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Christchurch Priory
Priory Church of the Holy Trinity, Christchurch
Christchurch Priory photographed in 2023
Map
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipBroad Church
Websitewww.christchurchpriory.org
History
DedicationHoly Trinity
Specifications
Length311ft (91m)
Tower height120ft (37m)
Bells13
Tenor bell weight27-0-0
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseWinchester
ParishChristchurch
Clergy
Vicar(s)The Revd Charles Stewart
Laity
Organist/Director of musicSimon Earl
Organist(s)Geoffrey Morgan

Christchurch Priory is an ecclesiastical parish and former priory church in Christchurch in the English county of Dorset (formerly in Hampshire). It is one of the longest parish churches in the country and is as large as many of the Church of England Cathedrals.

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following the Second World War. There he was Organist and Choirmaster of Christchurch Priory from 1949 until his death, and became renowned for the high quality...

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of Hampshire since changes in county boundaries led to the larger Christchurch Priory being now included in Dorset. The current vicar is the Reverend Thomas...

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key details of Hermann de Tournai's account are confirmed by the Christchurch Priory cartulary, the bulk of which was compiled by 1372. It records that...

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Dorset

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house; Forde Abbey, a stately home and former Cistercian monastery; Christchurch Priory, the longest church in England; and St Edwold's church, one of the...

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religious houses and was probably attached to the medieval estate which Christchurch Priory held at Brookley. The manor house of Brochelie was situated on the...

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visible, and many fragments of sculpture also survive. Christchurch Priory, Dorset. Christchurch Priory contains a boldly carved reredos in high-relief of...

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Ibsley, Kingston, Sopley and Burton. It ends near the coast at Christchurch Priory, Dorset. The path is waymarked with green arrows featuring a bridge...

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Jenkin 1980–1986 Martin Schellenberg (later Director of Music of Christchurch Priory) 1986–1989 Tony Pinel 1989–1991 Claire Hobbs 1991–1994 Ian Ball 1994–2001...

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church, behind Beverley Minster in East Yorkshire (3489 m2) and Christchurch Priory in Dorset (2815 m2). It was founded in 1101 by Herbert de Losinga...

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Misericord

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13th century. Slightly earlier individual examples are present at Christchurch Priory and St Mary the Virgin, Hemingbrough. The vast majority of English...

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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eventually buried either at St Peter's Church, Bournemouth or in Christchurch Priory. Hunt also retrieved a piece of Shelley's jawbone which, in 1913...

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Hengistbury Head

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past. Recorded as Hedenesburia in an early 12th century deed in the Christchurch Priory cartulary. In the mid-17th century it was referred to as Hynsebury...

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in 1881. In the west porch are stones from Canterbury Cathedral, Christchurch Priory, Tintern Abbey, Glastonbury Abbey, Herod's Temple, St Paul's Cathedral...

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List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England

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"Gresley Priory (921513)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 23 June 2013. "Austin canons: Priory of Holy Trinity or Christchurch, Aldgate"...

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Highcliffe School

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co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Highcliffe-on-Sea (near Christchurch) in the English county of Dorset. The school has a £4,000,000 technology...

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Commons has media related to Wimborne Minster. Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory by Rev.Thomas Perkins. A Short History of Their Foundation and a...

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Portland stone

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and the first stone London Bridge in 1350. Exeter Cathedral and Christchurch Priory, also constructed during the 14th Century, are built of Portland...

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Southampton Airport. Before World War II, Bournemouth's airport was Christchurch Airfield. From November 1944, the airfield took over from Bristol's Whitchurch...

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days later, a portion of the fish was collected by a canon from Christchurch Priory and taken away as tithe. "La Bournemowthe", however, was purely a...

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Arthur Romney Green

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1880s. Some examples of Romney Green's furniture are exhibited in Christchurch Priory, All Saints Church in Catherington, Hampshire, and the Victoria and...

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