St Laurence's Church, Ramsgate

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St Laurence's Church, Ramsgate
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St Laurence's Church, Ramsgate
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Location within Kent
51°20′15″N1°24′04″E / 51.337561°N 1.4011898°E / 51.337561; 1.4011898
Location Ramsgate, Kent
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website
History
Status Parish church
Founded1062
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated4 February 1988
Style Norman, Early English, and Victorian
Completed11th century, 12th and 13th century chancel and aisles, rebuilt in the 15th century with a tower
Specifications
Materials Flint, Caen stone
Administration
Province Canterbury
Diocese Canterbury
Archdeaconry Canterbury
Deanery Thanet
Parish St. Laurence in the Isle of Thanet

St Laurence's Church, also known as St Laurence-in-Thanet, is a Church of England parish church in Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent.

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History

The church, founded in 1062, is a grade I listed building, [1] and is the oldest church in Ramsgate. [2] It was an abbey church until 1275, when it became the parish church for the entire area, and inherited many of the former responsibilities of the church in nearby Minster. The building was enlarged in the 12th and 13th centuries, when the chancel and side aisles were added.

A lightning strike in 1439 resulted in the church being rebuilt, with the tower being raised to its present height. [3]

As Ramsgate grew in size, the town was granted its own church. St Laurence became a separate parish for the villagers of St Lawrence in 1826, just as the parish church of St George was being built to serve the residents of the town. [4]

Churchyard

The southern aspect of the church. The parish church of St Laurence in Thanet.jpg
The southern aspect of the church.

St Laurence has a large churchyard covering three and a half acres. It contains over 1400 known graves, the earliest of which is dated to 1656. [2] [5] It also contains the mausoleum of the family of one of Queen Victoria's cousins, Augusta d'Este, later Baroness Truro.

Notable burials in the graveyard

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The d'Este Mausoleum in the churchyard

The d'Este Mausoleum

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Laurence (1336662)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "St Laurence: About". The Parish of St Laurence-In-Thanet, Ramsgate. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ramsgate, St Laurence in Thanet Church, History & Photos". Britain Express. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Laughton - Laverstoke Pages 33-37 A Topographical Dictionary of England. Originally published by S Lewis, London, 1848". British History Online.
  5. ↑ "St Lawrence, Laurence, Ramsgate, Thanet – Churchyard". Kent Archaeological Society. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "William Fox". More than Nelson.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "St. Laurence Churchyard". Ramsgate – Kent's Coastal Heritage Town. Ramsgate Town Council. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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