Wappenbury

Title

Wappenbury

Dates

Founded by 13th century; Premonstratensian by the 1450s

Dedication

John the Baptist

Affiliation

Sulby

Medieval Diocese

Lichfield

Circary

Mid England

History

A parish church dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Sulby by the 1450s. The church originally dates to the 13th century but was substantially rebuilt in the 19th century.

Status

Parish church

Bibliography

Salzman, L.F., ed. “Parishes: Wappenbury and Eathorpe.” In A History of the County of Warwick, 6:248–51. London: Victoria County History, 1951. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol6/pp248-251.

Image Credit

Postcard showing the Church of John the Baptist, Wappenbury, ca. 1910.

Files

Collection

Mid England

Citation

“Wappenbury,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/1139.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Sulby