The Church of St Gregory in Weare

Weare, Somerset

Weare and Lower Weare are small villages in Somerset, England, on the River Axe, south of the Mendip Hills. The parish comprises the villages of Upper and Lower Weare, and the hamlets of Alston Sutton, Brinscombe and Stone Allerton....

, Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

, England dates from the 11th century, although most of the building is from the 15th, and has been designated as a grade I listed building.

The tower was built around 1407. It is in four stages with pinnacle

Pinnacle

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s and pierced parapet.

In the churchyard is a 15th century cross, and a 19th century church room.

In 1257 the church was granted to St Augustine's Abbey in Bristol

Bristol

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 and after the dissolution of the monasteries

Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...

 given to the dean and chapter of Bristol Cathedral

Bristol Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity is the Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England, and is commonly known as Bristol Cathedral...

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The font

Baptismal font

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 is older than the building dating from about 1150, while the pulpit

Pulpit

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 is Jacobean

Jacobean architecture

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The parish is part of the Crook Peak benefice

Benefice

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 within the Axbridge

Axbridge

Axbridge is a town in Somerset, England, situated in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. The town population according to the 2001 census was 2,024.-History:...

deanery.