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The Church of St Michael and All Angels is the main Church of England parish church for the suburb of Heavitree, located in the city of Exeter, Devon. The present building is a large and imposing Gothic Revival structure dating back to the 19th century but there has been a church on the site since Saxon times.
The parish church of St. Lawrence at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England (pictured 2003) Combe Martin parish church (St. Peter ad Vincula), North Devon, England (pictured 2004) A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest ...
There are around 12,500 Church of England parishes. [2] Historically, in England and Wales, the parish was the principal unit of local administration for both church and civil purposes; that changed in the 19th century when separate civil parishes were established. Many Church of England parishes still align, fully or in part, with civil ...
The building today is largely medieval, but was restored from near-ruinous conditions in the 1860s by George Gilbert Scott. [1] The present spire, replacing a "Hertfordshire spike" on the tower, dates from this time. [4] The parish and benefice of St Alban St Stephen are within the Diocese of St Albans. [5]
The Church of St Thomas the Apostle in Lymington in Hampshire, is the main Anglican Church of England parish church for the town. There has been a church on the site for 800 years and the original foundations are believed to date to the reign of Henry III but was largely rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries.
St Wystan's Church is a Church of England parish church in Repton, Derbyshire, that is famous for its Anglo-Saxon crypt which is the burial place of two Mercian kings. [1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade I listed building , and is dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon Saint Wystan (or Wigstan) , who was ...
St. Peter's Church, Eaton Square, is a Church of England parish church at the east end of Eaton Square, Belgravia, London.It is a neoclassical building designed by the architect Henry Hakewill with a hexastyle portico with Ionic columns and a clock tower.
St Mary the Great is a Church of England parish and university church at the north end of King's Parade in central Cambridge, England. It is known locally as Great St Mary's or simply GSM to distinguish it from "Little St Mary's". It is one of the Greater Churches. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. [1]