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St Mary Redcliffe Church, c.1830s St Mary Redcliffe in the early 19th century, showing truncated spire In 1763, the chapel of the Holy Spirit, as well as the Churchyard Cross, were both demolished. The chapel of the Holy Spirit was a freestanding building constructed in the mid-13th century by Henry Tussun, who was Prebendary at nearby Bedminster.
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School is the only Church of England secondary school in the Diocese of Bristol. [27] It is a comprehensive state school and therefore does not select on academic merit. It is unusual, however, in that entry is not restricted by catchment area ; the school serves both the city and the outlying communities of Greater ...
Arms of William Canynges, as depicted on his canopied tomb in St Mary Redcliffe: Argent, 3 Moor's heads couped in profile proper wreathed around the temples of the first and azure. [2] The shape of the shield, being a late Tudor (16th century or later) escutcheon suggests this is a later addition or possibly repainting.
Redcliffe Street, by James Johnson, oil on canvas, c. 1825, showing the incomplete spire of St Mary Redcliffe looming above. Redcliffe was originally part of the manor of Bedminster, held by the Earls of Gloucester, divided from Bristol by the river Avon. Relatively deep water alongside the outcrops of red sandstone upon which St Mary Redcliffe ...
St Mary Redcliffe Pipe Walk is an annual tradition which sees participants follow the route of a conduit that runs from a water source in the Knowle area of Bristol to the church of St Mary Redcliffe, a distance of approximately 2 miles. New participants on the walk are traditionally 'bumped' on marker stones that record the route of the pipe.
Sealing the Tomb is a great altarpiece triptych by William Hogarth in the English city of Bristol.It was commissioned for St Mary Redcliffe in 1755. In the 19th century attempts were made to sell it, but it was given to the Bristol Fine Art Academy, which became the Royal West of England Academy.
They may also once have linked with the crypt of St Mary Redcliffe. [5] A survey in 1953 and 1954 explored and mapped the accessible portions and provided some evidence of the wider extent of the caves. [6]
In 1775, William Watts, a plumber, started converting his house, near St Mary Redcliffe Church, into the world's first shot tower, in order to make lead shot by his innovative tower process. He did this by adding a tower atop his house, and by excavating a shaft into the soft sandstone below , achieving a total drop of around 90 feet (27 m).