Church of St Matthew, Salford Priors
The Church of St Matthew dating from the Medieval period, with some work carried out in the Imperial period. It is situated 100m west of the cricket ground, Salford Priors.
1 Plan of the church. Chancel with modern S vestry and organ chamber; nave with modern N porch; S aisle and W tower.
2 Nave and W tower mid 12th century. Mid 12th century N doorway. 13th century: The nave was lengthened and a new chancel built. S aisle rebuilt c1340, with a projecting stair turret which probably carried a beacon or cresset to serve as a guide for travellers crossing the river Avon. Large 14th century window in nave N wall with ‘flamboyant’ tracery. W tower heightened and enlarged 1633. Nave N wall rebuilt 1874, the organ chamber added 1894. 17th century monuments to the Clarke family. There was a priest at Salford in 1086.
3 Photographs of the north door and of the monument of Sir Simon Clarke.
4 Description in Pevsner and Wedgwood.
5 Listed Building List.
6 OS Card.
7 Correspondence from 1990 about work in the churchyard.
8 Note about site visits relating to 7.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Comments
A legend states that the church should have been built at Park Hall. However what were assumed to be supernatural forces used to move the stones, which had been set out during the day, to where the church is now. So the builders gave up and built it in its present location.
Sources: “Haunted Warwickshire” by Meg Elizabeth Atkins
“Folklore of Warwickshire” by Roy Palmer
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