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St Owen's Church was a church and parish within the
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St Owen's Church was a church and parish within the City of Gloucester
Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east of the ...
in Gloucestershire, England. The parish church of St Owen's was situated on Southgate Street, just outside the South Gate of the formerly walled city, and was founded before 1100, but was demolished by the City Corporation in 1643, during the Civil War in advance of the Siege of Gloucester.
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In 1730 the Southgate Congregational Church was built on the site, and by 2010 the site was again vacant and was being used as a car park.History
It was probably founded late in the 11th century, by Roger de Gloucester, who provided two chaplains for it. 'Gloucester: Churches and chapels', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4, the City of Gloucester, ed. N M Herbert (London, 1988), pp. 292-31/ref>
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