Church of St Augustine - Locking, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, UK.
N 51° 19.936 W 002° 54.883
30U E 505941 N 5686779
The Church of St Augustine has been the site of Christian worship for over 800 years. St Augustine's is located in Locking, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, Great Britain.
Waymark Code: WMMC66
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/30/2014
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St Augustine's Church Locking - There is a list of Vicars dating from 1370-AD, shown in the church info leaflet.
"The first written mention of the church comes in 1217 in a charter concerning gifts by a wealthy resident of 'Lokyng' to canons of nearby Woodspring Priory. an Augustinian priory founded to commemorate Thomas à Becket. The Prior and Convent of Woodspring were patrons of the church until the priory's dissolution in 1536 during the Reformation in the reign of King Henry VIII." Text Source: (
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"Parish church (Anglican). Late C14/early C15, 1814/16, 1833, some later
restoration. Rubble, mainly rendered, plinths brought to courses, ashlar
buttresses, freestone dressings, slate roofs. West tower, nave, north aisle,
south porch, chancel, north vestry. 3 stage Perpendicular tower, diagonal
buttresses with weathered setbacks, polygonal south east stair turret with
octagonal cone cap surmounted by ball finial and weathervane." Text source: (
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