St Michael's Church, Winterbourne

St Michael the Archangel Church or simply St Michael's Church is an Anglican parish church located in Winterbourne, South Gloucestershire, on the northern fringe of Bristol. It was built in the 12th century and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.[1]

Saint Michael's Church, Winterbourne, April 1859, salted-paper print, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC

St Michael the Archangel Church
St Michael's Church, Winterbourne is located in Bristol
St Michael's Church, Winterbourne
Location within Bristol
General information
Town or cityWinterbourne, Bristol
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.5267°N 2.5184°W / 51.5267; -2.5184
Construction started12th century

The Church is located to the west of Winterbourne, largely surrounded by fields and woodland, though a number of cottages flank it. Despite its rather isolated location its prominent spire is clearly visible for miles around. Behind the Church's most recent graveyard is the Monks Pool nature reserve and the Bradley Brook. Winterbourne Court, a 14th-century tithe barn, stands immediately adjacent to the Church.

In the churchyard's north-west corner is the war grave of a Devonshire Regiment soldier of World War II.[2]

St Michael's is part of the Fromeside Partnership, an association between the local ecclesiastical parishes of Coalpit Heath, Frampton Cotterell, Winterbourne and Winterbourne Down.[3]

References
  1. "Church of St. Michael". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
  2. CWGC Casualty Record.
  3. Saint Peter's Church, Frampton Cotterell, The Fromeside Partnership, November 2008 Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Michael the Archangel, Winterbourne, Gloucestershire.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.