Acton Burnell

Acton Burnell Castle built by Robert Burnell in 1283, of Sandstone and really a fortified manor house

Richard Burnell was Lord Chancellor of England and later Bishop of Bath and Wells

St Mary's Church also established by Robert Burnell

Monumental Brass of Nicholas Lord Burnell, died 1383, one of the finest C14th brasses in England

Memorial to Sir Richard Lee died 1591 an ancestor of the US Civil War commander Robert E Lee

Memorial to Sir Humphrey Lee who died in 1632 and was the first man to be made Baronet in Shropshire

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