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unusual facts about Church of St Mary, Woolavington



Church of St Mary, Bridgwater

The artist is unknown, although it has been controversially attributed to Murillo or Annibale Carracci.

The Church of St Mary in Bridgwater, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century, and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

In July 1685, during the Monmouth Rebellion, the Duke of Monmouth watched from the tower as the forces of King James II assembled, at Westonzoyland, under the command of the Earl of Feversham prior to the Battle of Sedgemoor.

Church of St Mary, Cannington

In 1685, it was held by Elizabeth, Baroness Clifford, later by Oxford University, and eventually by the Bishop of Bath and Wells.

Buriels and memorials in the church are to the family of John Pym.

Church of St Mary, Linslade

Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed church in Linslade, Bedfordshire, England.

Church of St Mary, Lowe House

It was given in 1793 by Winefred Eccleston née Lowe, the widow of John Gorsuch Eccleston, the owner of Eccleston Hall, in Eccleston, outside St Helens.

Church of St Mary, Woolavington

There is also a memorial stone to Sir John Hody an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench who died in 15th century.

Cottesbrooke Hall

It is home to the Woolavington Collection, one of the most extensive collections of sporting paintings in the world.

Itchen Stoke and Ovington

and most notable building is the Church of St Mary, a redundant Anglican church built by the civil engineer and architect Henry Conybeare in 1856, now under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Linslade

But in the 15th century, the original 12th-century church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, was rebuilt.

Robert Wolfall

Wolfall was the vicar of the Church of St Mary in the Somerset village of West Harptree.

Rogiet

The Church of St Mary, Rogiet is the parish church, which in earlier centuries was dedicated to St. Hilary.

Witham Charterhouse

The lay brother's church isnow used as the Parish church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St John Baptist and All Saints, Witham Friary.


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