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Westbury Church and Bell Tower
Heritage Open Day: The Church of St Peter, Paul and Mary occupies the same site as the Bell Tower, previously a church in its own right.
The site has a history going back to the Crusades and then the English Civil War. The parish church of St Mary, St Peter & St Paul is on the edge of the small village of Westbury on Severn in the beautiful Vale of Gloucester. It is an enormous church, the length of two cricket pitches, which suggests the importance it once had in the area. A few yards away from the main building is a stone tower, containing a peal of six bells, which is probably the only surviving part of an earlier church. Cromwell’s soldiers stabled their horses here at one point during the Civil War.
Almost as old as the tower is the tall wooden spire on top.
The site has a history going back to the Crusades and then the English Civil War. The parish church of St Mary, St Peter & St Paul is on the edge of the small village of Westbury on Severn in the beautiful Vale of Gloucester. It is an enormous church, the length of two cricket pitches, which suggests the importance it once had in the area. A few yards away from the main building is a stone tower, containing a peal of six bells, which is probably the only surviving part of an earlier church. Cromwell’s soldiers stabled their horses here at one point during the Civil War.
Almost as old as the tower is the tall wooden spire on top.
Sat 12 Sep, Sun 13 Sep, Sat 19 Sep, Sun 20 Sep
Church of St Peter, Paul and Mary, The Village, Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire GL14 1PA
Sat 12 Sep:1100-1500; Sun 13 Sep:1100-1500; Sat 19 Sep:1100-1500; Sun 20 Sep:1100-1500; Free Entry.
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