St Mary's Church, Henbury

Infobox Historic building

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name=St Mary the Virgin
location_town=Bristol
location_country=England
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longitude=-2.6325
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St Mary the Virgin (gbmapping|ST562788) is a church in the Henbury area of Bristol, England.

It was built around 1200 with the nave and lower tower surviving from that period. In the early 13th century the upper tower, chancel and south chapel were added. The north chapel was built and restoration work was carried out by Thomas Rickman in 1836, and the church was further restored by George Edmund Street in 1875-7.

It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building. [cite web | title= Church of St Mary the Virgin | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=379138 | accessdate=2007-03-16]

The slave known as Scipio Africanus is buried in the churchyard in a grave with elaborate head and foot stones. [cite web | title= Memorial to Scipio Africanus 10 metres NW of south porch of Church of St Mary | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=379142 | accessdate=2007-03-16] The churchyard also contains an obelisk marking the grave of Amelia Edwards.

The mortuary chapel in the churchyard was also built by Rickman and is grade II listed. [cite web | title= Mortuary chapel in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=379139 | accessdate=2007-03-16]

References

ee also

* Churches in Bristol
* Grade II* listed buildings in Bristol