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St Edith's dates almost entirely from the 14th century, but the tower and clerestory are from about a century later.

An early 14th century village church in the middle of the country, might this perhaps have been where Robin Hood could have rode the glen, or Ivanhoe hunted boar, or Richard III marched his men, can you hear the monkeys at the nearby zoo?

Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, owned most of Shropshire, and it was he who founded this Benedictine abbey in 1083, he is said to have been buried here when he died in 1094.

The history of nonconformism in Minshull goes back to at least the time of Oliver Cromwell and the rule of the Commonwealth.

As one of the only Queen Anne style churches left in Birmingham, the church was founded by Job Marston, a local philanthropist, has a rich and varied history.

St Mary’s is as good an introduction to the development of Gothic architecture through the ages as you are likely to find anywhere.

A beautiful piece of Italianate architecture in the midst of inner city Birmingham.