Lady St. Mary Church, Wareham

Coordinates: 50°41′04″N 2°06′28″W / 50.684313°N 2.107747°W / 50.684313; -2.107747

Lady St. Mary Church, Wareham
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Church of England
History
Founded circa 800[1]
Dedication Saint Mary
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade I listed
Style Norman, Gothic
Administration
Diocese Salisbury

Lady St. Mary Church, Wareham is a church of Anglo-Saxon origin in the town of Wareham, Dorset in England. The church is notable as the possible burial place of King Beorhtric,[2] and for the discovery of five stones with Brittonic inscriptions dating to the 7th to 9th centuries.[2] A notable feature is the unique hexagonal lead font dating to around 1200. The Anglo-Saxon nave was demolished in 1842.[3]

The first recorded rector of the church was Peter de Deserto (1302–08) who followed Prior Nicholas Bynet (c. 1296). In 1678 the rectory was annexed to that of Holy Trinity, Wareham, and the first rector of both parishes was John Jones.[4]

English Heritage have designated the church a Grade I listed building.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Gem, Richard (1993). "Journal of the British Archaeological Association" 146. British Archaeological Association: 42.
  2. 1 2 Cramp, Rosemary (2006). Corpus of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture in England, Volume 7. Oxford University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-19-726334-1.
  3. ↑ Friar, Stephen (1996). A companion to the English parish church. Sutton Publishing. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-7509-1829-9.
  4. ↑ Rowe, Lionel (c. 1960) The Churches of Wareham, Dorset; 9th ed. Gloucester: British Publishing Company; p. 29
  5. ↑ Historic England. "Parish Church of Lady St Mary (1120029)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 June 2014.

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