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St Mary de Crypt Church, Southgate Street, Gloucester GL1, is an Anglican〔(St Mary de Crypt, Gloucester. ) A Church Near You, 2010. Retrieved 21 June 2011.〕 Church, which was first recorded in 1140 as ''The Church of the Blessed Mary within Southgate''. It is in the Diocese of Gloucester and is located adjacent to the ruins of ''Greyfriars''. It has also been known as ''Christ Church'' and ''St. Mary in the South''.〔(St. Mary de Crypt Church. ) City of Gloucester, Places of Worship, 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2011.〕 St Mary de Crypt is a Grade I listed building with English Heritage, reference number 1245611.〔(Church of St Mary de Crypt. ) English Heritage. Retrieved 23 June 2011.〕 ==History== The church was first recorded in 1140 and has played an important part in Gloucester's history since then.〔 The Crypt School was founded adjacent to the church in 1539 by Joan Cooke with money she inherited from her husband John, and the school room still exists, although the school has now moved to larger premises. Mr and Mrs Cooke were both buried in the church and the north transept includes brasses to their memory.〔〔(John and Joan Cooke. ) Living Gloucester, 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.〕 In 1643, during the Siege of Gloucester in the First English Civil War, the church was used as an ammunition factory and store.〔 George Whitefield, one of the founders of Methodism, gave his first sermon at the church〔Heighway, Carolyn. ''Gloucester: a history and guide.'' Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, 1985, p.141. ISBN 0-86299-256-7〕 in 1736.〔(St Mary de Crypt & Greyfriars. ) Gloucestershire Portal, 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2011.〕 In 1811, Robert Raikes, the founder of Sunday Schools, was buried beneath the South Chapel.〔 He had been baptised there in 1736. In 1836, Jemmy Wood, ''The Gloucester Miser'', was buried there. In 1952, the parish was united with the parish of the former St Michael's Church.〔(St Michael’s Tower at Gloucester Cross. ) Gloucester Civic Trust, 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Mary de Crypt Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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