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Church of St Margaret, Bowers Gifford

Coordinates: 51°33′25″N 0°31′54″E / 51.556828°N 00.531563°E / 51.556828; 00.531563
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Church of St Margaret
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51°33′25″N 0°31′54″E / 51.556828°N 00.531563°E / 51.556828; 00.531563
DenominationChurch of England
WebsiteSt Margaret's Church
History
DedicationMargaret the Virgin
Architecture
Functional statusParish church
Heritage designationGrade II*
Designated4 July 1955[2]
Architectural typeChurch
Administration
DioceseChelmsford[1]
ParishBowers Gifford with North Benfleet[1]

The Church of St Margaret, is a grade II* listed church near Bowers Gifford, Essex.[2]

The church is notable for being surrounded by fields but immediately adjacent to the main railway line to London.[3]

In common with many Essex churches it features a wooden bell-cot surmounting a stone tower.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bowers Gifford: St Margaret". The Church of England. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Church of St Margaret". National Heritage List for England. Historic England.
  3. ^ "Church by the tracks". BBC. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Timber work in churches". Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, Volume 4. 1869. p. 99.

St Margaret's Church