St Laurence’s Church, Bradford-on-Avon
St Laurence's Church, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, is one of very few surviving Anglo-Saxon churches in England that does not show later medieval alteration or rebuilding.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: church in Bradford on Avon, UK
- Also known as: “Church Of St Lawrence”, “Saxon Church”, “St Laurence Church”, and “The Saxon Church of St Lawrence”
Photo: Mattis, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and Bradford-on-Avon railway station.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: Charles Miller, CC BY 2.0.
Holy Trinity Church, Bradford-on-Avon is a Grade I listed church in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, with 12th-century origins. It is part of the Church of England within the Anglican Communion and Diocese of Salisbury.
Bradford-on-Avon railway station
Railway station
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Bradford-on-Avon railway station is a railway station on the Wessex Main Line in between Avoncliff and Trowbridge, serving the town of Bradford on Avon, in Wiltshire, England. Bradford-on-Avon railway station is situated 850 feet south of St Laurence’s Church, Bradford-on-Avon.
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, Bradford-on-Avon
Church
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The St Thomas More Roman Catholic Church is in Market Street, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England. The structure, which originally served as Bradford-on-Avon Town Hall, was designed by Thomas Fuller and is a Grade II listed building. St Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, Bradford-on-Avon is situated 610 feet northeast of St Laurence’s Church, Bradford-on-Avon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Turleigh and Avoncliff.
Turleigh
Hamlet
Turleigh is a hamlet in west Wiltshire, England. It lies immediately south of the village of Winsley, overlooking the Avon valley, about 1.2 miles west of Bradford on Avon.
Avoncliff
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Avoncliff is a small village in west Wiltshire, England, in the north of Westwood parish about 1.5 miles southwest of Bradford-on-Avon. It is the point at which the Kennet and Avon canal crosses the river and railway line via the Avoncliff Aqueduct, which was built by John Rennie and chief engineer John Thomas, between 1797 and 1801.
Conkwell
Hamlet
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Conkwell is a hamlet in Winsley parish, Wiltshire, England, near the county border with North East Somerset. It is about 2.3 miles west of Bradford-on-Avon and 3 miles southeast of the city of Bath. Conkwell is situated 2 miles northwest of St Laurence’s Church, Bradford-on-Avon.
St Laurence’s Church, Bradford-on-Avon
- Categories: building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.34703° or 51° 20′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.25383° or 2° 15′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C3V8PWW+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 126502502OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=churchWikidata ID
Q2323982
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“St Laurence’s Church, Bradford-on-Avon” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “埃文河畔布拉德福德聖羅倫斯教堂”
- Chinese: “雅芳河畔布拉福聖羅倫斯教堂”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت لورنس”
- German: “St Laurence (Bradford-on-Avon)”
- German: “St Laurence”
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