St Mary's Church, Portbury
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St Mary's Church in Portbury
, Somerset
, England is an Anglican parish church close to the M5 motorway
. It is a Grade I listed building.
It dates from the 12th century, with alteration and extension in the 13th and restoration
between 1870 and 1875. It has a Norman doorway and grand fifteenth century porch. Inside there are early Berkeley burials.
There are a number of elderly yew
trees in the surrounding graveyard with one reputed to be 900 years old. The Church was extensively renovated in the 19th Century when a cast iron heating system was installed.
The parish is part of the benefice
of Pill, Portbury and Easton in Gordano
within the Portishead
deanery.
Portbury
Portbury is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England within the Unitary Authority of North Somerset.The parish includes the hamlet of Sheepway which is situated on the moorland at the northern edge of the Gordano valley, between the Gordano services on the M5 motorway and Portishead, near...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England is an Anglican parish church close to the M5 motorway
M5 motorway
The M5 is a motorway in England. It runs from a junction with the M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter in Devon. Heading south-west, the M5 runs east of West Bromwich and west of Birmingham through Sandwell Valley...
. It is a Grade I listed building.
It dates from the 12th century, with alteration and extension in the 13th and restoration
Victorian restoration
Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...
between 1870 and 1875. It has a Norman doorway and grand fifteenth century porch. Inside there are early Berkeley burials.
There are a number of elderly yew
Taxus
Taxus is a genus of yews, small coniferous trees or shrubs in the yew family Taxaceae. They are relatively slow-growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of 1-40 m, with trunk diameters of up to 4 m...
trees in the surrounding graveyard with one reputed to be 900 years old. The Church was extensively renovated in the 19th Century when a cast iron heating system was installed.
The parish is part of the benefice
Benefice
A benefice is a reward received in exchange for services rendered and as a retainer for future services. The term is now almost obsolete.-Church of England:...
of Pill, Portbury and Easton in Gordano
Easton in Gordano
Easton in Gordano sometimes shortened to "E-I-G" is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is within the District of North Somerset and in 2001 the population was 4,719....
within the Portishead
Portishead, Somerset
Portishead is a coastal town on the Severn Estuary within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset England. It has a population of 22,000, an increase of over 3,000 since the 2001 census, with a growth rate of 40 per cent, considerably in excess...
deanery.