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St Mary's Church, Fordham

St Mary's Church is located to the south of the village of Fordham, Norfolk, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. History The church dates from the 13th century, with alterations made in the middle of the 14th century, and in 1730. In 1730, or about that time, the tower was demolished, as was the south aisle. It was declared redundant on 1 June 1991, and was vested in the Friends of Friendless Churches in September 2011. Architecture St Mary's in constructed in carstone, which is a type of stone found locally. It has a simple plan, consisting of a nave and a chancel. The nave has a slate roof, and the chancel is roofed with tiles. On the west gable is a bell-cot. The former three-bay south arcade has been blocked in and two two-light windows with Perpendicular tracery have been inserted. The south wall of the chancel and the north wall of the nave each contain a similar widows. Also in the north wall of the nave is a three-light window, and in the chancel is a two-light window with Y-tracery, There is no east window. There are few remaining contents inside the church. The items still present include a floriated coffin lid, and the remains of a damaged medieval pew. There are also a candelabra and a pew designed by Randell Feilden, the brother of the conservation architect Sir Bernard Feilden. See also Grade II* listed buildings in King's Lynn and West Norfolk References
St Mary's Church, Fordingbridge

St Mary's Church, Fordingbridge is a 12th–13th-century church in Hampshire, England. A Grade I listed building, it was restored in the 19th century. History A church is mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086. It was rebuilt by the Normans around 1150 and would then have been an open space internally. The north chapel and north and south aisles were added around 1230. Within another 100 years the clerestory had been added, the tower raised (in modern times housing 8 bells plus a Sanctus bell), and the north chapel extended. The chapel has a straight tie beam truss roof of chestnut that masquerades as a hammerbeam roof. Lands in Fordingbridge and the advowson of the church were granted to King's College, Cambridge in 1447 by Henry VI, after being given to the Crown by Humphrey, Duke of Buckingham. Externally the church has changed little since the 16th century, although originally the exterior flint work would have been plastered as at one of its neighbours, St Mary, Breamore. Internally the church looks much as it did after the 1840 renovation except for the addition of the organ in 1887 and the reredos in 1920. The church was restored between 1901 and 1903 under the direction of Charles Ponting. The church once had a "three-decker" pulpit, but this has been removed. In very recent years the Victorian pews were replaced by chairs to facilitate using the space much more flexibly. In 2000 a new window was commissioned in the south aisle to commemorate the millennium. Also, two of the bells were sent to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry to be recast and re-tuned. Vicarages There are two surviving vicarages in Fordingbridge, the imposing residence opposite the west front, built in 1817 and now converted to apartments, and the current, more modern building opposite the south side. Churchyard The churchyard has a monument to the safe-building family of Chubb, and also a memorial to the last British man killed in a duel in England, James Alexander Seton. Along with all the town burial sites (except the new Catholic burial ground), St Mary's churchyard was closed in 1896 and replaced by the new cemetery at Stuckton Road. In modern times the churchyard has been cleared to allow easier maintenance, and many of the gravestones now form the path from the lichgate to the north porch. The original locations of some of the stones and the owners of some worn stones can be deduced from the Fordingbridge sexton's register, which covers the period from 1730. Services The church choir can usually be heard every Sunday supporting services such as the Family Communion, with traditional Evensong on the third and fourth Sunday evenings each month. There is an annual Patronal Festival on the first weekend in July. References External links Avon Valley Partnership
St Mary's Church, Hale

St Mary's Church is in Church End in the village of Hale, Halton, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican church in the deanery of Widnes, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the diocese of Liverpool. History The tower dates from the 14th century and the rest of the church from 1758 to 1759, replacing an earlier church on the site. Restorations were carried out in 1874, when a northwest vestry was added, and 1903. In October 1977, the church was the victim of an arson attack, leaving only the walls and the tower still standing. As a result of the fire there is nothing remaining of the restorations other than the vestry walls. Following the fire, the foundations of a narrower, timber-framed church were discovered. The roof and interior of the church were replaced by the architects Buxeby and Evans in 1979–80. Architecture Exterior St Mary's is built in red sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. Its plan is a rectangle in five bays with a west tower, a northwest vestry, a northeast gabled projecting chapel, and a south porch. The tower is square with corner buttresses and a crenellated parapet. It has a west door with a window above it. At the bell stage are two-light louvred belfry windows on all sides. The windows on each side of the body of the church are round-headed. The east window is Venetian in style, glazed in large squares, with a cherub carved in the keystone. Interior The roof, dating from 1979 to 1980, is in varnished chestnut. It is panelled in five compartments, and heavily moulded. The west organ gallery, standing on Tuscan columns, is a replica of that destroyed in the fire. The furniture has been acquired from a variety of sources. The font, which consists of a bowl carved with cherubs, dates from the 18th century and spent a century in a garden. The oak pulpit dating from the 17th century stands on Tuscan columns; it came from York Minster. The pews came from the demolished church of St Mary, Ince-in-Makerfield. The tower contains a ring of eight bells. The biggest six are cast in steel by Naylor, Vickers and Co. of Sheffield and the smallest two were cast in bronze by Eijsbouts in 1987. External features In the churchyard is the grave of John Middleton, known as the "Childe of Hale", who was reputed to have been over 9 feet (3 m) tall. Also in the churchyard are the war graves of four soldiers of World War I and two of World War II. See also Listed buildings in Hale, Halton References
St Mary's Church, Halton

St Mary's Church is in Halton, which was formerly a separate village, but is now part of the town of Runcorn, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Frodsham. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. History A chapel had been associated with Halton Castle for many centuries but by the end of the Civil War it was in ruins. It had been situated just below the castle walls, a plain, square building with a bellcote on its eastern gable. Its repair was beyond the financial means of the congregation and a petition was made to the bishop for funds. Enough money was provided to rebuild the chapel and this remained in use until the middle of the 19th century. By 1847 the roof was in need of a major repair and within four years it was decided that a new church was needed. The money for this was provided by Sir Richard Brooke of Norton Priory. Sir George Gilbert Scott was appointed as the architect, and the church was consecrated on 12 November 1852. Halton had formerly been a chapel of ease to the parish church of Runcorn, but in June 1860 it became a separate parish. Sir John Chesshyre, a wealthy lawyer, funded the construction of the neighbouring vicarage in 1739 and also the Chesshyre Library in 1733 to serve the incumbent and other "gentlemen or persons of letters". Today the library serves as a meeting room attached to the church hall. Architecture Exterior The church is built in local red sandstone with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with north and south aisles, a south porch and a chancel which has its roof at a lower level. On the east gable of the nave is an octagonal bell-turret. To the north of the chancel is the organ chamber and to its south is a memorial chapel. Interior Wagon roofs cover the nave and the chancel. The reredos is of marble. The oak benches are carved with poppyheads. The stained glass in the west window probably dates from the 1850s, and is probably by David Evans. A stained glass window in the north aisle dating from about 1893 is by Henry Holiday and depicts Christ and the children. There is also a window dating from about 1912 by George Wragge depicting the Good Samaritan. A monument to Sir Richard Brooke dated 1889 by Douglas and Fordham consists of a tablet with a stylized cross in a foliage frame. See also List of new churches by George Gilbert Scott in Northern England Listed buildings in Runcorn (urban area) References Citations Sources
St Mary's Church, Handbridge

St Mary's Church is located on Overleigh Road in Handbridge, an area south of the River Dee, in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. It is also known as the Church of St Mary-without-the-Walls, which was to distinguish it from Church of St Mary-on-the-Hill across the River Dee within the city walls. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Chester. History The church was built between 1885 and 1887 to a design by F. B. Wade for the 1st Duke of Westminster. A porch was added on the south face of the tower in 1914 which was designed by P. H. Lockwood. Architecture Exterior St Mary's is constructed in ashlar Waverton stone with dressings of Runcorn sandstone. It has Westmorland green slate roofs. The plan consists of a five-bay nave with a clerestory, a three-bay chancel, a chapel at the southeast, an organ chamber and a vestry. There are two porches, one on the south and one on the north. At the west end is a three-stage tower with a recessed spire. It has clock faces to the north, west and south, paired louvred bell-openings on each face, a machicolated parapet, two pinnacles at each corner, lucarnes to each cardinal face of the spire and a weathervane. Interior The baptistry is in the tower and has an encaustic tiled floor and a stone font with an oak cover. The stained glass in the baptistry is dated 1887 and is by Edward Frampton. It depicts Christ's baptism. In the baptistry is a portrait memorial dated 1900 to the first Duke of Westminster. The nave is floored with wood blocks. There are three steps up to the chancel with wrought iron rails. The chancel has a mosaic floor. The southeast chapel has a wrought iron screen. The pulpit and lectern are in oak. To the north of the chancel is a sedilia. The east window is probably also by Frampton. The reredos was designed by Frederic Shields and made in cloisonné by Clement Heaton. There is a ring of eight bells which were cast by Mears and Stainbank at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1887. External features The walls, gates and railings of the churchyard were also designed by F. B. Wade for the first Duke of Westminster in 1887, and are listed Grade II. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester References External links Media related to St Mary's Handbridge at Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Church, Handsworth, Sheffield

St Mary's Church in Handsworth, South Yorkshire, is a Church of England parish church about 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) east of the centre of Sheffield, England. History St Mary's was originally a Norman church built in about 1170. It was founded by the Norman lord, William de Lovetot, or his father Richard, and the foundations were planned by William Paynel. In the 1220s St Katherine's Chapel was added, probably for Maud de Lovetot, for prayer and Mass to be offered for the soul of her husband Gerard de Furnival, and perhaps their son, Thomas de Furnival who died on a crusade to Jerusalem and the Holy Land. By 1472 the Fabric Rolls of York reported that the church was ruinous, but in the process of being rebuilt. It was successive Earls of Shrewsbury who had much of the damage repaired in the Tudor era. Lightning struck the church spire in 1698. The new steeple subsequently built to replace it was much smaller and became known as "the Handsworth stump". In the 1820s the "stump" was demolished and a new tower erected. Lightning struck the tower again in January 1978, this time causing less damage. The spire, and the clock and bell tower were extensively repaired in 2002. Simon Foliot, the first Rector, had two assistants and by 1535 there were five. The assistants lost their livings in the English Reformation. The west tower has a ring of eight bells. John Taylor & Co of Loughborough, Leicestershire re-cast and re-hung all eight bells in 1920. There is also a service bell, which was cast in 1590 by Henry II Oldfield of Nottingham. The church is a Grade II listed building. Rectory The Tudor rectory was where the Parish Centre is now. It was originally a timber-framed building. In the late 17th or early 18th century, a larger and more modern rectory was built near the chancel of the church. Shortly afterward a wing complementary to the east wing was built. Little of the Tudor rectory survives, but parts were incorporated into the new building. A section of the straw and daub wall survives in the current museum, as does an oak tree post in the current reception hall. All the pre-Georgian outhouses, except the coach house and stable block, were demolished. The coach house and stable block were modernised in the Victorian era. Chantry Inn Immediately north of St Mary's church is the Chantry Inn. This was built in the mid-13th century as a church house for the chaplains and lay clerks attached to St Mary's. After the Reformation, the house was turned into a school. In about 1804 it became licensed as a public house. Registers Parish registers of baptisms, marriages and funerals at St Mary's survive from 1558 onwards. The registers are continuous until 1836, when a new system of registration was introduced. References Further reading Pevsner, Nikolaus; Radcliffe, Enid (revision) (1967) [1959]. Yorkshire the West Riding. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 478. ISBN 0-14-071017-5. External links St Mary the Virgin S13 9BZ
St Mary's Church, Hardmead

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Hardmead, Buckinghamshire, 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 Friends of Friendless Churches. History The west tower of the church dates from the 13th century, the chancel from slightly later, and the clerestory and the top stage of the tower were added in the 15th century. It formerly served a medieval village, but this has disappeared. After the church became redundant it was proposed to convert it into a house, but it was acquired by the charity the Friends of Friendless Churches and is now managed by the Friends of Hardmead. The church was vested in the charity in 1982, which holds a 99-year lease with effect from 7 September 1982. Services are very occasionally held in the church as part of the local SCAN Parish (Sherington with Chicheley, North Crawley, Astwood and Hardmead). Architecture St Mary's is constructed in stone. The nave and aisles have flat lead roofs while the chancel roof is tiled. Its plan consists of a two-bay nave with north and south aisles and a clerestory, a chancel, a south porch, and a west tower. The tower is without buttresses, and has traceried bell openings. At the summit is a battlemented parapet. The parapets of the nave are also battlemented, while those of the aisles are plain. The east window and the two windows in the walls of the chancel contain Decorated tracery. The double arcade dates from the 14th century. The font dates from the 15th century and is carved with tracery; the bench ends date from a similar period. In the north aisle are monuments to the Catesby family. The most prominent is a wall monument to the memory of Francis Catesby who died in 1636, and there is a brass to another Francis Catesby who died in 1556. In the chancel are monuments to the Shedden family. One of these is to Robert Shedden who died in 1849 on the yacht Nancy Dawson, after an unsuccessful expedition to find Sir John Franklin. Under the memorial is a carving in relief of the yacht. The organ was made in about 1837 by J. W. Walker of London, and was restored in about 1995 by Robert Shaftoe of Pavenham. There is a ring of three bells. The oldest bell was cast in about 1399 by Robert Chamberlain, the next was made about 1499 by an unknown caster, and the third bell was cast about 1599, possibly by William Rufford. They are no longer ringable. References External links Media related to Saint Mary Church, Hardmead at Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Church, Harrogate

St Mary's Church, Harrogate is a Grade II* listed redundant parish church in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The successor of the church, which uses the former church hall, is now known as Kairos Church. History Old St Mary's Church, Harrogate In 1822 the inhabitants of Low Harrogate had "hitherto felt great inconvenience from the want of a place of worship ... The inhabitants of Pannal ... agreed to raise £500 (equivalent to £54,926 in 2025) on the parish rates to assist in promoting this desirable object". The foundation stone of the first Anglican St Mary's church in Low Harrogate was laid on 4 September 1822, "by Rev. R.R. Hunter, vicar of Pannal, in the presence of a numerous assemblage of the visitors ... and neighbouring residents". It was a plain building, funded by a grant from the Commissioners of the Million Act. It was erected in 1824, and consecrated in 1825. It had 800 seats and was assigned as a parish in 1830. It was declared unsafe in 1903. The fabric of Old St Mary's was purchased in 1922 by Elizabeth Wilhelmina Jones, the headmistress of Harrogate Ladies' College. In 1923 it was rebuilt in the school grounds, without the tower, to the design of W. D. R. Taggart. St Mary's replacement church, Harrogate The replacement church was built at the current site in 1916 to designs by the architect Walter Tapper. It was constructed in the 14th century English gothic style. In 2007 the church closed as a parish church because of maintenance problems. It was revived by Mark Carey as a fresh expression of church, still within the Church of England, but now serving the whole of Harrogate. It was renamed as Kairos Church and now meets in Westcliffe Hall, opposite the old St Mary's building and has a vibrant congregation. The St Mary's Building is now owned by Shaw and Jagger Architects. Lofthouse Memorial The stone vaulted south chapel contains a tomb and memorial to Richard Chapman Lofthouse (1832–1907) Deputy Surgeon General of the British Army who founded the church. He served in the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. Bells The tower once contained a ring of 8 bells in the key of F, dating from 1916 and by Taylors of Loughborough. The tenor bell was 16 cwt. The four heaviest bells were removed after the church was declared redundant, and are now hung in the Grote Kerk of Dordrecht. With six new European-cast bells, they form the first peal of change ringing church bells in the Netherlands, and the heaviest ring of change ringing bells in the European mainland. Organ The first organ was installed in 1895 by James Jepson Binns. This was replaced in 1919 with an instrument by Harrison and Harrison. Details of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. Organists J. E. W. Lord 1894 – ???? (formerly organist of Bridlington Priory) J. C. Stephenson, ARCO c. 1912 A. Beaumont, FRCO 1915 – 1946 Harold Mills c. 1954? See also Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed buildings in Harrogate (Harlow Moor Ward) References External links Media related to Kairos Church, Harrogate at Wikimedia Commons Kairos Church website St Mary's church on Sir Walter Tapper Churches website
St Mary's Church, Hartley Wintney

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Hartley Wintney, 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 on a hillside to the south of the village, some 8 miles (13 km) east of Basingstoke. History The church was built in the 13th century by the nuns of Wintney Priory. At this time it consisted of a nave and a chancel. In 1416, two carpenters from Basingstoke, John Willam and William Austin, made a contract with the Prioress, Joan Bannebury, to replace the roof and a belfry set on four posts. The transepts and the tower were added in the middle of the 19th century. St Mary's was replaced as the parish church when a new church dedicated to Saint John was built in the village, and St Mary's became a mortuary chapel. The church was declared redundant on 13 March 1974 and was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 22 October 1975. Architecture Exterior The nave and chancel are constructed in flint with some puddingstone and brick. The transepts are in red brick, and the tower is in flint. The church is roofed with red tiles. Its plan consists of a nave and chancel, with north and south transepts, and a west tower. The chancel measures 17 feet 9 inches (5.4 m) by 15 feet (4.6 m), the nave 50 feet 10 inches (15.5 m) by 20 feet (6.1 m), the transepts 17 feet 5 inches (5.3 m) by 12 feet (3.7 m), and the tower is 12 feet (3.7 m) square. The windows in the sides of the chancel and nave date from the 14th and 15th centuries, and have one, two or three lights. The windows in the transepts, and the three-light east window, date from the 19th century. The tower is in three stages with diagonal corner buttresses. In the bottom stage is a west door, and a single-light window on the north and south sides. The middle stage contains two-light windows on the north, west and south sides, and in the top stage are three-light bell openings an all sides. At the top of the tower is an embattled parapet with a pinnacle at each corner. Interior In the chancel is a 12th-century piscina, and a hagioscope (squint). Also in the church are box pews, a communion rail dating from the early 18th century, hatchments, and a royal arms dated 1705. There are the remains of 13th-century wall paintings, including one depicting Saint Christopher, and another showing Saint George killing the dragon. Burials Henry Hawley, nicknamed "Hangman", who defeated Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonny Prince Charlie") at the Battle of Culloden William Lethaby, architect Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the Second World War Ambrose Heal Robert Weir Schultz, Arts and Crafts architect See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South East England References Further reading Davies, Tony (November 2008), History of Hartley Wintney Village (PDF), Hartley Wintney Twinning Association, retrieved 21 April 2011 External links Hampshire Churches Photographs of the interior