Claverley

Coordinates: 52°32′17″N 2°18′22″W / 52.538°N 2.306°W / 52.538; -2.306

Claverley
Claverley, Shropshire
Claverley  Claverley shown within Shropshire
Population	1,477 (2001 Census)[1]
Shire county	Shropshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Shropshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Shropshire

Claverley is a village and civil parish in east Shropshire, England. The parish also includes the hamlets of Beobridge, Hopstone, Upper Aston, Ludstone, Heathton and a number of other small settlements.

Claverley village is east of the market town of Bridgnorth, near the Staffordshire county boundary. The village has three public houses.

The Church of England parish church of All Saints dates from the 11th century and has a rare 13th century wall painting. On the north side of the nave, and dated to around 1200, a frieze of painted scenes some 50 feet (15 m) long shows a series of 15 knights in armour, mostly engaged in single combat.^[2] It has been suggested that this portrays scenes from the 5th century poem Psychomachia, a battle between virtues and vices, by Prudentius.^[3]

References

1. ^ Claverley CP, Office for National Statistics
2. ^ E.W., Tristram (1944). English Medieval Wall Painting: The Twelfth Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 111. 
3. ^ Caiger-Smith, A (1963). English Medieval Mural Paintings. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 11. 

External links

Media related to Claverley at Wikimedia Commons