Scheduled Monument Sites -
Ruined Le Strange Family Heirlooms
(Website Published August 2025 - images coming soon..)
Knockin Castle Mound, Shropshire, UK
Monument
Knockin Castle Mound includes the Church of St. Mary which would have been situated within the grounds of the Castle Bailey. The mound is situated on private land, and impressive stone battlements can be seen in the winter months when foliage has thinned out. (Further info coming soon).
Myddle Castle, Shropshire, UK
Monument
The building is situated on private land displaying a ruin. It is associated with the outlaw, Humphrey Kynaston who let it go to waste with mismanagement. He had inherited the Castle through marriage and connection with the le Strange Family who held it for approx. 400 years. (Further info coming soon).
Little Ness, Shropshire, UK
Monument
Little Ness is near Great Ness (below). It comprises the site of an early medieval Motte & Bailey with Church. The Motte would likely have been wooden (not stone) and the Church (St. Martin) was once a smaller chapel, belonging to the same period as the castle. Therefore, it is interesting to note that the medieval part of the building would have belonged to the le Strange Family as their private chapel inside the grounds of this residence. This was standard layout for those days. (Further info coming soon).
Little Ness Church: Historic England Scheduled Monument
Little Ness Castle Motte: Historic England Scheduled Monument
Little Ness Cross: Historic England Scheduled Monument
Gatehouse Website by Philip Davis Little Ness Castle Mound
Great Ness, Shropshire, UK
Monument
Ness Strange Manor House is situated in Great Ness (Shrewsbury) and is said to have been built in the 18th Century by a relative of the le Strange Family, over the very foundations of a previous medieval Manor House which belonged to the le Stranges.
Hence it became aptly known as ‘Ness Strange’ Manor House. Today the 18th Century home is divided into individual flats like an HMO letting. (NB: Likewise, Hunstanton Hall, the ancestral home of the le Strange Family was originally divided into 3 in the early 1950’s, and is now currently at 4 divisions.)