St Michaels & All Angels Church, Witley
There's quite a grand church on site at Witley Court and we have Thomas Foley, 2nd Baron Foley to thank for that. We didn't get to inspect the church in our usual manner as it was active and in service at the time, so this is another reason we need to return, but no harm in telling you about it in the meantime! In 1735 the second Baron Foley built a new parish church after his father has expressed intentions to. It quickly became the CoE Parish church for both Great Witley and Little Witley, which is no surprise after the village had to be moved due to the house expansion. Seems a bit rude to say you dont have access to our private chapel after you have to relocate! It helped, of course, that Great Witley had always been a close and successful community even back in the Saxon times. They would have had their own church and it is believed that the church would have been on or near the site that the current one is. So this may have simply been a renovation of the ...
