St. Wilfrid’s is a beautiful medieval building on Church Lane, overlooking the Trent valley. The Church, at one time, was an outpost for the Knights Hospitallers of St John, and has many interesting features, old and new.
This Church at Barrow on Trent is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It is now known as St Wilfrid, but has been previously dedicated to St Helen and also to St Luke.
For 400 years the Church was full of light and colour and contained tombs, monuments, heraldic glass and fine carving. There then followed a century of destruction and another of neglect followed later by a burst of destructive vandalism at the beginning of the 19th century that destroyed most of the remaining beautiful artefacts. The priest in the south aisle is sadly the only major statue remaining. All other items, recorded by Bassano in 1710, have disappeared and the Church today is much as it would have been in the late 19th century. However, thanks to its simple beauty and its many fascinating mysteries this church is much admired by all who visit it.
“If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication. There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page found via the Bookmark list”
Container moved slightly due to all the wasps. New co-ordinates are: N52 51.097 W001 28.675