The Church of St. Giles, Maisemore
A Church has stood here since the C12th, but nothing remains of the original building, which was re-built in the C15th. From this later period only the tower, the south porch and the nave south-wall remain; the rest was re-built in the C19th.
The earlier parts of the Churchyard lay to the south and south-west of the Church, but in the C20th there were two extensions. The first - about 1910 - covered the west and north-west sides. And a further area, outside the north perimeter wall, was consecrated in 1998 but is not yet in use.
Near the South Porch stand the steps and base of a C14th Cross, and nearby the Garden of Remembrance established in the 1960's. At the south-east corner of the Churchyard stands the village's War Memorial, moved there in 1994 from a main road site now occupied by Church Rise.
As noted earlier, the interior of the church is largely Victorian, with many typical stained glass windows of the period.
Maisemore Local History Society carried out a Survey of memorials in the Churchyard. Please refer to the the The Churchyard Survey page for further details.
See also:
Listing record - https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1171533
There are also several listings for monuments in the churchyard - there are links at the bottom of the listing record.
West of Severn Benefice - Maisemore
Clarence Cox – Sherwood Forester Immortalised in Gloucestershire Glass
The following description of the bells is taken from A Ringers Guide to Towers in Gloucestershire:
Maisemore, S Giles, 6 bells, Tenor 10-1-10, Grid Ref:SO814217
There is some parking on the side of the lane by the church. The ground floor ringing chamber is at the back of the church, through the doors. The bells were rehung on new fittings with ball bearings in 1969 by the Whitechapel foundry, and go well. All the bells swing the same way in a wooden frame.
1. Abraham Rudhall I, Gloucester, 1697, 4-3-23
2. John Warner, London, 1884, 5-2-4
3. John Warner, London, 1884, 6-0-14
4. Whitechapel, 1969, 6-0-18
5. John Rudhall, Gloucester, 1826, 7-1-13
6. John Rudhall, Gloucester, 1805, 10-1-10 in F sharp
(Data:EMB+Sharpe 1974)
See also Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers
The tower is kept locked so there is no access to the bell chamber but I was fortunate to be granted a climb in 2018 and so took lots of pictures:
The earlier parts of the Churchyard lay to the south and south-west of the Church, but in the C20th there were two extensions. The first - about 1910 - covered the west and north-west sides. And a further area, outside the north perimeter wall, was consecrated in 1998 but is not yet in use.
Near the South Porch stand the steps and base of a C14th Cross, and nearby the Garden of Remembrance established in the 1960's. At the south-east corner of the Churchyard stands the village's War Memorial, moved there in 1994 from a main road site now occupied by Church Rise.
As noted earlier, the interior of the church is largely Victorian, with many typical stained glass windows of the period.
Maisemore Local History Society carried out a Survey of memorials in the Churchyard. Please refer to the the The Churchyard Survey page for further details.
See also:
Listing record - https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1171533
There are also several listings for monuments in the churchyard - there are links at the bottom of the listing record.
West of Severn Benefice - Maisemore
Clarence Cox – Sherwood Forester Immortalised in Gloucestershire Glass
The following description of the bells is taken from A Ringers Guide to Towers in Gloucestershire:
Maisemore, S Giles, 6 bells, Tenor 10-1-10, Grid Ref:SO814217
There is some parking on the side of the lane by the church. The ground floor ringing chamber is at the back of the church, through the doors. The bells were rehung on new fittings with ball bearings in 1969 by the Whitechapel foundry, and go well. All the bells swing the same way in a wooden frame.
1. Abraham Rudhall I, Gloucester, 1697, 4-3-23
2. John Warner, London, 1884, 5-2-4
3. John Warner, London, 1884, 6-0-14
4. Whitechapel, 1969, 6-0-18
5. John Rudhall, Gloucester, 1826, 7-1-13
6. John Rudhall, Gloucester, 1805, 10-1-10 in F sharp
(Data:EMB+Sharpe 1974)
See also Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers
The tower is kept locked so there is no access to the bell chamber but I was fortunate to be granted a climb in 2018 and so took lots of pictures: