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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bosley

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is in Leek Road, Bosley, Cheshire, England. It 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 Macclesfield, and the deanery of Macclesfield. Its benefice is combined with those of St Michael, North Rode, St Michael, Wincle, and St Saviour, Wildboarclough. History This church was initially a chapel of ease to the parish church of Prestbury and was dedicated to Saint Thomas the Martyr. Later the dedication was changed to Saint Lawrence, and later again to Saint Mary the Virgin. In response to a petition by the parishioners a papal bull was issued by Pope Boniface IX in 1402 granting the church greater independence. The church was originally a timber-framed church with a stone tower. The red sandstone tower dates from about 1500. In 1777 the church, apart from the tower, was rebuilt in brick. A chancel designed by James Green was added in 1834. In 1878–79 new bells were installed, the tower was raised by 6 feet (2 m), and some of the original medieval stonework was removed. Architecture Exterior The tower is built of red sandstone, the nave and chancel of brick, with roofs of large grey slates. The tower has three stages with a 19th-century west door in a medieval arch, above which is a window with two lights. The top of the tower is battlemented. The plan of the body of the church consists of a four-bay nave and a one-bay chancel, and a lean-to vestry to the north of the tower. The tower is in Perpendicular style. The nave windows are wide and slightly pointed; those in the chancel are lancets. Interior In the church is a late 18th-century altar table, a 17th-century oak pulpit, sanctuary chairs from the same period, and a parish chest dating probably from the 16th century. The organ is dated 1879 and the stone font is also from the 19th century. In the church is a monument to John Willans Newell, a railway engineer, who died in 1851. This includes a female figure, a sarcophagus, an urn, and an amphora containing flowers. The stained glass in the east window and in two of the side windows dates from the 1960s, and is by Harcourt M. Doyle. There is a ring of six bells, the oldest bell by George Oldfield I being dated 1663. Two bells dated 1756 are by Rudhall of Gloucester and another two bells, dated 1927 and 1934 are by Gillett & Johnston. The maker of the sixth bell has not been identified. The parish registers begin in 1728. External features In the church yard is a sundial (with the gnomon missing) dating probably from the early 19th century. It consists of a copper dial on a short tapered square gritstone shaft with a square head standing on a weathered red sandstone base. Churchwardens' initials are engraved on the dial. It is listed at Grade II. The churchyard contains the war grave of a First World War Canadian soldier. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire East Listed buildings in Bosley References External links Photographs by Craig Thornber
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bury

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is located at the highest point in the town centre of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on the edge of the town centre. The main body of the church was completed on 2 February 1876, the steeple predates it to 1842. It is designated in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building. History Church records suggest that the first church was built on the site in 971 A.D. when parishes were first formed by Edgar, King of England, although this is likely to have been a wood and thatch structure. Churches of this type of construction are thought to have been used until a church in the gothic style was completed in 1585. Between 1773 and 1780 the main body of this church was demolished and rebuilt leaving only the spire from the original church. The spire was replaced in 1842 but by 1870 the wood in the rest of the church had rotted and a new building was needed. The new church designed by the architect J. S. Crowther, leaving the 1842 spire in place, was officially opened on Candlemas Day 1876. In July 2013, the church was the scene of a military funeral for murdered British soldier Lee Rigby. The service was attended by thousands of mourners, including Prime Minister David Cameron. The church is a regimental church of the Lancashire Fusiliers and the Regimental Colours hang in the nave. A former garrison church, services are held for the garrison on Remembrance Sunday, Gallipoli Sunday and on other occasions. Architecture The building is of dressed stone with slate roofs, with a buttressed 3-stage tower with a spire. The interior features a hammerbeam and tie-beam roof and mosaic flooring. There is stained glass by Hardman and Clayton and Bell. The clock in the tower was the gift of Henry Whitehead, a former High Sheriff of Lancashire. See also Listed buildings in Bury List of churches in Greater Manchester List of works by J. S. Crowther References External links Home page of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bury
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Chard

The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin in Chard, Somerset, England dates from the late 11th century and was rebuilt in the 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Due to the effects of a leak in the roof it was added to the Heritage at Risk Register in 2013. The Perpendicular cruciform church has an aisled nave and north and south porches. The north transept has an oak roof, which was refurbished in 1975. The south transept contains the organ, built in 1883. The church used to have galleries. The Fawcus chapel in the north aisle, dedicated to a local physician, includes the Brewer Memorial . The west tower was built between 1505 and 1520 and contains a peal of eight bells, of which two were made in the 1790s by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family in Cullompton. The three-stage tower has moulded string courses and an angle stair turret in the north-west corner. The clock chimes each quarter-hour in a setting often known as Chard Chimes. There is a church room built in 1827. The parish is part of the benefice of Chard, St. Mary with Combe St Nicholas, Wambrook and Whitestaunton within the deanery of Crewkerne and Ilminster. See also Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset List of Somerset towers List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells References
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Croscombe

The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin in Croscombe, Somerset, England, is primarily from the 15th and 16th centuries with 19th-century restoration. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. It consists of a nave, chancel and has north and south aisles. The church is unusual in Somerset in having a spire, which rises above a three-stage tower which is supported by diagonal buttresses. St Mary's includes a peal of six bells, the earliest dated 1613, and an organ by Gray and Davison from 1837. The Jacobean interior woodwork including the pulpit and rood screen are of national renown. The pulpit is decorated with the arms of Arthur Lake who was the Bishop of Bath and Wells in the 17th century. The churchyard contains war graves of four service personnel, one of World War I and three of World War II. The parish is part of the benefice of Pilton with Croscombe, North Wootton and Dinder within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. See also List of Grade I listed buildings in Mendip List of towers in Somerset List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells References Notes Citations
Church of St Mary the Virgin, East Stoke

The Church of St Mary the Virgin at East Stoke in Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. It was previously dedicated to Saint Denis. Much of the church, including the nave and chancel with their stone carving are Norman, the structure being supported by pilaster buttresses. The north transept was added about 1225 and the south transept about 1300. The church has a tower with six bells. It shows various medieval carving including abstract corbels, an astrological tympanum, and St Michael slaying the dragon. Two of the carvings are thought to be Sheela na Gigs. The upper part of the tower was built in the 13th century with the parapet being added in the 15th. The church was restored in 1862, by Benjamin Ferrey. The parish is within the benefice of Stoke-sub-Hamdon, which is part of the Wells archdeaconry. Two of the Grade II* listed 17th-century monuments in the churchyard have suffered from subsidence and as a result rising damp has caused salt crystallisation which is affecting the inscriptions. As a result, they have been added to the Heritage at Risk Register. See also List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset List of towers in Somerset List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells References
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eccles

St Mary the Virgin's Church is an active Anglican parish church in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. The church is in the Eccles deanery, the archdeaconry of Salford and the diocese of Manchester. Together with St Andrew's, Eccles, St Paul's, Monton, and Christ Church, Patricroft, the church is part of the team benefice of Eccles. The church was granted Grade I Listed status in 1964. History St Mary's Church was in medieval times the centre of a large ecclesiastical parish containing Pendleton, Pendlebury, Clifton, Swinton, Worsley and Barton-upon-Irwell. To the west the parish covered a portion of Chat Moss to the River Glaze and was bounded by the River Irwell to its north and east. The church is of ancient origin and was the only church in the parish for several hundred years. A church has occupied its site since Norman times and probably before then. The church contains few remains of its earliest incarnation but the tower base and west end of the north aisle are from the 13th century. The 14th-century structure was enlarged in the 15th century, and the chancel was reconstructed in the 16th century and rebuilt in 1862 by J P Holden. Architecture The church is constructed in red ashlar sandstone with slate roofs. Built on a weathered plinth, the church has buttresses and castellated parapets, a three-stage west tower, a four-bay nave and aisles, and the remodelled four-bay chancel has a clerestory. The gabled south transept was originally a chantry chapel and it has a gabled south porch. The south aisle windows have four lights with Perpendicular tracery, and the north aisle windows have five lights, as do the clerestory windows. The 16th-century 'Entry to Jerusalem' window originated in Rouen, France, and was installed in the now demolished St John's Church, Manchester before being moved to Eccles in 1929. It is also known as the Long Donkey Window. See also List of churches in Greater Manchester Grade I listed churches in Greater Manchester References Citations Bibliography External links
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Henlow

Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed church in Henlow, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 31 October 1966. The original footprint of the church dates back to the 12th century, but the current building dates mostly from the 15th century. The church is mostly in a Perpendicular style, with a myriad of monuments and stained glass windows and a three-stage tower, which was added in the 15th century. The tower housed five bells, which were cast in 1628. Although the number of bells was increased to eight in the 20th century, the nearby house still retains its name of The Five Bells. Originally the nave was aisleless and shorter than it is now (48 feet (15 m)). The north and south aisles were added around the 14th/15th centuries, as was the chancel, whereas the porch is entirely modern. Records show that the church (and the village) have a connection with the Pilgrim Fathers; at least three residents, Edward and Ann Tilley, and John and Joan Tilley. Both women died in the first winter. they took one of their nephews, Henry Samson, with them. Samson was baptized in St Mary's. The cemetery is listed with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as it has at least 20 graves containing the dead from both the First and Second World Wars. See also Grade I listed buildings in Bedfordshire References External links Official website
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Isle Abbotts

The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Isle Abbotts, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century with several restorations since. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. It has a tower of four stages. The embattled parapet is pierced by quatrefoils, the merlons pierced with lancet openings. The very large corner pinnacles have attached secondary pinnacles, and intermediate pinnacles to each side. The crocketted niches to each face of tower have surviving medieval figures, to west the risen Christ stepping from His sarcophagus, the Blessed Virgin with Bambino, St Peter and St Paul; to south St George, St Catherine, St Margaret; to east St John Baptist, St Clement; to north St Michael. The wealth of architectural detail and sculpture has required specific approaches to the methodology of repair and protection using lime-based materials. On the stonework are hunky punks which have been severely damaged by the weather, however one appears to be a person playing bagpipes. See also List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset List of towers in Somerset List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells References
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Keysoe

Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed church in Keysoe, Bedfordshire, England. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964. Features of interest include the prominent spire, the 14th- and 15th-century roofs and the 14th-century font. According to local legend, a builder named William Dickens was working on the steeple in 1718 when he slipped and fell. It is said that he was miraculously saved by reciting a prayer in mid-air. History The church originally dates from the 12th century. See also Grade I listed buildings in Bedfordshire References
Igreja de Santa Maria a Virgem (Keysoe)

A Igreja de Santa Maria a Virgem é uma igreja listada como Grau I em Keysoe, Bedfordshire, na Inglaterra. Tornou-se um edifício listado em 13 de julho de 1964. As características de interesse incluem a torre proeminente, os telhados dos séculos XIV e XV e a fonte do século XIV. História A igreja data originalmente do século XII. Referências
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Nettlecombe

The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Nettlecombe, Somerset, England dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church which lies within the grounds of Nettlecombe Court, which was built as a large country manor house, becoming a girls' boarding school in the early 1960s and since 1967 has been the Leonard Wills Field Centre run by the Field Studies Council. The house is surrounded by Nettlecombe Park, a 90.4 hectares (223 acres) Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The house and park are set in a secluded valley on the northern fringes of the Brendon Hills, within the Exmoor National Park. Although there was a previous church in the village the current red sandstone building was dedicated in 1440. The chancel includes a north chapel and south organ chamber. The nave has a clerestory with north and south aisles, north porch, and west tower. Restoration work was carried out around 1820 by Richard Carver, with further work undertaken between 1858 and 1870 by Charles Edmund Giles. Within the church is a seven sided font with the sacraments of the church and Christ in Glory carved into each of the faces. The parish is within the Quantock Towers benefice which is part of the Quantock deanery. See also Grade I listed buildings in West Somerset List of Somerset towers List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells References
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Northill

Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed church in Northill, Bedfordshire, England. It has been listed listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England since October 1966. The church's royal arms appears on a stained glass window designed by John Oliver. It is dated 1664, and therefore the arms is that of King Charles II. The window was commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Grocers, whose own arms appears next to the royal arms. See also Grade I listed buildings in Bedfordshire References
Igreja de Santa Maria a Virgem (Northill)

A Igreja de Santa Maria a Virgem é uma igreja listada como Grau I em Northill, Bedfordshire, na Inglaterra. Tornou-se um edifício listado no dia 31 de outubro de 1966. As armas reais da igreja aparecem num vitral desenhado por John Oliver. É datado de 1664 e, portanto, as armas são do rei Carlos II. A janela foi encomendada pela Worshipful Company of Grocers, cujas armas aparecem ao lado das armas reais. Referências
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Norton-sub-Hamdon

The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Norton-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England, has 13th-century origins but was rebuilt around 1510. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Restoration was undertaken by Henry Wilson in 1894 and again in 1904. The five-stage tower, dating from around 1485, which rises 98.5 feet (30 m) was damaged by lightning and fire on 29 July 1894, but restored within a year preserving the original design. It has a double plinth, offset corner buttresses, dividing strings, battlemented parapet with pairs of corner pinnacles extended from buttresses, and central paired pinnacles corbelled off gargoyles. The dovecote in the churchyard dates from the 17th century, and was associated with a manor house which was demolished around 1850. Former leader of the Liberal Democrats and High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Paddy Ashdown is buried in the church's graveyard. See also List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset List of towers in Somerset List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells References
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stanton Drew

The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin in Stanton Drew, Somerset, England, was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. In the north aisle is the Norman bowl of the font and further east the small turret steps behind a glass door that in earlier times led up into a rood loft. Although parts date from the 13th and 14th centuries the interior, as it is seen today, shows the work that was carried out in 1847 when the south, west and north walls were rebuilt except a portion east from the Lady Chapel. The nave and tower arches were reconstructed in the 15th century. The Hazle, Wight Preston and several other unidentified monuments in the churchyard are also listed, along with the piers, gates and overthrow at the north-east entrance to churchyard. See also List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells References
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Westonzoyland

The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Westonzoyland, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. St Mary's Parish Church, with its 15th-century carved timber roof, has a link with two conflicts. It served as a prison for around 500 troops after the Battle of Sedgemoor. From 1508 the vicar was Hugh Inge who went on to hold the offices of Bishop of Meath, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The four-stage tower, which dates from around 1470, has an embattled parapet with quatrefoil arcading, and set-back buttresses which terminate in pinnacles on the bell-chamber stage. There are six bells in the tower. On the corners of the tower are hunky punks representing dragons. Restoration during the 1930s of the roof was funded by public subscription and carried out by W. D. Caroe. The church contains a corner dedicated to local airmen who lost their lives in 1918 and 1919 and post World War II in the early 1950s. The current vicar is The Reverend Dr Jane Sutton. The parish is part of the benefice of Westonzoyland with Chedzoy within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. See also List of Grade I listed buildings in Sedgemoor List of towers in Somerset List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells References External links St Mary's Church, Westonzoyland
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wistaston

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is in the village of Wistaston, 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 parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich. History It is believed that there has been a church or chapel on or near the present site for nearly 700 years. The first record of a rector goes back to 1379. The first church on the site would have been a wooden building. The existing records start in 1572. In 1827 the decision was taken that "due to decay it [the church] was unsuitable for public worship". The present church was built in 1827–28 to a design by George Latham. The chancel was lengthened, and a transept was added in 1884. Further alterations were made in 1905. Architecture Exterior The church is built in brick with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a west tower, a nave and a chancel. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner considered that the church is "entirely Georgian" in style and that this style was maintained in the 1884 additions. Interior The chancel has oak panelling with carvings of sunflowers. The reredos contains representations of the Agnus Dei and Alpha and Omega signs. The right hand chancel window is to a design of Burne-Jones and was made by Morris and Company. In the church is a parish chest dated 1684 and a number of wall memorials dating from the 19th century. The two-manual organ was built by Hill in 1884 and in 1890 it was moved from the west gallery to the south of the chancel. There is a ring of eight bells. Six of these were cast by Gillett & Johnston in 1920 and the other two in 1982 by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. External features The churchyard contains the war graves of three soldiers and an airman of World War I, and three soldiers of World War II. It also contains the local war memorial. See also Listed buildings in Wistaston References
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Yielden

Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed church in Yelden, Bedfordshire, England. It is a good example of a village church mainly in the Decorated style. Originally the Trailly family received it from the monks at Thorney Abbey early in the 12th Century and was confirmed to them by a charter of Pope Alexander III in 1162. Although Norman in origin its shows no indication of this in its construction. It consists of a Nave and Chancel dating back to the early 13th Century and had been considerably re-modelled since then, the most notable feature being the tower and broach spire. The churchyard contains Commonwealth war graves of a Norfolk Regiment soldier of World War I and an airman of World War II. See also Grade I listed buildings in Bedfordshire References
Igreja de Santa Maria a Virgem (Yielden)

A Igreja de Santa Maria a Virgem é uma igreja listada como Grau I em Yielden, Bedfordshire, na Inglaterra. É um bom exemplo de igreja de aldeia, principalmente no estilo Decorado. O cemitério contém os túmulos de guerra da Commonwealth de um soldado do Regimento de Norfolk da Primeira Guerra Mundial e de um aviador da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Referências