St Mary's Church, Scarborough

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St Mary's Church, Scarborough
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St Mary's Church, Scarborough
St Mary's Church, Scarborough
Location Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Open Evangelical / Traditional Anglican
Website http://www.stmaryswithholyapostles.com/
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade I listed
Groundbreaking 12th century
Administration
Diocese York
Archdeaconry East Riding
Deanery Scarborough
Parish St Mary's with Holy Apostles
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd Richard Walker
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The church as seen from Scarborough Castle

St Mary's Church is a parish church in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, in the Church of England. It stands high above the old town, just below Scarborough Castle.

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History

The church was built in the 12th century. It was once a large church with two towers (west and central), but was largely destroyed during the siege of Scarborough Castle in the English Civil War. The church was rebuilt in the late 17th century and restored in the mid 19th century. The building now has a square tower at the east end, replacing the former central tower, and a series of stone vaulted side chapels on the south side. The internal walls are almost covered with late 18th century and early 19th-century wall monuments, including one by Roubiliac to Elizabeth Craven. [1]

The chancel was rebuilt c.1450 and subsequently destroyed in the Civil War, with some remains on the east end. During the Civil War, the churchyard was used as a base to fire cannons at the castle, with the castle returning fire. The tower collapsed in 1645 and was rebuilt in 1670. The church was heavily restored in the 19th century and is now about half the size it once was.

Graveyard

The church has a large graveyard, with tombs mainly of the 18th and 19th centuries. A much-visited grave is that of Anne Brontë, who died in Scarborough in 1849. Anne's sister Charlotte commissioned a stone to be placed over her grave, with the simple inscription "Here lie the remains of Anne Brontë, daughter of the Revd P. Brontë, Incumbent of Haworth, Yorkshire. She died Aged 28 May 28th 1849". When Charlotte visited the grave three years later, she discovered multiple errors on the headstone, and thus it was refaced. However, Anne's age at death was still written as 28 when, in fact, she was 29 when she died. In 2011, the correction was finally made when a new inscribed plinth was laid by the Brontë Society in front of the eroded headstone. [2]

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References

  1. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1258195)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. "Anne Brontë's grave error corrected". BBC. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

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