Gate into the Old St Mary's Church site, Woodchester
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Gate into the Old St Mary's Church site, Woodchester
Image: © Caroline Evans Taken: 18 Apr 2011
The gate is locked up but you can climb the steps to the left to get into the site of the old historic church that was superseded by a new church built in the middle of Woodchester, consecrated in September 1863 under the Rector George Henry Evans. A priest was recorded at Woodchester in 896 and architectural evidence shows that there was a church there in the 12th century. Stone and some memorials were taken to use in the new building.
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Image Location
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51.726476
Longitude
-2.233338