Church of St Mary, Hawkesbury

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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 / 51.5807; -2.3359
Built12th century
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameParish Church of St Mary the Virgin
Designated3 March 1961 [1]
Reference no.1320866
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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]

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History

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]

Architecture

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin". Historic England. National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "St. Mary's, Hawkesbury". The Badminton Benefice. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. Millard, Robert. "Hawkesbury". Bristol & Avon Family History Society. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  4. Verey, David (1970a). Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds. The Buildings of England. Vol. 1. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 273. ISBN   0-14-071040-X.