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unusual facts about St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Brington



Brington

Great Brington, a village in the civil parish of Brington, Northamptonshire

Caerau Hillfort

St Mary’s church probably dates to the 13th century, and is set within an oval churchyard.

George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer

Lord Spencer survived her by three years and died in November 1834, aged 76, at Althorp, and was buried in the nearby village of Great Brington on 19 November of that year.

Great Brington

The parish church of Great Brington is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and St John.

John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer

Spencer died in 1783, aged 48 in Bath, and was buried in the family vault at St Mary's Church, Great Brington, Northamptonshire.

St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Hove

Charlotte Elliott, the hymn writer, and her brothers Rev. Henry Venn Elliott and Rev. Edward Bishop Elliott (associated with the curacies of St Mary the Virgin Church and St Mark's Church respectively) are all buried there.


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