Herefordshire Past » weobley-churches https://herefordshirepast.co.uk Everything you wanted to know about Herefordshire's Past Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:06:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 St. Peter & St. Paul’s Church – Weobley https://herefordshirepast.co.uk/churches/st-peter-st-pauls-church-weobley/ https://herefordshirepast.co.uk/churches/st-peter-st-pauls-church-weobley/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2015 18:56:30 +0000 http://herefordshirepast.co.uk/?p=2325 This church is the third to be built on the site

 

The spire is the second tallest in Herefordshire,  so please forgive the missing top!

 

Weobley - Herefordshire - St. Peter & St. Paul - exterior

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weobley - Herefordshire - St. Peter & St. Paul - interior

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Font

The front at St. Peter & St. Paul is 14th century.

 

 

 

Weobley - Herefordshire - St. Peter & St. Paul - font

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memorials

Sir John Marbury

Sir John Marbury of Lyonshall who died in 1437 and his wife Dame Agnes Croph, widow of Sir Walter Devereux and Lady of the Manor of Weobley.

 

 

Weobley - Herefordshire - St. Peter & St. Paul - effigies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colonel John Birch

Colonel John Birch, a prominent Parliamentarian who was well respected by the people of Weobley and was probably responsible for rebuilding the church spire in 1675 (it blew down in a storm some 30 years earlier).

 

 

Weobley - Herefordshire - St. Peter & St. Paul - memorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel Peploe

Daniel Peploe, Captain 4th Dragoon Guards and MP for Hereford. Born 15th February 1829 and died November 4th 1887, suddenly at Florence, Italy

 

 

 

Weobley - Herefordshire - St. Peter & St. Paul - memorial Daniel Peploe

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