St Michael's Church, Bray
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Location | Bray, Berkshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Website | braystmichael.co.uk |
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Parish | Bray and Braywood |
Deanery | Maidenhead and Windsor |
Archdeaconry | Berkshire |
St Michael’s Church, Bray is a Grade II* listed parish church[1] in the Church of England in Bray, Berkshire.
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History
The church dates from 1293, supposedly to replace a Saxon church at Water Oakley.[2]
It was partly rebuilt ca. 1500 and extensively restored 1857–82 by Thomas Henry Wyatt.
It has a number of sculptures which may have come from the earlier church, including a damaged Sheela na Gig.
The ecclesiastical parish shares the wide parish boundaries so is named Bray St Michael with Braywoodside.[3]
Monuments
The church contains several brasses from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, notably that of 1378 to Sir John Foxley, the Constable of Southampton Castle. Other monuments are:
- William Goddard of Philibert, d.1609, founder of Jesus Hospital, and Joyce Maunsell his wife, d.1622.[4]
Vicars of Bray
See The Vicar of Bray for the satirical description, or The Vicar of Bray (song) for the English folk song.
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- ↑ The Church of England "A Church Near You".
- ↑ Victoria County History for Berkshire. Vol III., p.107