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St Michael and All Angels' Church, Cofton Hackett

St Michael and All Angels' Church, Cofton Hackett is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Worcestershire. History St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church is located on Cofton Church Lane. A church may have existed on the site in the 12th century, as a "chapel" at Cofton is mentioned in a Papal Bull of 1182. The present building certainly dates back to the 14th century and was probably built in 1330 by Robert de Leycester as a chapel for the Manor House. It was a chapel annexed to St Laurence's Church, Northfield until 1866. The church was renovated in 1861 by the architect Henry Day. The church is in a joint parish with St. Andrew's Church, Barnt Green. References
St Mary's Church, Staunton in the Vale

St Mary’s Church, Staunton-in-the-Vale is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church in Staunton, Nottinghamshire. History The oldest part is the tower which dates from the 14th century. Most of the rest was rebuilt in 1854 by E. J. Willson commissioned by Guilm Malger Staunton. It was restored again in 1936. Memorials Alicia de Loudham (wife of Sir John Loudham and daughter of Robert de Kirkton) (d. 1344) William de Staunton (son of Mauger de Staunton) (d. c.1250) Sir William de Staunton (d. 1326) Robert Staunton (d. 1582) Gilbert Charlton (d. 1706) and his wife Anne (d. 1732) Anne Brough (d. 1732) Job Staunton Charlton (d. 1778) Job Brough (d. 1795) Revd. John Mounsey ca. 1827 by R. Harston of Newark Revd. John Staunton ca. 1851 by E. Marshal of Newark Clock A door frame clock of 1707 by Richard Roe of Epperstone was obtained from St Mary's Church, Nottingham for a cost of £10 (equivalent to £800 in 2025) and installed in 1808. Bells The church contains a ring of 5 bells. The tenor dates from 1604 by Henry Oldfield with a weight of 356kg. The 4th dates from 1738 by George Oldfield, the 2nd and 3rd date from 1827 by James Harrison and the treble is of 1742 by Thomas Hedderly. Organ There is reference to the church containing a barrel organ before 1852 which is no longer extant. A new barrel organ by Forster & Andrews with 4 stops and 29 keys with 3 barrels was obtained in 1852 for the cost of £55 (equivalent to £6,600 in 2025). This was restored in 1959 by Herbert Friskney of Sutton-on-Trent.. A 2 manual and pedal 12 stop house organ built for W.G. Player by Brindley & Foster in 1896 for his house in Lenton was moved here in 1929 by Roger Yates. It was restored in 2009 when it was re-sited at the back of the church.. References
St Margaret's Church, Topsham

St Margaret's Church in Topsham, Devon, is a parish church in the Church of England. It is a Grade II* listed building composed of a 14th-century Gothic tower and a 19th-century Gothic Revival main structure. Building The Perpendicular Gothic tower was built in the 14th century from Heavitree stone, the lower part having by repute required repair after damage in the English Civil War. The main body of the church was rebuilt in the Gothic Revival style from limestone in 1874-6 by Edward Ashworth at a cost of £8,550. The building is dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch. There have been four different church or chapel buildings on this site. There are 65 vaults or graves under the current church. The church contains a distinctive Norman font, and the stained glass is Victorian and Edwardian, including work by Burlison and Grylls described by Nikolaus Pevsner as 'one of their best in Devon'. Memorials There are two Greek Revival monuments of black and white marble by Sir Francis Chantrey, dedicated to Admiral Sir John Duckworth and his son Lt. Col. George Duckworth. There is a memorial stone to Thomas Randle, who served on HMS Victory with Lord Nelson. The oldest tombstone is from 1524, marking the resting place of Mathew Mongey, a successful Exeter merchant. Topsham War Memorial stands by the main road near the church's east entrance. It was built, of granite, as a memorial to 69 parishioners who died in the First World War memorial in 1920, then altered after the Second World War, adding the names of 23 parishioners who died in that conflict. It is separately Grade II Listed. Current day The church works in close partnership with the nearby church of St Luke's, Countess Wear. The church hosts regular visiting musicians for recitals. The church is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. References External links St Margaret's Church, Topsham website
St Mary's Church, Tenbury Wells

St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in Tenbury Wells, in Worcestershire, England. The church dates from the 12th and 14th centuries, with later rebuilding and renovation. It in the Diocese of Hereford, and is Grade II* listed. History and description The oldest part of the church is the tower, of the mid 12th century. In the 14th century the nave and chancel were rebuilt, and north and south aisles were created, producing the present layout. The church is situated near the River Teme; there was a serious flood in 1770, and much of the church had to be rebuilt. The east and south walls of the south aisle were rebuilt, and the walls of the north aisle were repaired. There was restoration in 1864 to the plans of Henry Woodyer, the architect of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, built near Tenbury in the 1850s. There was another flood on 14 May 1886; in the south aisle there is a brass plate indicating the height to which the flood water rose. Interior Between the nave and aisles there are four-bay arcades, with pointed arches, on pillars with a quatrefoil plan, and there is a pointed chancel arch. The chancel, nave and aisles have open timber trussed roofs. There is a west gallery. There is a stone pulpit, with figure reliefs, and a stone font. All these features date from the 19th century. The south porch, organ chamber and vestry date from the late 19th century. There are memorials in the chancel, and in the north and south aisles. An alabaster tomb at the east end of the south aisle has well-detailed recumbent effigies of Thomas Acton of Sutton (died 1546) and his wife Mary (died 1564). Panels on the tomb have the images of their two sons Lancellot and Gabriell, who died in infancy, shown as kneeling youths; another panel shows their daughter and heir Joyce, who erected the tomb in 1581. She married the politician Thomas Lucy. Churchyard The churchyard contains six Commonwealth war graves, of an officer and four soldiers of the British Army from World War I and a Royal Air Force warrant officer of World War II. References
Winthorpe Bridge

Winthorpe Bridge is a concrete box girder bridge, carrying the A1 road over the River Trent in Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England. History The contracts for the bridge were awarded on 20 March 1962 for £495,695, and construction began on 16 July that year. The 6-mile (9.7 km) bypass was to cost £3,250,000. It was opened on 27 July 1964, by Ernest Marples. The bridge was constructed by the Danish bridge-builder Christiani & Nielsen. Another Danish civil engineering company Bierrum built the nearby cooling towers, along the River Trent to the north. The Newark bypass was built by Robert McGregor & Sons who would have laid the concrete pavement on the bridge. The north-bound surface had the concrete pavement laid in forty days, with three concrete-batching sites along the bypass preparing the concrete. The bridge was Grade II* listed on 29 May 1998. Structure The bridge crosses the River Trent in Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire, which is the third-longest river in England, at 185 miles (298 km). It is a reinforced-concrete bridge made out of nine box girders. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Nottinghamshire Listed buildings in South Muskham References Modern British bridges, 1 January 1965, Dorothy Henry, ISBN 0853340587 External links Winthorpe Bridge at SABRE Wiki
St James's Church, Abinger Common

St James's Church stands on Abinger Lane in Abinger Common, a small village within the civil parish of Abinger in Surrey, south-eastern England. The church was built in the early 12th century and then rebuilt around 1220, and is today a grade II* listed building. History The original nave was built in the 12th century (although the Domesday Book has mention of an earlier structure) and was rebuilt in 1220, after which the church was altered little until Victorian times. The present vestry, organ bay, and the south porch were all added during restoration work in 1857. The church was hit by a German V-1 flying bomb during the Second World War on 3 August 1944 and restored by Frederick Etchells in 1950 (moving the organ to the west end). The church was again restored after a fire in 1964. Architecture The church is built predominantly from Bargate rubble, with ashlar dressings and a tiled roof. The porch has a slab roof and the bell tower and spire are covered by wood shingles. The structure consists of a nave, supported by buttressing, and chancel, with the chapel in the chancel at the north end; the vestry, organ bay, and porch to the south; and the bellcote to the west. The north and south sides of the nave contain lancet windows with round arches and the east a larger 15th-century stained-glass window. Other windows date from the 13th to the 19th centuries. The font dates from the 20th century. Features Among the significant memorials in the church are a monument, built in 1910 by Albert Toft and dedicated to Alistair Mackenzie, and an art nouveau-style wall tablet. Outside are the village stocks and Abinger Common War Memorial, with which the church forms a group of listed buildings. The war memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, who also designed the nearby house Goddards; it was damaged by the same V-1 flying bomb as the church, and was restored in 1948. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Mole Valley List of places of worship in Mole Valley References
St Margaret's Church, Owthorpe

St Margaret's Church, Owthorpe is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England. Owthorpe has an unusual Grade II* listed Anglican church, dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch, once considered a patron saint of pregnancy. It stands away from the village in farmland, surrounded by a low wall, next to the site where the manor stood. Access is only along a public footpath – a narrow grass track, often muddy in the winter months – and through a timber gate. Some features of St Margaret's date from the 12th century, although the structure underwent many changes over the centuries. It was rebuilt about 1650. The north wall is a surviving part of the original, larger church. Inside it has an oak-panelled, three-decker pulpit-cum-lectern with a Jacobean canopy, which is still in use. In 1680 the church installed a clock built by Richard Roe of Epperstone. The octagonal castellated font is thought to be from the 15th century. A wooden screen dividing the nave from the chancel is said to have come from Owthorpe Hall. The church was restored in 1888 and again in 1905 by Arthur Brewill and Basil Baily when the plaster ceiling was removed to expose the roof timbers, and the masonry of the windows was restored and the windows reglazed. Memorials Colonel John Hutchinson (d. 11 September 1664) See also Grade II* listed buildings in Nottinghamshire Listed buildings in Owthorpe References
St Mary's Church, Kyre

St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in Kyre, near Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire, England. It dates from the 12th century, with additions of the 14th and 18th centuries, and was restored about 1833. It is in the Diocese of Worcester, and is Grade II* listed. History and description St Mary's Church lies immediately to the south of the house at Kyre Park, and is joined to the house by a cloister built in the 19th century. The church is built of sandstone rubble, with ashlar dressing. The nave and chancel date from the 12th century; the chancel is not quite in line with the nave and inclines to the north. There is a south chapel, added in the early 14th century, when the roofs were replaced and buttresses were added to the eastern angles. The bell-turret, above the west end of the chapel, was built about 1700. The original chancel arch was made wider in 1833. There is a timber-framed porch on the west side, built in 1894. Interior There is a 14th-century wall painting on the west jamb of the south-west window of the chapel, probably of the Virgin and Child. The font is 12th-century, with a modern base. There is a chest dating from about 1300, carved from a single oak log. The pews are of oak and date from the 16th century, with 18th-century panelled ends. The altar table is of oak and dates from the 17th century; the alter rails are of about 1750. The stone pulpit is 19th-century. In the church is a copy of the Geneva Bible, printed in 1578. Memorials include those to members of the Pytts family: these include, in the chancel, a marble monument to Catherine Pytts (died 1702, second wife of Samuel Pytts), and a marble monument to Edward Pytts (died 1672). References
Devon County Hall

Devon County Hall is a municipal building in Topsham Road, Exeter, Devon, England. The building, which is the headquarters of Devon County Council, is a Grade II* listed building. History Following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1888, which established county councils in every county, it became necessary to find a meeting place for Devon County Council. The administration of justice had been conducted from Rougemont Castle and county leaders decided that the administration of the county should also be conducted from new offices established within the castle in 1895 and that meetings of the county council should be held in a courtroom there. This arrangement continued until the mid 20th century when county leaders decided that they needed dedicated facilities. A site was selected in the grounds of Bellair House, a Queen Anne style mansion built in red brick and stone around 1700 for the merchant John Vowler and later occupied by Dame Georgiana Buller, and an adjoining early Victorian house, known as Coaver. The foundation stone for the new building was laid on 16 October 1958. It was designed by Donald McMorran in the neo-classical style and was officially opened on 14 July 1964. The design involved a three-storey main frontage facing a large expanse of parkland with Bellair House forming the left hand wing and a new block forming the right hand wing; the central section of the main frontage featured three segmental archways leading to an inner courtyard. Internally, the principal room was the council chamber, which was located on the north east side of the inner courtyard; a substantial clock tower was erected above it. The Victorian house, Coaver, was also converted into the complex, as a social club for council staff. An annexe to the east of the main building, to meet the ever increasing accommodation needs of the county council, was completed in 1984. A sculpture of a female figure by Barbara Pearson entitled "Loving Care" was erected outside Bellair House to commemorate the centenary of Devon County Council in 1988. Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, attended a reception in the building, as part of a tour of the county to celebrate her Golden Jubilee, on 1 May 2002. Works of art inside the building include watercolour paintings by Hugh Gurney depicting Odam Bridge and the River Mole near Meethe in Devon. References
Church of St Thomas, Lees

The Church of St Thomas is an Anglican parish church on West Street in Lees, a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active church in the Diocese of Manchester and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building. History The village of Lees lay within the chapelry of Leesfield, which formed part of the ancient parishes of Prestwich and Ashton-under-Lyne. The name does not appear on historic maps, but the present church and Leesfield Church of England Primary School stand within the centre of Lees. The Church of St Thomas was designed in the Perpendicular Gothic Revival style by the Manchester‑based ecclesiastical architect E. H. Shellard, and was built as a Commissioners' church. It was consecrated on 21 June 1848 by James Prince Lee, the first bishop of Manchester. A west tower was added in 1855, followed by the construction of an organ chamber in 1885. On 22 August 1967, the Church of St Thomas was designated a Grade II* listed building. The church underwent a major programme of renovation between 1995 and 2004. The works cost approximately £1 million, and the building is consequently regarded as being in good overall condition. Architecture The Church of St Thomas is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with a slate‑covered roof. It comprises a nave, aisles, tower, and a chancel, alongside an organ chamber and a vestry. The plan includes a six‑bay nave and a two‑bay chancel, both with a sill band and a parapet that is castellated. Each of the bays contain a weathered buttress surmounted by a crocketed pinnacle, together with a two‑light window set beneath a hood mould. The porch in the second bay carries the date "1848" above its arched doorway. The east end has a four‑light window. The west tower is of four stages, castellated, and features a four‑centred arched doorway, a four‑light west window, clock faces, three‑light belfry openings, and diagonal buttresses with crocketed pinnacles. Interior Internally, octagonal columns carry a double‑chamfered nave arcade. The hammerbeam roof trusses rise from carved head corbels. There is no clerestory, but the nave is lit by dormer windows. A west gallery is provided, its parapet formed as a blind arcade. The fittings include poppyhead pews, dado panelling, a carved pulpit, and choir stalls with canopies by Shaw of Uppermill. The chancel contains a carved stone reredos and associated panelling. The stained glass is extensive, with much of it produced by Jean-Baptiste Capronnier between 1874 and 1898. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester List of works by E. H. Shellard Listed buildings in Lees, Greater Manchester References External links Church of St Thomas Parish of Leesfield
St Peter's Church, Birstall

St Peter's Church in Birstall, West Yorkshire, England, is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds. History The church has Norman origins, being founded in 1100 by Radulphus de Paganell. The tower is the only part surviving from that era; its first two stages were built in the 12th century. The tower was raised in the 15th century and a major refurbishment was carried out between 1863 and 1870 by W. H. Crossland of Leeds. The church was grade II* listed on 29 March 1963. Between 1997 and 2000 a screen was built to separate the first bay of the nave and aisles to create meeting rooms. Architectural style Exterior The tower has three stages: the first two are of Norman origin with diagonal buttresses and stout corner pinnacles which were added in the 15th century, while the second stage has narrow windows and a round clock on the western and the south face has a sundial dating from 1660. The chancel has diagonal buttresses and incorporates a chapel on its north side and a vestry and organ chamber on its south. Interior The nave has four bays with arcades with octagonal piers. The tower has a stepped round arch dating from around 1100. The outer aisles have seven-bay arcades on quatrefoil piers. The chancel has three bays. The nave and inner aisles have plastered walls while the outer aisles and chancel have exposed stone walls. The south aisle has a flagstone floor, the chancel a tiled floor while the aisle chapel has a mosaic floor. Fixtures An early-20th-century painting of Christ in Glory by Edward Reginald Frampton is on the east wall. The octagonal font has a panelled bowl and stem which dates from the 15th century. It had been discarded in 1771 but reinstated in 1841. The pulpit is made of stone construction and has a wrought-iron balustrade. The pews date from around 1870 and have roundels to the top. The reredos depicts the Last Supper. Listed tombs There are two Grade-II-listed tombs in the churchyard. John Nelson was an associate of John Wesley and a pioneer of Methodism in West Yorkshire. Ellen Nussey, buried with her father John, was a lifelong friend and correspondent of Charlotte Brontë. References External links St. Peter's Church, Birstall
Dewsbury Minster

Dewsbury Minster, the Minster Church of All Saints is the parish church in Dewsbury, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It dates from the 13th century and was rebuilt in 1895. It is situated on Vicarage Road and Church Street in the centre of the town. In 1949 it gained Grade II* listed status. Dewsbury Parish Church was rededicated as a minster church in 1994. It is one of three churches in West Yorkshire to be given the honorific title "minster". The others are Halifax Minster and Leeds Minster. History The north arcade of the church dates from 1220. The south arcade was built later that century. The ceiling of the nave was built in the 15th century. The tower and north aisle were built around 1767 and designed by John Carr. Patrick Brontë was a curate at Dewsbury from 1809 to 1811. In 1850, the ceiling was raised allowing more space for an organ loft to be installed. From 1884 to 1888, the church was extended to the designs of A. E. Street (the son of George Edmund Street) and A. H. Kirk. The east window and new pews were added during this time. In 1895, the south aisle was demolished and rebuilt in the Gothic revival style. In 1912, a new carved-oak reredos was added, depicting Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles. In 2013, the church received a grant from Kirklees Borough Council for £25,000 to build exterior lights to illuminate the church at night. Dewsbury lies near the River Calder, traditionally on the site where Paulinus preached. Some of the visible stonework in the nave is Saxon, and parts of the church also date to the 13th century. The tower houses "Black Tom", a bell which is rung each Christmas Eve, one toll for each year since Christ's birth, known as the "Devil's Knell", a tradition dating from the 15th century. The bell was given by Sir Thomas de Soothill, in penance for murdering a servant boy in a fit of rage. The tradition was commemorated on a Royal Mail postage stamp in 1986. Gallery See also Listed buildings in Dewsbury Grade II* listed buildings in Kirklees Diocese of Leeds References External links Dewsbury Team Parish site