St Mary's Church, Portbury
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| St Mary's Church | |
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 Location within Somerset
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| Town or city | Portbury |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°28′32″N 2°43′02″W / 51.4756°N 2.7173°W |
| Completed | 12th century |
St Mary's Church in Portbury, Somerset, England is an Anglican parish church close to the M5 motorway. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]
It dates from the 12th century, with alteration and extension in the 13th and restoration between 1870 and 1875. It has a Norman doorway and grand fifteenth century porch. Inside there are early Berkeley burials.[1]
There are a number of elderly yew trees in the surrounding graveyard with one reputed to be 900 years old.[2] The Church was extensively renovated in the 19th Century when a cast iron heating system was installed.[3]
The parish is part of the benefice of Pill, Portbury and Easton in Gordano within the Portishead deanery.[4]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b "St. Mary's Church". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33560. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ "St Mary the Virgin, Portbury". Heritage Group Website of the CIBSE. http://www.hevac-heritage.org/items_of_interest/heating/churches_&_chapels/portbury_church/portbury_church.htm. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- ^ "Church history". Pill, Portbury and Easton in Gordano churches. http://www.pillchurches.org.uk/site/49.asp. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- ^ "The Blessed Virgin Mary, Portbury". Church of England. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/portbury-the-blessed-virgin-mary/. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
