical atmosphere

A little of it's history can be gleamed from English Heritage's site ......
english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/langley-chapel/history-and-research/

The music used is from JOHNNY COPPIN and comes from his album 'Forest and Vale'

- Tony

Langley Chapel Shropshire Fly By, DJI Mavic Air English Heritage countryside

Short fly by at Langley Chapel, Acton Burnell, Shropshire.

Langley Chapel is an Anglican church, built in 1601, located in a remote area (the parish of Ruckley and Langley) approximately 1.5 miles to the south of Acton Burnell, Shropshire, England.

It is now in the care of English Heritage, and is notable for having a complete set of original 17th-century wooden furniture, and its lack of a chancel, in line both with its small size and Protestant attitudes to worship. It is one of the few new churches built in England in the Elizabethan period. Despite being built at the start of the 17th century, the east window tracery is in a simplified Gothic style, though the doorways are in plain vernacular styles, one with a flat lintel and another round-headed.The window on the north side is also plain and rectangular. It is a Grade I listed building.

Built on the site of an earlier medieval chapel, it provided worship for the nearby Langley Hall, whose ruins are contained within a nearby private farm. The Chapel was built with wooden box pews, a musicians desk and Communion table bench seats. It has no known dedication.

The 19th century saw the disappearance of Langley Hall, followed by the loss of the local population. The chapel became disused. In 1914, it became one of the first buildings to be taken into the care of the state, the Ministry of Works as it was. The fact it was abandoned meant it escaped modernisation and remains a rare time capsule of the 17th century.

Music copyright Bensound.com

Acton Burnell Castle

Acton Burnell Castle and surrounding area

Acton Burnell

A look at the castle ruins in this Shropshire village, followed`by a look at the church and village itself.

Langley Chapel Shropshire

Langley Chapel Shropshire
Langley Chapel is an Anglican church, built in 1601. It is also one of the few new churches built in England in the Elizabethan period.
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acton burnell film

Quadcopter footage of Acton Burnell Castle, Staffordshire by Low Level Photography

The Happy Knight

This is a fun little video we made when visiting Acton Burnell Castle in Shropshire.

We're so lucky to have all this history on our doorstep. But History doesn't have to be BORING.
There's many places like this up and down the country where kids get let off steam and let their imaginations run riot.

I don't believe Acton Burnell Castle ever saw battles with knights (until now), but that didn't stop our little boy from attacking it ;-)

More details on visiting Acton Burnell Castle can be found on our website here:

Worcester

Worcester Worcestershire
A walk along side the river.

derelict old cottage exploration

while i was on the bus i had a mooch around and the bus passed this old cottage so off i went to have a closer look and it was well worth it...