St Mary the Virgin, Wotton-under-Edge

St Mary the Virgin, Wotton-under-Edge
St Mary the Virgin, Wotton-under-Edge
St Mary the Virgin, Wotton-under-Edge
51°38′20.5″N 2°20′53″W / 51.639028°N 2.34806°W / 51.639028; -2.34806
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipBroad Church
History
DedicationSt Mary
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseGloucester
ParishWotton-under-Edge
Clergy
VicarRev Lesley Hewish
PriestRevd Peter Marsh
Laity
OrganistEddie Garrard

St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of the town of Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire. It is a Grade I listed building. St Mary's was consecrated on 19 August 1283 by Bishop of Worcester, Godfrey Giffard. It is believed that most of the church as it is today was completed in 1325, some 171 years after its first recorded vicar, Gerinus, in 1154. It is one of four churches in Wotton-under-Edge.

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