St Bartholomew's Church, Moreton Corbet
St Bartholomew's church sits next door to Moreton Corbet castle which is one of Jamie's favourite sites to date. The church has several odes to the family who built the castle but we didn't go inside as we were in a bit of a rush to get from Lancaster to Kidderminster for an extended family reunion! However, we do know that the nave and chancel is from the late Norman period even though they have been altered to the point very little of this period remains to be seen. The south aisle has become a memorial chapel to the Corbet family since the 14th century including two chest tombs and a baroque monument, but most interestingly is the rumour that the tower may have been slighted during the Civil War and were originally much higher. The current upper stages of the tower date from 1769, but they reckon it may have been taller were it not for collateral damage during those troubling times. The Civil War isn't the only war that is remembered by the church patronised by th...
