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Shropshire village, 2 miles SW of Pontesbury.
Here there is a beautiful half-timbered manor house and an unusual church both of which are connected with the Thynne family. The Thynnes originated from Caus Castle but moved to Minsterley after the failure of that township. William Thynne (?-1546) was the first editor of Chaucer's works. The family had the village church built in the seventeenth century in a semi-Baroque style. Inside the church are a number of maidens' garlands, rather sad and poignant remnants of a custom which died out at the end of the eighteenth century. In Shakespeare's Hamlet, it may be remembered, Ophelia was allowed to have such garlands or crants at her funeral in spite of the disapproval of the priest.
Location map of Minsterley courtesy of Streetmap.co.uk
Page created 1 October 2002 and last updated
8 October 2002
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