Wikipedia says: A misericord (sometimes named mercy seat, like the biblical object) is a small wooden structure formed on the underside of a folding seat in a church which, when the seat is folded up, is intended to act as a shelf to support a person in a partially standing position during long periods of prayer.
Visiting friends and a walk around St Laurence’s Church at Ludlow. Grade 1 listed and the largest parish church in Shropshire.
