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Church of St Eadburga, Ebrington

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The Anglican Church of St Eadburga at Ebrington in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England, was built in the 13th century. It is a grade I listed building.[1]

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History

The church has a Norman nave. The aisle and chancel are from the 13th century. A Victorian restoration was carried out in 1875 and 1876.[1]

The parish is part of the Vale and Cotswold Edge benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester.[2]

Architecture

The stone building is supported by buttresses and has a limestone slate roof. It has a two-stage tower.[1]

It includes monuments to the Fortescue family including one to Sir John Fortescue in his robes as Lord Chief Justice.[3]

There is a 17th-century canopied pulpit and medieval stained glass windows, some of which is from the 16th and 17th centuries.[1] A wooden royal coat of arms dates from 1725.[4] The font is from the 13th century.[5]

The church contains a carved wooden board as a memorial to those from the village who died in World War II.[6]

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