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St Mary's Church (Studley Royal Park)

St Mary's Church is een neogotische kerk van William Burges in het landschapspark Studley Royal Park in North Yorkshire in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Als onderdeel van het park behoort de kerk sinds 1986 tot het werelderfgoed van de UNESCO. St Mary's Church was een van de twee laat-victoriaanse herdenkingskerken die in Yorkshire werden gebouwd door de familie van George Robinson, 1ste markies van Ripon, ter herinnering aan Frederick Gratham Vyner. De andere kerk is de Church of Christ the Consoler in Skelton-on-Ure. Ook die kerk werd door William Burges ontworpen. Aanleiding voor de bouw was de moord op Vyner in 1870 door Griekse bandieten. Zijn moeder, lady Mary Viner, en zijn zus, Lady Ripon besloten dat het al verzamelde, maar nog niet betaalde losgeld gebruikt diende te worden voor de bouw van twee kerken ter herinnering aan hem op hun twee landgoederen in Yorkshire. De aanstelling van Burges was zeer waarschijnlijk het gevolg van de band tussen zijn voornaamste mecenas, John Crichton-Stuart, 3de markies van Bute, en Vyner, die in Oxford met elkaar bevriend waren geweest. De opdracht voor het ontwerpen van St Mary's op het landgoed van lady Ripon, Studley Royal, werd gegeven in 1870 en een jaar later werd met de bouw begonnen. In 1878 kon de kerk gewijd worden. Net als in Skelton is ook in deze kerk te zien dat Burges zijn oorspronkelijke op de vroege Franse architectuur gebaseerde stijl verving door meer Engelse ontwerpen. De bekende kunsthistoricus Nikolaus Pevsner schrijft over "a Victorian shrine, a dream of Early English glory." Het interieur is rijk en overtreft dat van de kerk in Skelton. Vooral het gebrandschilderd glas is van hoge kwaliteit. St Mary's kan worden beschouwd als Burges' "ecclesiastical masterpiece." Bron De oorspronkelijke versie van dit artikel is een vertaling en bewerking van een gedeelte van deze versie van het artikel "Studley Royal Park" van de Engelse Wikipedia. De namen van de auteurs zijn hier te vinden.
St Mary's Catholic High School, Astley

St Mary's Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Astley, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. It is a large school hosting approximately 1,700 pupils including a sixth form. Notable former pupils Sarah Baxendale (born 1978 or 1979) - Actress Ciarán Griffiths (born 1983) - Actor Steven Mullaney (born 1986) - Cricketer References External links School website
St Mary's Chapel, High Legh

St Mary's Chapel is a former Anglican parish church in the village of High Legh, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. History The chapel was built around 1581 as a chapel of ease to High Legh East Hall. High Legh became a separate parish in 1817. The parish was refounded in 1973 with the nearby St John's Church as the parish church. The hall has been demolished. The church was restored in 1836, another restoration was carried out by William Butterfield in 1858, and the chancel, designed by John Oldrid Scott, was added in 1884. Architecture Exterior The chapel is built in ashlar stone with a tiled roof. Its plan consists of a nave with aisles and a chancel. On the west front is a central porch with pilasters. Above the porch is a three-light Perpendicular window and on each side are two light perpendicular windows. On the gable is a square bell turret with a single bell. On the east front is a four-light 19th-century Perpendicular-style window. Interior The ceiling has 19th-century pargeting with Tudor roses, fleurs de lys and stars. The pews in the nave dated 1858 are by Butterfield and the wainscotting and screens of 1884 by are by J. Oldrid Scott. External features To mark the advent of the third millennium a carved stone was erected in the grounds of the chapel. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire East Listed buildings in High Legh References External links Information about the stained glass from the Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (CVMA) of Great Britain
St Mary's Chapel, Lead

St Mary's Church, Lead, is a redundant Anglican chapel standing in an isolated position in fields in the civil parish of Lead, some 0.75 miles (1.2 km) to the west of the village of Saxton, North Yorkshire, England. Though technically a chapel, it is generally referred to as a church. It is managed by The Churches Conservation Trust, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The chapel stands close to the site of the Battle of Towton of 1461, which was part of the Wars of the Roses. In the 1930s it was saved from neglect by a local group of ramblers, and is known locally as the Ramblers' Church. History The chapel dates from the 14th century and was probably the chapel for a medieval manor house which no longer exists. It is thought that it was built for the Tyas family. Additions were made to the chapel in the 18th century. There is evidence that an earlier chapel existed on the site, because in 1934 excavations revealed a grave slab dating from the 9th or 10th century, and the foundations of a larger church or chapel some 23 feet (7.0 m) long that contained two stone coffins. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries repairs to the chapel were carried out, and in 1912 it was incorporated into the parish of Saxton; before this time it had been a chapelry. However, by 1931 it had fallen into ruin, but it was saved by a group of local ramblers. Repairs were carried out, the 18th-century communion rails were removed, the three-decker pulpit was moved into the northeast corner of the chapel, a stone altar was built, and the medieval altar slab was laid on its top. It is thought that the font was also moved at this time. On 6 November 1932 the chapel was re-dedicated. Further restoration work was carried out in 1934. Due to the decline of the local population later in the 20th century, the chapel was declared redundant, and it came under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust in 1980. It is now maintained privately. Architecture St Mary's is a small chapel, built in stone, some 18 feet (5.5 m) long, with a rectangular plan, and a bellcote at the west end. Its interior is very simple, containing benches dating possibly from the medieval period. On the east wall of the chapel are boards containing sentences from the Holy Communion service dating from the 18th century. Also in the chapel are a three-decker pulpit, a stone altar, and a font. Friends of Lead Church St Mary's is maintained by a group called the Friends of Lead Church and there is an annual service. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Northern England Walesby, Lincolnshire where All Saints' is also known as the 'Ramblers' Church' Further reading Church of St Mary, Lead, North Yorkshire (2011) The Churches Conservation Trust (London) References
St Mary's Church, Akenham

St Mary's Church is a historic Anglican church in the village of Akenham, Suffolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. It stands in an isolated position in fields 3 miles (5 km) north of Ipswich. History The church dates from the medieval period, the earliest fabric dating probably from the late 13th century. The tower was built during the next century, and more additions and alteration followed in the 15th century. The south chapel was added in the 16th century. The church was restored in the middle of the 19th century. During the second world war, in 1940, it was damaged by a mine dropped from a German bomber. It remained derelict until it was restored by local people assisted by the Friends of Friendless Churches in the 1960s. The church was declared redundant in 1976, and vested in the Redundant Churches Fund, the forerunner of the Churches Conservation Trust. Architecture St Mary's is constructed mainly in flint with limestone dressings. The wall of the chancel is rendered. The chapel is in brick. The nave and chancel have tiled roofs, and the chapel is slated. The plan of the church consists of a nave, a chancel, a southwest tower incorporating a porch, and a south chapel. In the north wall of the nave is a slit window in Norman style. The south wall of the chancel contains two lancet windows and a pointed doorway, all in late 13th-century style, and in the north wall is a 14th-century square-headed window. The tower has a north doorway leading into the porch, and over this is a lancet window. The bell openings are louvred. The parapet is battlemented, and has lion-headed gargoyles. The south window in the chapel has three lights. Inside the church is a 15th-century limestone font. It is octagonal and carved with tracery. In the south chapel is a re-set medieval piscina. External features In the churchyard to the north of the church is the gravestone of Joseph Ramsey, who died in 1878 aged two years. He was the unbaptised child of a nonconformist family. His burial in a Church of England churchyard led to a legal trial, and as a result a change in funeral practices following the Burial Laws Amendment Act 1880. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England References
St Mary's Church, Allithwaite

St Mary's Church is in the village of Allithwaite, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Mary and St Michael, Cartmel, St Peter, Field Broughton, St John the Baptist, Flookburgh, St Paul, Grange-over-Sands, Grange Fell Church, Grange-Over-Sands, and St Paul, Lindale to form the benefice of Cartmel Peninsula. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. History The church was built in 1864–65 and designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley. At the same time Paley designed the village school and vicarage. These were financed by Miss Mary Winfield Lambert of Boarbank Hall, who died in 1857 and bequeathed £2,500 (equivalent to £240,000 in 2025) towards the church, £1,000 for the school, and £1,500 for the vicarage. Architecture St Mary's is constructed in rock-faced limestone; it has sandstone ashlar dressings, and slate roofs. The architectural style is Decorated. Its plan consists of a five-bay nave with a south aisle under a separate roof, a south porch, and a two-bay chancel with a chapel and organ loft to the north. At the west end is an octagonal bell turret surmounted by a spire-let. Internally, the arcade is carried on round piers. The font is square and plain, carried on an octagonal shaft. The pulpit is carved with corbelled triangular arches. In the east window is stained glass from 1921 by Morris & Co. The stained glass in the east window in the aisle dates from 1950 and is by Abbot and Company. Also in the aisle are two windows with a musical theme, designed by Paul G. Chapman. The two-manual organ was designed by Albert Keates, and was restored in about 1930. See also Listed buildings in Lower Allithwaite List of ecclesiastical works by E. G. Paley References
St Mary's Church, Old Amersham

St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish in Old Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. The church is a grade I listed building. History The site of St Mary's Church has had Christian associations for many centuries. Early missionary monks of St Augustine and St Birinus travelled via the Roman Road Akeman Street, converting the local population to Christianity and baptising them in the River Misbourne. A place of worship has existed on this site since around 1140 A.D. The present church dates from the 13th century with additions in the 14th and 15th centuries, when the church was extended. The parish has connections with the persecution of the Lollards in the early 1500s when a group of locals known as the Amersham Martyrs were burned at the stake on the hill overlooking the old town. The Amersham Martyrs Memorial was placed on a hill overlooking the church in 1931. In 1553, Scottish reformer John Knox preached his last sermon at Amersham before going into exile to flee the wrath of Queen Mary. The patrons of the parish are the Drake family, the Lords of the Manor of Amersham, related to Sir Francis Drake. Around 1637, Sir William Drake purchased the Borough of Amersham from the Earl of Bedford. There are numerous memorials to Drake family members in St Mary's Church. Several descendants of the Drakes have served as rector of the parish, including Rev. Edward Drake, who commissioned a major restoration of the church in 1890, and the external appearance dates from this time. The bells are still rung in the church tower. On 22 December 1958, the church was designated a grade I listed building. Present day The Church of England parish of Amersham is part of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham in the Diocese of Oxford. Notable burials The body of the murderer Ruth Ellis was reburied in the churchyard extension of St Mary's Church. The headstone in the churchyard was inscribed "Ruth Hornby 1926–1955". Her son, Andy, destroyed the headstone shortly before he died by suicide in 1982. In 2024 the funeral of Liam Payne, former member of boyband One Direction, was held at the church. He had lived nearby in Chalfont St Giles. Gallery See also Amersham Museum, also in Old Amersham References
St Mary's Church, Anstey

St Mary's Church is the Church of England parish church in Anstey, Leicestershire, in the Diocese of Leicester. The church The church is situated in the medieval heart of Anstey. Built from Mountsorrel granite and Swithland slate, with a Westmorland slate roof, the church is of Norman origin from the 14th or 15th century, although much of the church was rebuilt at a cost of £4,000 by Broadbent & Hawley between 1845 and 1846 at the expense of the then Rector, Revd. Richard Waterfield, B.D. A Norman doorway remains on the North side of the church. Some of the gargoyles, which are placed on three sides, are Early English. The church is a grade II listed building. Records show that in 1220 a chapel in Anstey was annexed to the parish of Thurcaston; Anstey became a parish in 1867. The windows include memorials to the Revd. Richard Waterfield (East chancel) and Elliot John Norman Galer (South aisle), and one commemorating those who lost their lives in World War I. The tower contains eight bells, the tenor bearing the inscription "Recast in the year of the accession of King Edward VIII", believed to be the only one in Britain to bear such an inscription, due to Edward's short reign. The church organ was built by Taylors of Leicester in 1926. In the South wall of the tower is a clock made by W. Jolley of Leicester, which was given to the church in 1772 by Robert and Thomas Martin, who at the time were churchwardens. Churchyard The churchyard contains the grade II listed Heard Family tombs, built in 1740 and 1803 with headstones from 1739 and 1743. The church yard also contains the remains of a 15th-century cross, comprising a socket stone and part of the shaft. This is grade II listed and a scheduled monument. The wall which surrounds the churchyard on three sides is also a grade II listed building. References External links Official website
St Mary's Church, Appledore

St Mary's Church is the parish church of Appledore. It sits on the Quay overlooking the River Torridge. The foundation stone of the church was laid in 1836, the church being dedicated two years later. The sailing ship Marco Polo was used to create the wooden screen. The creation of a church in Appledore is believed to be due to Protestant dissenters being ejected from nearby Northam Parish Church in 1662 and opening their own chapel in 1699. References Parish Church Website
St Mary's Church, Ashley

St. Mary's Church is a historic Anglican church in the hamlet of Ashley, Hampshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands adjacent to the site of the former Gains Castle, some 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Stockbridge. History The church dates from the early part of the 12th century, and the chancel was extended later in the century. The windows date from the 15th and 16th centuries, and the porch was added in 1701. Restorations were carried out on 1858 and in 1895. The church closed in 1976. Architecture Exterior St. Mary's is constructed in flint rubble with stone dressings and quoins. The walls, other than the east wall, are rendered. The porch is brick and the roofs are tiled. It is a small narrow church with a simple plan, consisting of a nave and a chancel, with a south porch. The three-light square-headed east window dates from the 14th century, and has been restored. At the corners of the east end are 16th-century diagonal buttresses, and on the gable is a stone cross. There are two 12th-century round-headed lancet windows in the south wall of the chancel and one in the north wall. To the west of these, on both north and south sides, is a 15th-century square-headed two-light window. The north wall of the nave contains another 12th-century round-headed lancet window. In both north and south walls is a 19th-century two-light window in Perpendicular style. The porch is gabled and has a round-headed doorway. In each wall is a five-sided window. The west window dates from the 15th century. There are two bell openings in the west gable, which contains the bells, and on the gable is a 12th-century cross. Interior Inside the church many of the windows are splayed. In the splay of a window on the south of the chancel is a 13th-century painting of a human figure. There are two monuments dating from the 18th century. On each side of the chancel arch is a round-headed squint. To the east of the door is a damaged piscina, and to its west is a 16th-century alms box that has been carved from a tree trunk. The font is Norman. It is made in Purbeck marble, and consists of a square bowl supported by a moulded stem on a square base. The other fittings date from the 19th century. External features A pair of tombchests in the churchyard is designated as a Grade II listed building. They are made from Portland stone and date from the 19th century, although their inscriptions are illegible. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South East England References External links Photograph of the painting in the window splay
St Mary's Church, Badley

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Badley, Suffolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church is located some 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Stowmarket on the west side of the B1113 road, and is approached by a track about a mile long. History The oldest fabric in the church dates from about 1200, although most of it was built in the 15th century. The roofs date from the early 16th century, and the top stage of the tower was rebuilt during that century. The south porch was added in the 14th century, but it was largely rebuilt in the 20th century. Architecture Exterior The church is constructed mainly in flint rubble, with the south and east sides rendered. The tower is in flint and brick rubble, with the top stage in orange brick. The dressings are in freestone. The roofs are tiled. The plan of the church consists of a nave with a south porch, a chancel and a west tower. The south doorway dates from about 1200. Most of the windows are from the 15th century and have three lights, although the west window is large with five lights, and there is a lancet window dating from about 1200 in the north chancel wall. Interior The font dates from the 13th century and is made in Purbeck marble. It has an octagonal bowl and a 17th-century oak cover with an acorn finial. The pews date from the 15th to the 17th century. Most of them are from the 16th century, although there is a bench from the 15th century with animals carved on its buttresses. Part of a 15th-century rood screen has been incorporated in 17th-century box pews. They were augmented and rearranged in the 17th century, and have been untouched since the 18th century. The pulpit dates from the 17th century; it is plain but has a reading desk decorated with arcading. The communion rails are in iron and date from about 1830. In the sanctuary are 18th-century panels with the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer and the Creed. Inside the south door is a 13th-century coffin-shaped slab. Many of the memorials in the church are to the Poley family. There is a wall memorial in the chancel to Edmund Poley who died in 1548, and to other family members. Above it are a coloured achievement and obelisks. Another monument, in Baroque style, is to Sir Henry Poley who died in 1707. There is a total of 17 floor slabs in the chancel and nave, most of which are memorials to the Poleys. The single-manual, five-stop organ was built by Bevington. External features The churchyard contains the war grave of an airman of World War II. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England References
St Mary's Church, Barkby

St Mary's Church, Barkby is the Church of England Parish Church for Barkby, Leicestershire, England. The church dates from the late 13th century and was extensively renovated in the 19th century. The church features a tall and spacious nave and chancel with wide aisles. The tower was built in four stages and is made of different types of stone. The bell chamber holds six bells and is lit by two traceried windows. The church was Grade I listed in 1966. Description and history The church, located in the village of Barkby in Leicestershire, England, dates from the late 13th century and was largely renovated in the 19th century. The church has a spacious and tall nave and chancel, flanked by two wide aisle. The chancel was built in the 13th century and is constructed of ironstone rubble. The nave features a four-bay arcade from the late 13th century, with triple-chamfered arches resting on octagonal piers. The low-pitched roof, likely from the 15th century, features tie beams adorned with intricate tracery panels. The south aisle, renovated during the 19th century, was built using granite rubble with limestones. The tracery of the three principal windows and the window above the south doorway displace features characteristic of the Decorated Gothic style. The tower consists of four stages, with various types of stone. The bell chamber, with six bells, is lit by two traceried windows. Each window incorporates quatrefoils. The parapet is decorated with carved grotesque faces. In the north aisle are several memorial plaques commemorating members of the Pochin family. An old working clock mechanism, relocated from the tower, is displayed in the south aisle. It was Grade I listed in 1966. Fosse team The church is a member of the Fosse Team, which consists of eight churches located north of the city of Leicester and east of the ancient Roman road, the Fosse Way. The team includes the following churches: St Mary's Church, Barkby St Mary's Church, Queniborough St Hilda's Church, East Goscote Holy Trinity Church, Thrussington St Botolph's Church, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Rearsby St Peter & St Paul, Syston St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Thurmaston References