Ruins of St John's Church

These were a surprise! Beautifully preserved ruins next to the more modern St John the Baptist Church.

The King of Mercia, Ethelred I founded the church on this ground in 689. The Normans added more to the church. Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII, it was a collegiate church and after the Reformation, the church became a parish church.

The ruins are from the east section of the church which happened in 1581.Read more