St Mary the Virgin, Henbury

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St Mary the Virgin

Building information
Location Bristol
Country England
Completion Date 12th century

St Mary the Virgin is a church in the Henbury area of Bristol, England.

It was built around 1200 with the nave and lower tower surviving from that period. In the early 13th century the upper tower, chancel and south chapel were added. The north chapel was built and restoration work was carried out by Thomas Rickman in 1836, and the church was further restored by George Edmund Street in 1875-7.

It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.[1]

The slave known as Scipio Africanus is buried in the churchyard in a grave with elaborate head and foot stones.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Church of St Mary the Virgin. Images of England. Retrieved on March 16, 2007.

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