St Michael and All Angels' Church, Welshampton

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Church of St Michael and All Angels, Welshampton
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St Michael and All Angels' Church, Welshampton
52°54′36″N2°50′32″W / 52.9099°N 2.8423°W / 52.9099; -2.8423
OS grid reference SJ 434 350
Location Welshampton
CountryUnited Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
History
Dedication Saint Michael and All Angels
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated27 May 1953 [1]
Architect(s) George Gilbert Scott
Style Early English style
Completed1863
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Lichfield
Deanery Ellesmere Deanery [2]

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed Anglican church in the village of Welshampton in Shropshire.

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It was built in the 1860s for Frances Mainwaring and Salusbury Kynaston Mainwaring, in memory of Charles Kynaston Mainwaring of Oteley. The architect was George Gilbert Scott. There was originally a medieval church, which was replaced in 1788 by a church for Mary Kynaston of Oteley; this was replaced by Scott's church. [1]

Building

The walls are of yellow sandstone ashlar; it has a slate roof which has a lozenge pattern over the nave and a zig-zag pattern over the chancel. The chancel has a semicircular apsidal shape. There are buttresses at the corners of the church and against the chancel. On the roof at the junction of the nave and chancel is a bellcote. [1]

The church has lancet windows. The stained glass includes, in a west window a commemoration of Charles Kynaston Mainwaring, and in the north-west window of the nave a commemoration of Jeremiah Libopuoa Moshueshue (see below). [1]

The grave of Jeremiah Libopuoa Moshueshue Jeremiah's grave at Welshampton church.JPG
The grave of Jeremiah Libopuoa Moshueshue

In the churchyard is buried an African prince, Jeremiah Libopuoa Moshueshue (1839-1863). He was a son of Moshueshue I of Lesotho. [3] [4]

The history of this link with Lesotho (at that time known as Basutoland) began when the vicar of Welshampton, Thomas Buckley-Owen, was offered a post in Lesotho. He turned it down because the new church in Welshampton would soon be complete; however, he maintained contact with the country. Moshueshue I sent two of his junior sons to study at an Anglican school in Zonnebloem. One of them, Jeremiah Libopuoa, came to England to train as a priest. He visited Welshampton when the new church was consecrated in 1863; during the visit he caught a fever and died. [3] [5]

In 2010 Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho visited the church, where she attended a service and paid respects to the grave of prince Jeremiah Libopuoa. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Historic England. "Church of St Michael (1177141)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Welshampton St Michael and All Angels Diocese of Lichfield, accessed 21 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Queen of Lesotho visits Welshampton in Shropshire Shropshire Star 6 Oct 2010, accessed 17 March 2014.
  4. ↑ LIBOPUOA Jeremiah Lesotho royalty, from freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com, accessed 17 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Historical Dictionary of Lesotho by Scott Rosenberg, Richard F. Weisfelder, Scarecrow Press, page 39. Via Google Books, accessed 17 March 2014.
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