St Nicholas dates to the early 13th century, begun around 1226. The rood screen is original, with wonderfully carved 13th-century angels on top. The screen, choir stalls and misericords were brought to Montgomery from Chirbury Priory after the priory was dissolved by Henry VIII.

One of the interior highlights is the ornate tomb of Richard Herbert (d. 1593). Herbert was the lord of Montgomery Castle, and father of the poet and cleric George Herbert. Also buried here is Richard, 2nd Baron of Chirbury, who died in 1655 and was the last of the Herbert family to live at the castle.

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