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The famous organ that resides in the south-east of the church. The church is perhaps best known for its large organ. Positioned in the south-east corner of the church, adjacent to the altar; it is one of the biggest organs in the county and is famed for having been played by Georg Handel when in its previous location of St Martin in the Fields ...
Wotton-under-Edge / ˈ w ʊ t ən / is a market town and civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. Near the southern fringe of the Cotswolds , the Cotswold Way long-distance footpath passes through the town.
Monumental brass of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley and his wife Margaret de Lisle, Wotton-under-Edge Church, Gloucestershire [1] Arms of Berkeley: Gules, a chevron between ten crosses pattée six in chief and four in base argent Drawing of detail of mermaid livery collar of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley (d.1417), from his monumental brass at Wotton-under-Edge.
In 1860 the present St George's Church was built a short distance from where the Chapel of Ease stood. The organist Charles Harford Lloyd served in the village in his youth. Registers containing marriages, baptisms and burials at Falfield Parish Church are in existence from 1860. Prior to this date they are included under Thornbury Parish records.
Kingswood Abbey was a Cistercian abbey, located in the village of Kingswood near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England. The abbey was demolished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and all that remains is the gatehouse, a Grade 1 listed building. Through the gatehouse arch are a few houses and the small village primary school of ...
The Ancient Ram Inn is a Grade II* listed building [1] and a former pub located in Wotton-under-Edge, a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. This inn was said to have also been owned by the local St. Mary's Church when first built. The pub is allegedy haunted. It dates from circa 1496. [2]
St. Mary's Church, St. Mary the Virgin's Church, St. Mary Church, Saint Mary Church, or other variations on the name, is a commonly used name for specific churches of various Christian denominations. Notable uses of the term may refer to:
It is close to the Cotswold Edge, near the Cotswold Way and about 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) south of the town of Wotton under Edge ... The local church is St Giles ...