St. Mary's Churchyard
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St. Mary's Churchyard

Bathwick, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England

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    Coordinates: 51.38761, -2.35435
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Not to be confused with St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, which is still an open and active churchyard.
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[source BANES Website]

This is the older of two CLOSED churchyards relating to St Mary's, Bathwick. (The newer closed churchyard is located off of Horseshoe Lane in the Smallcombe Valley.)

It was opened when the original 12th century St Mary's church was demolished to widen Bathwick Road. Stone from the original church was used in the building of the mortuary chapel which was designed by Thomas Pinch. The mortuary chapel was needed to enable funerals to take place during the time between the removal of the old church and completion of the new church. Thomas Pinch was as famous an architect as John Wood in his time, although his name is less well-known today. He is buried beside the ruins of his mortuary chapel which is a grade II listed building.

The churchyard was opened in 1808 and closed around 1825, although burials continued to take place there until the 1860s







Not to be confused with St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, which is still an open and active churchyard.
----------------
[source BANES Website]

This is the older of two CLOSED churchyards relating to St Mary's, Bathwick. (The newer closed churchyard is located off of Horseshoe Lane in the Smallcombe Valley.)

It was opened when the original 12th century St Mary's church was demolished to widen Bathwick Road. Stone from the original church was used in the building of the mortuary chapel which was designed by Thomas Pinch. The mortuary chapel was needed to enable funerals to take place during the time between the removal of the old church and completion of the new church. Thomas Pinch was as famous an architect as John Wood in his time, although his name is less well-known today. He is buried beside the ruins of his mortuary chapel which is a grade II listed building.

The churchyard was opened in 1808 and closed around 1825, although burials continued to take place there until the 1860s







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  • Added: 22 May 2014
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2541647