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St Mary le Port Church, Bristol

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times after Anglo-Saxon foundations were found during archaeological excavations and Saxon pottery was found nearby. The church was rebuilt and enlarged between the 11th and 16th centuries.
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Although many of the parish records of St Mary le Port church were destroyed when the church was bombed, some archive material is held at
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in 1995. The C of E (Continuing) no longer lists a congregation in Bristol; some of the congregation joined with the new
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Bristol in the Early Middle Ages, University of Bristol (Bristol branch of the Historical Association), 1971, p6.
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in 1984 (after a protracted struggle by the congregation). The remaining congregation then moved to the
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painted an evocative picture of the bombed St Mary le Port. This image appears on the 1/6d British
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surrounded during the latter years of the 20th century by the incongruous modernist buildings of
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After the bombing in 1940 the congregation and their rector, William Dodgson-Sykes, moved to
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Samuel Abraham Walker, rector 1857–1879 (born Dublin, 1809, died 30 November 1879) (source,
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During the 19th and early 20th centuries the church was a very popular centre of
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William Waite, rector, born 1764, died 1842, dates at St Mary le Port unknown
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Tower of Church of St Mary-le-Port grade II listed from Images of England
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St Mary le Port, Bristol by John Piper (1940) (Tate N05718)
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William Dodgson Sykes, rector (as at 1940) (editor of
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ChurchCrawler page: detailed text & many photos
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St Mary le Port Church, Bristol is located in Bristol Central
Bristol
Coordinates
51°27′17″N 2°35′30″W / 51.4547°N 2.5916°W / 51.4547; -2.5916
parish church
Bristol
Castle Park
Mary le Port Street
Saxon
evangelical
Protestant
Calvinist

Second World War
Bristol Blitz
John Piper
commemorative stamp
listed building
Scheduled Ancient Monument
Norwich Union
Bank of England
St John on the Wall Church
Church Commissioners
Chapel of Foster's Almshouses
Church of England (Continuing)
Free Presbyterian Church (Ulster)
Horfield, Bristol
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