page_title: Pontesbury
section_title: Churches
hierarchical_section_title: Pontesbury / Churches
caption_attribution_description: English: St George's parish church, Pontesbury, Shropshire, seen from the east
context_page_description: Pontesbury is a large village and civil parish in Shropshire and is approximately eight miles southwest of the county town of Shrewsbury. In the 2011 census, its population was 3,227. The village of Minsterley is just over a mile further southwest. The A488 road runs through the village, on its way from Shrewsbury to Bishop's Castle. The Rea Brook flows close by to the north with the village itself nestling on the northern edge of the Shropshire Hills AONB. Shropshire County Council in their current Place Plan detail the development strategy and refer to Pontesbury and neighbouring Minsterley as towns.
context_section_description: In the centre of the village sits St George's Church of England parish church, the origins of which can be traced to about 1250 AD but due to the site's circular graveyard shape may indicate a much more ancient site of Anglo Saxon or even Celtic origin. The church itself however was largely restored in the 19th century, following the collapse of the mediaeval tower between 1820 and 1825. For a village, population c 3,000, it is large, and has a very active and lively congregation. 
  The churchyard contains the outdoor parish war memorial.  The present Portland stone cross, erected 1963, replaced an earlier elaborate cross by Temple Lushington Moore and unveiled in 1921, which bore a crucifix and images of the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and St George and the Dragon but had become dilapidated and was dismantled in 1960.
  There are also active Baptist, Methodist and Congregationalist Churches.
  The Salvation Army had a barracks in Pontesbury between about 1888–1894.
caption: St. George's Church, Pontesbury.
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