Gloucester No. 10 / Glouuecestre / Glowecestre

INFORMATION

FontID: 18087GLO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary de Grace [aka St. Mary in the Market, Graceland's] [demolished in the 1650s]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: [cf. FontNotes]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Gloucester
Historical Region: Hundred of Dudstone
Century and Period: 12th century, Medieval
There are five entries for Gloucester [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/SO8318/gloucester/] [accessed 12 April 2020] none of which mentions priest or church in it. The Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 4, 1988) notes: "The church or chapel, in the middle of Westgate Street near the Cross, [...] had been built by 1176. It was then known as St. Mary in the market (fn. 344) but by 1201 it was usually distinguished by its position by the entrance to Grace (later St. John's) Lane [...] The building, which was in disrepair by the time of the siege of 1643, [..,] was used by the city corporation as a magazine until 1651 [...] completed the demolition in 1654 and 1655". [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2012-06-21 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.