Churchyard, St. Bridget - Bride, Isle of Man
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N 54° 22.951 W 004° 23.372
30U E 409756 N 6026971
Churchyard, St. Bridget Church in the village of Bride, Isle of Man
Waymark Code: WMX2Z5
Location: Isle of Man
Date Posted: 11/19/2017
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The older part of the churchyard lies to the south and east of the present church whilst there are modern extension to the west and to a greater extent the North.
The present Church was consecrated in 1876 by Bishop Selwyn and replaced an earlier building. It is Italianate in style, with a barrel roof and an east end apse. The Bell is integrated into the main building.
Many headstones in the churchyard feature several local names such as Cowle, Garret, Joughin abd Kneale.
Notable graves include the following:
John Cowell, who served on board HMS Tremeraire at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and died in 1863,aged 77; and
Sir Norman Wisdom OBE, the English actor, comedian and singer-songwriter. (
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In the western part of the churchyard is the Parish War Memorials with the names of the nine men lost in both World Wars. (
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source: A Gazetteer of The Isle of Man by Leslie Quilliam RBV (ISBN 0-9514539-1-2)
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source: Churches of Man by Jonathan Kewley (ISBN 978-1-899602-82-7)
source: An Introduction To The Architecture of the Isle of Man by Patricia Tutt (ISBN 978-1-907945-10-6)