page_title: Worfield
section_title: St Peter's Church
hierarchical_section_title: Worfield / St Peter's Church
caption_attribution_description: English: Worfield church, Main entrance and pathway
context_page_description: Worfield is a village and civil parish in Shropshire in the West Midlands, England. It is 120 miles northwest of London and 10 miles west of Wolverhampton. It is north of Bridgnorth and southeast of Telford. The parish, which include the hamlet of Chesterton, is an extensive one which lies on the River Worfe. The name Worfield comes from its location on the river Worfe and the surrounding countryside.
  The manor of Worfield is mentioned in Domesday Book, where it formed part of the Seisdon Hundred of Staffordshire and was held by Hugh Montgomery, later 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury.
context_section_description: St. Peter's church is thought to be of Saxon origin and founded by Mercian Earl, Leofric, certainly existing since the 12th Century.
  The church is perhaps best known for its fine spire, which at one stage was seriously deteriorating along with the six church bells in the tower that were deemed too dangerous to ring. A huge amount of fundraising took place to restore the spire and bells to their present-day condition.
  Although there have been changes to the church over the centuries some of its original features still remain. The original wooden doors leading into the church date back to the 12th Century. These doors are historically important as they are the earliest evidence of the use of ironwork for decoration. The doors in St Peter's Church are one of the only five picture doors left in England.
  The most prominent features of the interior are the Bromley tombs. The earliest was built for George Bromley, a prominent judge of the Elizabethan period and brother of Thomas Bromley, the Lord Chancellor. He acquired property through marriage to Joan Waverton, heiress to the Hallon estate, to the west of Worfield. The later and more impressive tomb was built for their second son, Edward Bromley, another important judge who was appointed a Baron of the Exchequer and is portrayed in judicial dress.
  There are a variety of war memorials inside the church:
  Shield-shaped metal and wood plaque to a man who died of fever serving in the 1885 Egyptian campaign and two men who died in the Boer War.
  Brass tablet to four Old Boys of the former Worfield Grammar School killed in the Boer War, incorporating image of a chalice to represent one the school additionally donated to the church.
  Wall tablet to Second Lieutenant Eden Marindin, KSLI, died of wounds in World War I.
  Brass wall tablet to Major Frank Harvey Corbett, Royal Field Artillery, killed in World War I, with his battlefield grave marker cross removed from his burial place in France.
  Stone plaque with marble surround to men of the parish who died serving in World War I.
  Stone plaque to those who died in World War II.
  The old churchyard contains the war graves of 3 soldiers of World War I and the attached church cemetery those of 3 World War II soldiers.
  The World War II general, Sir Oliver Leese (1894–1978), whose home was at Lower Hall in the village during his marriage in 1930 until 1973, is buried at the church.
caption: Church of St Peter the Apostle, pictured from the church gate, to the south.
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