St Mary's church, Clevedon
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St Mary's church, Clevedon
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 31 Aug 2020
The church began life in the thirteenth century, with a tower base being added in the fourteenth. However, after the Reformation the church fell into disuse and became terribly damaged. But a Bristol-born man, John Norton (1823-1904), was charged with reviving the building and set about the task in the 1860s. He rebuilt the body of the church in Somerset Perpendicular style, and also used the tower base to construct the current tower. The new St Mary's was consecrated on November 5th, 1870.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.449293
Longitude
-2.850994