Church of England Parish Church - Notable Parish Churches

Notable Parish Churches

Notable Church of England parish churches include:

  • Ashmanhaugh, Norfolk, St. Swithin, The smallest round-tower church in the UK.
  • Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, St Peter's Church: good Saxon tower
  • Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, Beverley Minster: Perpendicular west front, continuous vault, Percy tomb, Hawksmoor font cover.
  • Boston, Lincolnshire, St Botolph's Church: The Stump, lantern interior, 62 misericords.
  • Bristol, St Mary Redcliffe Church: Twin porches, Perpendicular interior, 1,200 roof bosses.
  • Brompton, Kensington, London, Holy Trinity ("HTB"): Evangelical Anglican church where the Alpha course was first developed.
  • Brent, London, St Gabriels, Cricklewood, a New Wine church home to an historic organ used in BBC radio recitals.
  • Burford, Oxfordshire, St John's Church: Merchants' guild chapel, Red Indian memorial, Kempe glass.
  • Canterbury, Kent, St Martin's: oldest surviving CofE parish church of English origin
  • Cheadle, Staffordshire, St Giles's Church: Pugin's complete 13th-century recreation.
  • Christchurch, Dorset, Christchurch Priory: Norman exterior, Decorated screen, Perpendicular tombs and chantries.
  • Cirencester, Gloucestershire, St John the Baptist's Church: Perpendicular porch, fan vaults, merchants' tombs.
  • Culbone, Somerset, St Culbone's Church: smallest parish church in England
  • Doncaster, St George's Minster: "South Yorkshire's most majestic building"
  • Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, All Saints' Church.
  • Fairford, Gloucestershire, St Mary's Church: Complete set of medieval glass, stone carvings, misericords.
  • Gawber, Barnsley, St Thomas the Apostle: a most beautiful small church in South Yorkshire
  • Grantham, Lincolnshire, St Wulfram's Church: Steeple and west front, Decorated tracery, Corbel-table carvings.
  • Hull, Yorkshire, Holy Trinity Church: claims to be the largest parish church in the country
  • Leeds, Parish Church of St. Peter: Leeds has no Anglican cathedral, so the Parish church has several administrative functions below that of Ripon Cathedral.
  • Liverpool, Our Lady and St Nicholas: Liverpool's 'sailors' church', traditional emigrant's landmark on leaving for the New World
  • Long Melford, Suffolk, Holy Trinity Church: Richest East Anglian church, Clopton Chantry, Lily Crucifix, medieval glass.
  • Ludlow, Shropshire: St Laurence's Church: Medieval Palmers' glass, Pietà bench-end, civic tombs.
  • Ottery St Mary, Devon: Miniature Exeter Cathedral, painted roof, fan-vaulted aisle.
  • Patrington, East Riding of Yorkshire, St Patrick’s Church: Octagonal tower top, Decorated carvings throughout.
  • Pershore Abbey, Worcestershire: former abbey restored by George Gilbert Scott
  • Plymouth, Devon, St Andrew's Church: rebuilt after World War II
  • Selby, North Yorkshire, Selby Abbey: Norman nave, chancel stiff-leaf, east window tracery with medieval glass.
  • Sherborne, Dorset, Sherborne Abbey: Complete fan vault, carved bosses, misericords.
  • Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, Tewkesbury Abbey: Norman nave, 'Son of York' bosses, Despenser tombs, medieval glass.
  • Walpole St Peter, Norfolk, St Peter's Church: Nave woodwork, font cover, 'bolt-hole' tunnel.
  • Warwick, Warwickshire, St Mary's Church: Beauchamp Chapel and tombs.
  • Westminster, London, All Saints, Margaret Street: Anglo-Catholic shrine.
  • Westminster, London, St Margaret's: the parish church of the British Houses of Parliament

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