Holy Trinity Church, Wolverton

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Holy Trinity Church, Wolverton
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Holy Trinity Church, Wolverton
Holy Trinity Church, Wolverton
52°03′51″N0°49′47″W / 52.06425°N 0.82977°W / 52.06425; -0.82977 Coordinates: 52°03′51″N0°49′47″W / 52.06425°N 0.82977°W / 52.06425; -0.82977
Location Wolverton, Buckinghamshire
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
Architecture
Style Gothic Revival
Years built1809–1815
Administration
Parish Wolverton
Clergy
Rector Revd Gill Barrow-Jones

The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade II* listed church, incorporating Saxon and medieval elements, located in the town of Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, England. [1] The modern church was rebuilt between 1809 and 1815.

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History

The Church of the Holy Trinity is the original parish church of the Saxon settlement of Wolverton[ citation needed ] and overlooks the valley of the Ouse river, near the site of the Norman motte-and-bailey castle. [2]

In the early 19th century the old medieval building was replaced by a new church, begun in 1809 and completed in 1815. [2] The new church incorporates the 14th-century central tower of the old church, but this was re-cased in new masonry. [3] [2]

The new stonework used Warwickshire sandstone, brought in from Attleborough, and was brought to the site by barge on the recently opened Grand Junction Canal. [3]

Next door to the church is a house built in 1729, which later became the vicarage; the front door has stonework from the nearby, demolished manor house of the 16th century, including the de Longueville family coat of arms, and pieces from the earlier church building. [4]

The church was Grade II* listed on 12 June 1953. [1]

Holy Trinity today

The rector is The Revd Gill Barrow-Jones. [5]

Churchyard

Among those buried in the churchyard are the stonemason George Wills, grandfather of the chemist George S. V. Wills.

Sources

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Church of the Holy Trinity (Grade II*) (1125323)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Parishes : Wolverton". A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 1927. p. 505–509. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 Official history Retrieved 8 March 2019
  4. Woodfield, Paul (1986). A guide to the historic buildings of Milton Keynes. Milton Keynes: Milton Keynes Development Corporation. p. 172. ISBN   978-0903379052.
  5. Official site

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