The Church of St Mary's is an
Anglican Church in
Bishopstoke
Bishopstoke, a village recorded in the Domesday Book, is a civil parish in the borough of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. Bishopstoke was also mentioned when King Alfred the Great's grandson King Eadred, granted land at "Stohes" to Thegn Aelfric ...
,
Hampshire.
St Mary's was designed by
Edward Prioleau Warren and built during 1890/91 by Wheeler Bros. of
Reading, Berkshire at a cost of £4,200.
It was consecrated on 12 November 1891 by the
Bishop of Guildford. Financial limitations meant that a
Perpendicular tower included in the design had to be added later and this was completed in 1909.
This church replaced an earlier building called St Mary's Church which stood on a different site nearer to the
River Itchen, (at ). It had been rebuilt in 1825, but by 1908 had been completely demolished.
External links
The Parish of BishopstokeDiocese of Winchester
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Eastleigh Churches Together
Church of England church buildings in Hampshire
Grade II listed churches in Hampshire
Churches completed in 1891
19th-century Church of England church buildings
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