Do you please know where I can find pictures of the wall painting at Claverley Church.
Many thanks,

Paul

The wall paintings at Claverley are rather famous. The church was founded by Roger de Montgomery around 1094, and the present church, which probably dates from around the early 12th-century, may well have been built on the site of an earlier church, or even a pre-Christian structure, as skeletons were found beneath the floor buried in a pre-Christian style. It has also been suggested that the present structure contains Saxon masonry.
oooo Most people who have written about the church emphasise the fresco and the monuments. The fresco was discovered during the restoration of 1902 and is perhaps as much as 750 years old. Professor Tristram, who was responsible for its restoration believed that the fresco illustrates a poem by the fourth century Roman poet, Prudentius, and that it graphically represents a pitched battle between the seven Christian Virtues and the seven Pagan Vices. However, other experts, including a former vicar, the Rev. T.W.Harvey, believe that it simply illustrates the Battle of Hastings. But the founder of the church, Roger de Montgomery, was not present at that battle as he remained at home to look after William the Conqueror's Norman possessions, so the fresco would not be in his honour, unless, of course, it was painted to imply that he WAS at the battle.
oooo As for where you can get a copy of the picture, I'm not sure I can help you. I suggest you try the Local Studies Library in Shrewsbury. Their phone number is 01743 255 350.