St Marys Church Painswick Gloucestershire #2
by Gordon James
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St Marys Church Painswick Gloucestershire #2
Artist
Gordon James
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Photograph - Photography Digital
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St.Mary’s, Church, New st, Painswick, Gloucestershire, GL6 6XH.
Painswick St Mary’s lies in the centre of the Benefice and is the largest church and parish. Painswick is in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds and has a population of about 2000 people.
The village is known as the ‘Queen of the Cotswolds and is one of England’s oldest ‘Wool Towns’, the wealth from wool production and weaving in the area gave the town many fine buildings, particularly St. Mary’s Church.
Whenever you approach Painswick, from north, south, east or west, your eyes will rest upon the tall, beautiful spire of St. Mary’s Church with its weathercock standing some 639 feet above sea level. As a church in the heart of the community, Painswick Church is also very famous for its 99 Yew Trees (dating back to the 18th century), which stand in the large churchyard. The legend states that 100th tree will never grow?
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June 27th, 2023
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