Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bury

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Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bury

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed building in Bury, Greater Manchester historically in the county of Lancashire.

1 History
2 See also
3 External links
4 References

[edit] History

Church records suggest that the first church was built on the site in 971 when parishes were first formed by King Edgar, although this is likely to have been a wood and thatch structure. Churches of this type of construction are thought to have been used until a church in the gothic style was completed in 1585. Between 1773 and 1780 the main body of this church was demolished and rebuilt leaving only the spire from the original church. The spire was replaced in 1842 but by 1870 the wood in the rest of the church had rotted and a new building was needed. The new church designed by the architect JS Crowther, leaving the 1842 spire in place, was officially opened on the Feast of the Annunciation on 2 February 1876.^[1]