Title

Lady Wulfrun statue and St Peter's Church, Wolverhampton, West Midlands

Caption

Lady Wulfrun statue and St Peter's Church, Wolverhampton, West Midlands. The city of Wolverhampton is named after Lady Wulfruna, a Saxon noblewoman, who founded the town in 985. She founded a monastery in 994, the site of which is now occupied by St Peter's Church, which dates from 1425. The statue of Wulfruna, which stands in front of the church, can be seen to the right of centre of the picture.

Date

1916

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Peter Thompson

Reference

HRM19D57_411

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (2,1Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5117 x 3411 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior England female women woman people religious architecture arts country religion statue sculpture window art British English church color colour medieval Christian Christianity Gothic location century commemorative Britain lady west midlands saxon 10th Century tenth century mediaeval Middle Ages St Peter's Church 15th century PETER THOMPSON fifteenth century founder TGN Wolverhampton photograph Peter Thompson Thompson Peter PTM Wulfruna Wulfrun Lady Wulfruna Wulfruna photograph