| Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin | |
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| Location | Hawkesbury, South Gloucestershire, England |
| Coordinates | 51°34′51″N2°20′09″W / 51.5807°N 2.3359°W |
| Built | 12th century |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin |
| Designated | 3 March 1961 [1] |
| Reference no. | 1320866 |
  Location of Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin in Gloucestershire | |
The Church of St Mary in Hawkesbury, South Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a Grade I listed building. [1]
The church was built in the 12th century. The site was used for an earlier Saxon church, [1] from which some of the stine was incorporated into the current building. [2] A priest at Hawkesbury in the 11th century was Wulfstan. [2]
Parts of the Early English style building from the 13th century remain but the majority was built in the Perpendicular style of the 14th and 15th centuries. The tower was added in the 15th century. [1]
It underwent a Victorian restoration by W Wood Bethell between 1882 and 1885. [1]
The parish is within the Badminton benefice which is part of the Diocese of Gloucester. [2]
The church is built of Cotswold stone. [2] It consists of a four-bay nave with clerestory, chancel, south aisle and chapel and has both north and south porches. The six-stage west tower is supported by diagonal buttresses, [1] and includes a bell dating from the 14th century. [2]
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827 has a memorial in the chancel, [1] along with many members of the Jenkinson family who were the local lords of the manor. [2] [3]
The churchyard is surrounded by yews. There are 170 marked graves which include 87 chest tombs. [2] The monument to Thomas Esbury (died 1766) made by Thomas Paty. [4]
Hawkesbury is a hamlet and civil parish in the area of the South Gloucestershire unitary authority in England. The hamlet, consisting of a few cottages around a triangular green, lies west of Hawkesbury Upton, off the A46 road.
Sopworth is a small village and civil parish in northwest Wiltshire, England, on the county's border with Gloucestershire. The village lies about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) west of Sherston and 6.5 miles (10 km) west of Malmesbury. The parish is within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire. It is in the Diocese of Gloucester and the archdeaconry of Cheltenham. It is a Grade II* listed building.
St James Church is a Church of England church in School Lane, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. It was designated as a Grade II listed building in January 1955.
The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of Bampton, West Oxfordshire. It is in the Archdeaconry of Dorchester in the Diocese of Oxford.
The Anglican Church of St Peter at Little Barrington in the civil parish of Barrington in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the late 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
The Anglican Church of St Leonard at Bledington in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England, was built in 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
The Anglican Church of St Lawrence at Bourton-on-the-Hill in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
The Anglican Church of St Michael at Brimpsfield in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
The Anglican Church of St Mary at Edgeworth in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in 11th century. It is a grade I listed building.
The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin at Kempsford in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
The Anglican Church of St Mary at Icomb in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 15th century. It is a grade I listed building.
The Anglican Church of St Bartholomew at Notgrove in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin at Syde in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the early 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
The Anglican Church of St Mary at Upper Swell in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a Grade I listed building.
The Anglican Church of St Peter at Windrush in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
The Anglican Church of St Mary at Temple Guiting in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
The Anglican Church of All Saints at Turkdean in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
The Anglican Church of St Peter at Willersey in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building. St Peter's has a fifteenth century bell tower with traditional pinnacles and gargoyles.
