St Kenelm's Church, Upton Snodsbury
St Kenelm's Church, Upton Snodsbury, Worcestershire, is a Grade II Listed Building. Kenulf, King of Mercia (an ancient kingdom which included this part of England), died in 819 A.D. He had a seven-year-old son, Kenelm, and two daughters, Quendryda and Burenhilda. The young prince was entrusted to the guardianship of Quendryda, his elder sister. She was an avaricious person and soon after the King's death she, and her lover, Ascobert, murdered Kenelm at a place called Cowbach whilst on a hunting trip in the Clent Hills (about 16 miles/26 kilometres North of here) so that she could claim the throne.
St Kenelm's Church, Upton Snodsbury
St Kenelm's Church, Upton Snodsbury, Worcestershire, is a Grade II Listed Building. Kenulf, King of Mercia (an ancient kingdom which included this part of England), died in 819 A.D. He had a seven-year-old son, Kenelm, and two daughters, Quendryda and Burenhilda. The young prince was entrusted to the guardianship of Quendryda, his elder sister. She was an avaricious person and soon after the King's death she, and her lover, Ascobert, murdered Kenelm at a place called Cowbach whilst on a hunting trip in the Clent Hills (about 16 miles/26 kilometres North of here) so that she could claim the throne.