Westbury-on-Trym / Huesberie / Westburi

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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Holy Trinity parish church, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England, seen from the west".
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INFORMATION

FontID: 21977WES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity
Church Location: Church Rd, Westbury on Trym, Bristol BS9 3EQ, UK -- Tel.: (0117) 950 8644
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the A4162, NNW of Bristol
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bristol
Historical Region: Hundred of Bentry
Date: ca. 1194?
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Norman
Church Notes: original churches 8thC [first ca. 716; second ca. 796]; 10thC [ca. 963-964] Benedictine priory founded; collegiate church in 1194 became present church with nave and aisles of 13thC, the rest Perpendicular
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Westbury [-on-Trym] [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/ST5777/westbury-on-trym/] [accessed 11 February 2019] but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Gloucester, vol. 2, 1907) notes: "It has been surmised that a monastery was founded at Westbury-on-Trym about 716. [...] It was most probably a place of residence for a number of priests who lived their life in common, but were not under monastic vows. In 824 the cathedral church of Worcester obtained possession of the church and lands of Westbury. [...] Nothing is known of the fate of the minster during the Danish invasions, but it is unlikely that it escaped being plundered and burnt. [...] Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester, [...] recovered the church from William the Conqueror, rebuilt it, and making it dependent on the cathedral monastery of Worcester". The entry for this church in Histortic England [Listing NGR: ST5733577403] notes: "A collegiate church from 1194, early C13 nave and aisles, C15 chancel, chapels and tower. [...] C19 font, octagonal on marble shafts".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.4903, -2.6294
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 29′ 25.08″ N, 2° 37′ 45.84″ W
UTM: 30U 525730 5704416

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2019-02-11 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.