The Dissolution of the Monasteries during the reign of Henry VIII was another time of turbulence, witnessed in the Shropshire Hills by the ruins at Buildwas and Wenlock. Buildwas is a former Cistercian abbey, on the banks of the Severn, and the ruins include its unusually unaltered 12th century church and beautiful vaulted chapter house with tiled-floored.
Wenlock Priory, on the edge of Much Wenlock, is a ruined 12th century monastery, reputedly the final resting place of St Milburga. The grounds include a collection of topiary.
