A visit to Court of Hill (Nash) today offers a striking look at how this corner of Shropshire has changed over the centuries.
Inerior Nash Church
Long before the 15th century saw the Hill family also establish deep roots in North Shropshire, this site under Clee Hill served as an early anchor for the family line.
While Soulton Hall would later become the center for Sir Rowland Hill’s 16th-century projects and architectural ideas, Court of Hill remains a witness to an older phase of that family story. It connects nearly a thousand years of local history, linking the early residents of Clee Hill to the later 16th-century networks that brought together families like the Corbets, the Leighs the Lodge’s and the Ardens.
Nash Church
There is a rare sense of density to the history here, where centuries of life seem layered directly on top of one another. Because so much of the Shropshire landscape remains unspoilt, these connections aren’t just found in books; they are written into the very views we see today. From the 1573 marriage of Elizabeth Corbet and Robert Arden to the 16th-century vision of Sir Rowland Hill, the past feels remarkably close at hand. Walking between a 1,000-year-old site under Clee Hill and the later developments at Soulton Hall, you realize that in Shropshire, history hasn’t been cleared away—it has simply been lived in.
Arms of the Hill Family iat Court of Hill, Nash
