1 Bushbury to Moseley, Wolverhampton Church Gems. Traditional Cache
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1 Bushbury to Moseley, Wolverhampton Church Gems.
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This is the first of a number of caches placed linking Bushbury
Hill to Moseley. I think it may be the first of Wolverhampton
Church gems, it is not in the church grounds.
The Church of St Mary is in the parish of Bushbury.
The name of the parish, “Bishopsherie”, or
“Byshbury”, which was mentioned in the Domesday Book.
Means “Land of the Bishop”, presumably referring to a
Saxon Bishop. The Parish Church, dedicated to the assumption of the
Blessed Virgin (St Mary), is an ancient building, surmounted by an
embattled tower, and formerly belonged to the priory of St Thomas,
near Stafford. It has many monuments to the families of Byshbury,
Moseley, Huntbach, Hellier, Leacroft, Whitgreave, Gough, and
Huskisson, the latter of whom possessed the Oxley estate until
1793. (History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, William
White, Sheffield, 1851) The parish registers of the church of St
Mary commence in 1764. The original registers for the period
1789-1908 (Bapts & Bur) and 1764-1906 (Mar), and Banns for the
period 1764-1823 are deposited at Staffordshire Record Office.
Earlier registers were destroyed prior to 1831. In his report on
the structure of the church, dated May 1830, the Reverend George
Hudson, Archdeacon of Stafford, mentions remains of a Saxon
structure in the chancel, but no trace remains now. It seems
possible therefore that the original building was pre-conquest, and
was enlarged by a Norman nave and north chapel. The present
chancel, dating from about 1350, is the oldest part of the present
building. The old tower was in the style of the fifteenth century.
There may also be evidence that Charles I visited in 1645,
Unfortunately the graveyard has been attacked by vandals in the
recent past and some gravestones have been knocked over and
smashed.
Additional Hints
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ORUVAQVAHAQRE