The Parish Church of St Lawrence, Taynton
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The Parish Church of St Lawrence, Taynton
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 29 Jul 2019
St Lawrence’s Church is a Grade II* listed building (Historic England List Entry Number: 1152696 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1152696 ). The present building dates from 1650. According to UK Genealogy Archives https://ukga.org/churches/Gloucestershire/2180.html “The ancient church of St. Lawrence, distant about 1½ miles from the village, together with the minister's house and outbuildings, were burned to the ground by a force of Royalists under Capt. Wiffin, a few days after the raising of the siege of Gloucester, at the beginning of Sept, 1643”. The new church, a single-cell building which forms the present nave, was built by order of Parliament in 1650 for Presbyterian worship. It was enlarged during the nineteenth century.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.897271
Longitude
-2.383476