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Bruton Parish Church today The sign in front of Bruton Parish Church. Today Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area occupies 173 acres (70 ha) and includes 88 original buildings and more than 50 major reconstructions. It is joined by the Colonial Parkway to the two other sides of the Historic Triangle, Jamestown and Yorktown.
The first church on the site was founded by Ine of Wessex in the 7th century, [6] which grew into an Augustinian priory, becoming Bruton Abbey shortly before the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The church was within the grounds of the abbey so strictly a chapel of it, but always in effect the parish church of the town, with an office and what ...
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Bruton Parish Poorhouse Archeological Site is a historic archaeological site located near Williamsburg, York County, Virginia. It is the site of a poorhouse established by Bruton Parish Church after a 1755 act of the assembly empowering all the colony's parishes to erect poorhouses.
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English: This is a wonderful Somerset church, one of the finest in a county known for its fine churches. Described by the architectural expert Simon Jenkins as "Somerset architecture at its most powerful", the chief feature is its substantial 102 feet high west tower, accompanied uniquely by a smaller and older tower over the north porch.
William Archer Rutherfoord "W. A. R." Goodwin (June 18, 1869 – September 7, 1939) was an Episcopal priest, historian, and author. As the rector of Bruton Parish Church, Goodwin began the 20th-century preservation and restoration effort which resulted in Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.
Old Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia, in the Time of Lord Dunmore - painting by Alfred Wordsworth Thompson (MET, 99.28) Items portrayed in this file depicts