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St Giles' Church Shrewsbury
St Giles Church Shrewsbury
St Giles' Church, Wenlock Road, Shrewsbury (image)
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St Giles' was the chapel of a leper hospital founded in the 12th Century well away from populated areas. The hospital itself later became almshouses for four inmates. The church was extensively re-modelled 1860-3 by local architect Samuel Pountney Smith...
St Giles' was the chapel of a leper hospital founded in the 12th Century well away from populated areas. The hospital itself later became almshouses for four inmates. The church was extensively re-modelled 1860-3 by local architect Samuel Pountney Smith...
St. Giles was the chapel attached to a medieval leper hospital on the edge of the town. By Tudor times the lepers' houses had become almshouses.