St. Mary, Great Barrington, Gloucestershire

Description

The church of St. Mary is a building of stone in the Norman and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of three bays, north aisle, north porch and an embattled tower containing 6 bells: in the aisle is a handsome marble monument with figures of an angel and two children, erected by Edmund Bray, in 1720, to the memory of his children, and in the chancel are mural tablets to Mary (de Cardonell), d. 1787, wife of William, and Baron and 1st Earl Talbot; and to George Talbot, 3rd Baron Dynevor, who died 9th April, 1852, and Frances (Townshend) his wife: here is also a recumbent, effigy, much mutilated, of a knight: the church has been restored since 1873 at a cost of £1,500, and affords sittings for 200 persons.

Church Records

The register dates from about the year 1547.