Benchmark - St Mary - Corley, Warwickshire
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N 52° 27.793 W 001° 33.494
30U E 597950 N 5813538
Cut benchmark on St Mary's, the parish church of Corley.
Waymark Code: WMVJ1V
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/23/2017
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Cut benchmark on St Mary's, the parish church of Corley.
|
Square |
Easting |
Northing |
Mark type |
Description |
Height |
Order |
Datum |
Verified year |
Metres above ground |
|
SP |
3012 |
8511 |
CUT MARK |
CORLEY CH NW FACE N ANG |
179.134 |
3 |
'N' |
1964 |
0.600 |
"A small church with an early 12thc. nave, a later 12thc. N aisle and a chancel ofc.1300; the W end, with its neo-Norman windows, was rebuilt in 1893. Plain 12thc. windows in the nave S wall and above the N nave arcade, the latter once on the exterior of the church. The early fabric is of red sandstone rubble. Romanesque sculpture is found in the S doorway of the nave and in the N nave arcade; there is also a carved stone inset into the E nave wall to the R of the chancel arch.
In 1066 and in 1086, Godwin held 1 hide here of the King. By 1315 the over;lordship had passed to the Earls of Warwick, and under them the manor was held by the Hastings, Lords of Fillongley, who had subinfeudated it at an early date to the Ringesdon family. No mention of a priest in DS. The earliest recorded advowson in 1190 belonged to Adam de Ringesdon. Following a number of disputes, it was appropriated by Coventry Priory, where it remained until the Dissolution.
VCH suggests that the medieval dedication may have been to St Mary."
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