English Heritage sites near Berkswich Parish
BOSCOBEL HOUSE AND THE ROYAL OAK
11 miles from Berkswich Parish
Enjoy a day out at Boscobel House and its famous The Royal Oak as you discover one of the most dramatic escape stories in English History. Visitors can explore the restored oak pasture and orchard, get hands-on with history in the house, meet the farmyard animals and have fun in the play area.
WHITE LADIES PRIORY
12 miles from Berkswich Parish
Ruins of the late 12th century church of a small nunnery of 'white ladies' or Augustinian Canonesses. Charles II hid nearby in 1651, before moving to Boscobel House.
WALL ROMAN SITE
12 miles from Berkswich Parish
Wall was an important staging post on Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales. It provided overnight accommodation for travelling Roman officials and imperial messengers.
CROXDEN ABBEY
13 miles from Berkswich Parish
The impressive remains of an abbey of Cistercian 'white monks', including towering fragments of its 13th-century church, infirmary and 14th-century abbot's lodging.
LILLESHALL ABBEY
15 miles from Berkswich Parish
Extensive ruins of an Augustinian abbey, later a Civil War stronghold, in a deeply rural setting.
IRON BRIDGE
21 miles from Berkswich Parish
The world’s first iron bridge was erected over the River Severn here in 1779 by Abraham Darby III. Costing over £6000, the bridge was cast in his Coalbrookdale foundry, using 378 tons of iron.
Churches in Berkswich Parish
Berkswich: St Thomas
Kitlings Lane
Walton-on-the-Hill
Stafford
(01785) 251057
http://www.berkswich.org.uk
This is a beautiful little country church very popular for weddings and baptisms. The churchyard has won numerous awards for its tidiness and environmental presentation.
The church began life in 1808 when it was decided that holy Trinity should be demolished because it was in need of considerable repair. After much discussion it was decided that the new chuch should be in the village of Walton to be accessible to all parish inhabitants. It was completed in 1842 at a cost of £957 to include the tower and spire and dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle as a Chapel of Ease on 22 December 1842.
On May 9 1845 the spire was struck be lightening and part detroyed along with shattered glass in the windows and roof damage. Repairs were carried out but in 1903 the building was considered unsafe. The lead covering and the weather cock were replaced by lighter equivalents. The herring bone fashion of the light lead cladding is a notable feature of the church on the hill.
The latest modifications were carried out in 1982 to improve faciltities for social events and meetings. The South Transept is now used as a meeting room and a small extension houses the kitchen and toilets.
The new Vicar, Fr Graham Adamson, arrived in August 2017, and he works together with the associate priest, Reverend Joy Bishop. Fr Graham and Reverend Joy can be contacted either through the Parish Office, or by using the contact details on either this site or the Parish website.
Pubs in Berkswich Parish
Barley Mow
28 Main Road, Milford, ST17 0UW
(01785) 665230
greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/staffordshire...
Milford Hall Cricket Club
Main Road, Milford, ST17 0UL
(01785) 663960
milfordhall.play-cricket.com
Walton Tennis Club
Greengore Lane, Walton, ST17 0LD
clubspark.lta.org.uk/waltontennis