| St Mary's Church, Brook | |
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| Coordinates: 50°39′29″N01°26′33″W / 50.65806°N 1.44250°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
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| History | |
| Dedication | St Mary |
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| Parish | Brook, Isle of Wight |
| Diocese | Portsmouth |
| Province | Canterbury |
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| Vicar(s) | Revd Malcolm Williams |
St Mary's Church, Brook is a parish church in the Church of England located in Brook, Isle of Wight.
The church dates from 1864 by the architect Malling. [1] It replaced a previous building which was destroyed in a fire. The small, squat tower contains a set of 8 tubular bells.
The churchyard contains six Commonwealth war graves, two British Army soldiers of World War I and, from World War II, three unidentified Merchant Navy seamen whose bodies had been washed ashore. [2] and Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Nigel Seely (1902–1943), son of the politician and industrialist Sir Charles Seely, 2nd Baronet [3]
A memorial to those killed in a 1957 flying boat crash also stands in the churchyard.
The church is grouped with:
The church has a two manual organ dating from 1867 by Bevington. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
Sir Charles Hilton Seely, 2nd Baronet, VD, KGStJ was a British industrialist, landowner and Liberal Unionist politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1895 to 1906 and for Mansfield from 1916 to 1918. He was a Justice of the Peace for Hampshire and Nottinghamshire and the Deputy Lieutenant for Nottinghamshire. He was also a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John.
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