- Church of the Resurrection, Hurley
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Church of the Resurrection Church of the Resurrection, Hurley 
Hurley shown within in Warwickshire
Church of the ResurrectionCoordinates: 52°33′35″N 1°38′13″W / 52.559797°N 1.637053°W OS grid reference SP 247 958 Location Hurley, Warwickshire Country England Denomination Church of England Churchmanship Anglican Website Kingsbury And Baxterley Churches Administration Diocese Diocese of Birmingham Province Province of Canterbury Clergy Vicar(s) Revd. Janet Gasper MD Laity Churchwarden(s) Mr. Nicholas Guy And Dr. Paul Beavon. Church of the Resurrection is a small wooden Church of England church in Hurley, Warwickshire, England, dating from 1861 It is part of the parish of Baxterley with Hurley and Wood End.
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History
The church was built in 1861[1] as a school. It was also used for Sunday services. the school later moved to a brick building behind the original wooden building. the later building was knocked down in 1998, when it was replaced by the current school building a short distance away. The foundations of the second building are still visible on the car park. [2]
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The Church is made of wood and cast iron and is a green colour, it sits on the edge of Hurley. There is a graveyard to the church a short distance way, It is part of the Kingsbury and Baxterley group of churches along with Baxterley, Kingsbury, Merevale and Wood End, All five share the same vicar who is currently Revd. Janet Gasper.
It is part of the Deanery of Polesworth, which is part of the Arch Deanery of Aston.
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- Bibliography
- Salzman, L F, ed. (1947), The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of the County of Warwick: Hemlingford Hundred, IV, A Constanle, pp. 100–114, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42664
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Categories:- Church of England churches in Warwickshire
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