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St Mary's Church is the Church of England parish church in Anstey, Leicestershire, in the Diocese of Leicester. ==The church== The church is situated in the medieval heart of Anstey.〔"(Anstey Conservation Area Character Appraisal )", Charnwood Borough Council, 2008, retrieved 14 October 2012〕 Built from Mountsorrel granite and Swithland slate, with a Westmorland slate roof, the church is of Norman origin from the 14th or 15th century, although much of the church was rebuilt at a cost of £4,000 by Broadbent & Hawley between 1845 and 1846 at the expense of the then Rector, Revd. Richard Waterfield, B.D.〔Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960) ''The Buildings of England: Leicestershire and Rutland'', Penguin Books, p. 46〕〔''The Leicestershire & Rutland Village Book'', Countryside Books, 1989, ISBN 1-85306-056-9〕 A Norman doorway remains on the North side of the church.〔 Some of the gargoyles, which are placed on three sides, are Early English.〔 The church is a grade II listed building.〔"(Listed Buildings: Church of St Mary, Bradgate Road, Anstey (Grade II) )", Charnwood Borough Council, retrieved 14 October 2012〕 Records show that in 1220 a chapel in Anstey was annexed to the parish of Thurcaston; Anstey became a parish in 1867. The windows include memorials to the Revd. Richard Waterfield (East chancel) and Elliot John Norman Galer (South aisle), and one commorating those who lost their lives in World War I. The tower contains eight bells, the tenor bearing the inscription "Recast in the year of the accession of King Edward VIII", believed to be the only one in Britain to bear such an inscription, due to Edward's short reign.〔 The church organ was built by Taylors of Leicester in 1926. In the South wall of the tower is a clock made by W. Jolley of Leicester, which was given to the church in 1772 by Robert and Thomas Martin, who at the time were churchwardens. File:StMarysAnsteyGargoyle-tower-north.jpg|Gargoyle, North wall of tower File:StMarysAnsteyHeadCarving-north.jpg|Head carving File:StMarysAnsteyCarvedHeads-north.jpg|Head carvings File:StMarysAnsteyCarvings.JPG|Head carvings & lion head gargoyle File:StMarysAnsteyAngelCarving.jpg|Angel carving 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's Church, Anstey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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