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St James, Trowbridge, Wiltshire

Location
(51°19′5″N, 2°12′49″W)
Trowbridge
ST 852 577
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Wiltshire
now Wiltshire
medieval Old Sarum
now Salisbury
medieval St James
now St James
  • Allan Brodie
8 May 1993

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Feature Sets
Description

St James' is a large, late 15th century, Perpendicular church. It had a major restoration in 1847-8 by Manners and Gill which included reconstructing the chancel, both arcades and the clerestory. The church includes four Romanesque coffin lids, including one inscribed and carved with a cross and diaper pattern.

History

The DB only records that Beorhtric held Trowbridge and that his father held it at the time of Kind Edward.

Features

Furnishings

Tombs/Graveslabs

Bibliography

DCMS Listing Description, 1284401.

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth 1975, 2nd edition, p. 531.

Victoria County History of Wiltshire Volume VII, 125-71, esp. 152-7.