Editing Ludlow (section)

==Religion==
[[File:St. Peter's Catholic Church, Ludlow - geograph.org.uk - 628950.jpg|thumb|left|St Peter's church, built in the late 1930s in the neo-Byzantine and plain Romanesque styles, is the town's Roman Catholic church.]]
There are two [[Parish (Church of England)|Church of England parishes]] in Ludlow and two Church of England churches – the large and historic [[St Laurence's Church, Ludlow|St Laurence's Church]] in the centre of the town – and the 19th century St John's Church on Gravel Hill. Within St Laurence's Church are the St John's, Lady and St Catherine's chapels.<ref>[http://stlaurences.org.uk/history-and-virtual-tour/a-virtual-tour-st-laurences St Laurence's] virtual tour</ref> Ludford has its own Church of England [[ecclesiastical parish|parish]] and church, dedicated to St Giles.

Ludlow falls within the Church of England's [[Diocese of Hereford]] and between 1981 and 2020 was a suffragan [[Episcopal see|see]] with its own [[suffragan bishop]], the [[Bishop of Ludlow]], the only such bishop in the diocese. There has long been an [[Archdeacon of Ludlow]], historically known as the Archdeacon of Shropshire, overseeing the other parishes in the southern part of the county (the part of the Hereford diocese that is within Shropshire).

The [[Roman Catholic]] church of St Peter is on Henley Road.<ref>[http://cornmill.freeshell.org/stpetersludlow/ St Peter's Ludlow]</ref> Construction to a design by the Welsh-based Italian architect [[Giuseppe Rinvolucri]] began in 1935, using stone from nearby [[Farlow, Shropshire|Farlow]] and building in a neo-Byzantine and plain Romanesque style. The construction also involved novel reinforced concrete technology. The Byzantine design continues inside, with a blue dome with twelve gold-leaf stars representing St Peter and the other Apostles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ludlow – St Peter |url=https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/ludlow-st-peter/ |website=Taking Stock |publisher=Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales |access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref><ref>[http://cornmill.freeshell.org/stpetersludlow/tour.pdf Tour of St Peter's church, Ludlow]</ref> An [[Art Deco]] [[Clergy house|presbytery]] was built next to the church. St Peter's chapel, within the castle, is now a ruin.

Ludlow has a [[Methodist Church of Great Britain|Methodist]] church on Broad Street,<ref>[http://www.ludlowmethodistchurch.org Ludlow Methodist Church]</ref> a [[Quaker Meeting House]] on St Mary's Lane,<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130416134550/http://ludlowquakers.co.uk Ludlow Quakers]}}</ref> a [[Baptists Together|Baptist]] church at the Rockspring Community Centre,<ref>[http://ludlow.churchinsight.com Ludlow Baptist Church],</ref> and an [[Elim Pentecostal Church|Elim Pentecostal]] church off the Smithfield car park.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130421060801/http://ludlowelim.co.uk Elim Pentecostal Church]}}</ref>

Two [[monastery|monastic institutions]] once existed in Ludlow – one Augustinian ("Austin") Friars on the corner of Lower Galdeford and Weeping Cross Lane, and the other Carmelite ("White") Friars between Linney and Corve Street. Both were [[Dissolution of the Monasteries|dissolved in 1538]]. The White Friars site became the town's cemetery in 1824, with a new church constructed, dedicated to St Leonard (a St Leonard's chapel existed on the corner of Corve Street and Linney in medieval times). The St Leonard's graveyard and church still exist but are no longer used for burials or worship (instead the church building is now a commercial premises). The Austin Friars site became the town's livestock market (the Smithfield) and is now a public car park.