Ancestral Places - Shropshire, how wonderful!
Wenlock Priory I've written previously about my paternal 2 x great grandmother, Clara Williams and my quest to find her father. I've had much more success locating Clara's maternal family who were from Shropshire. I was lucky to spend a week in Shropshire in July 2017 and was able to visit several of my ancestral villages. Charles Plimmer, my 6 x great grandfather was baptised 7 February 1764 at Holy Trinity Church, Much Wenlock. Charles was the eldest child of seven known children of Thomas Plimmer and his wife, Rebecca Jones. Much Wenlock is a market town and parish in Shropshire, situated between Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Much Wenlock contains 104 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England, including many early 15th century timber framed buildings, the Guildhall and Wenlock Priory. Much Wenlock township (above) Wenlock Priory (below) To the modern day visitor it is a lovely well maintained historic town, ho...