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'''St. Peter and St. Paul Roman Catholic Church''' is a [[parish in the Catholic Church|parish]] of the [[Roman Rite|Roman]] [[Catholic Church]] in [[Newport, Shropshire]], [[England]]. The parish covers Newport and the surrounding villages as far as [[Hinstock]].<br />
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Salters Hall, in Salters Lane, Newport, is attached to the church. It was designed by [[Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin|Augustus Pugin]] and built in 1852.<br />
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==History==<br />
Sts. Peter and Paul's is the oldest Catholic parish in [[Shropshire]]. It became a parish in 1650 when it was connected with the Catholic Talbot family at [[Longford Hall, Shropshire|Longford Hall]]. When Longford Hall was sold in 1789, the priest was provided with another residence by the [[Earl of Shrewsbury]]—Salters Hall, named after Judge Salter, who was [[high sheriff]] of Shropshire.<br />
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It was the home of the first [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Shrewsbury|Bishop of Shrewsbury]], [[James Brown (bishop of Shrewsbury)|James Brown]], from 1851 to 1868. The church was built onto the house in 1832, although not consecrated until 1906,<ref name=swm>{{cite book|last=Francis|first=Peter|title=Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance|year=2013|publisher=YouCaxton Publications|page=153|isbn=978-1-909644-11-3}}</ref> and the old house was absorbed into the present large building.<br />
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The church contains a series of five large twentieth-century stained-glass windows designed and made by [[Margaret Agnes Rope|Margaret Rope]], depicting Saints Peter and Paul, Winefride and Nicholas, and Our Lady Help of Christians.<br />
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In a garden outside the east end is the church war memorial, consisting of a stone figure of Christ on a wooden [[crucifix]] with the [[stigmata]] indicated in red paint, to members of its congregation who died in [[World War I]].<ref name=swm /><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:SSPeterandPaulNewport.jpg|Inside SS Peter and Paul Church<br />
File:S Peter Newport Shropshire.jpg|Detail of the Saint Peter window at SS Peter & Paul, Newport, Shropshire, by [[Margaret Agnes Rope|Margaret Rope]]<br />
File:1853 envelope from London.jpg|Envelope from London addressed to Bishop Brown 1853<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Listed buildings in Newport, Shropshire]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official website|http://www.sspeter-paul.co.uk/}}<br />
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{{Diocese of Shrewsbury}}<br />
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