St Peter's Church, Siddington, Gloucestershire, Church History

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St Peter's Church, Siddington

St Peter's Church,
Church Avenue, GL7 6EZ,
Siddington, Gloucestershire.

Cemeteries

This Church has (or had) a graveyard.
Note: any church within an urban environment may have had its graveyard closed after the Burial Act of 1853. Any new church built after that is unlikely to have had a graveyard at all.

Church History

This Place of Worship was founded before 1200, and we understand it is still open.

According to The Gloucestershire Village Book published by the Gloucestershire Federation of Women's Institutes in 1987, Siddington Church was given to the Knights Hospitallers of Quenington about 1200. Also by the church is an ancient Tithe Barn, which they suggest was probably built by the Knights soon after they received the property.
Kelly's Directory of 1923 records that St Peter's consists of chancel, nave of four bays, north aisle, porch and south-west tower, with a spire containing 6 bells. There is a marble monument to the Hon. Benjamin Bathurst M.P. F.R.S. of Lydney, d.1767; and that the chancel contains two stained windows, a piscina, sedilia and a hagioscope. A hagioscope, or 'squint' was originally an opening in an internal wall of the church to permit the altar, and consequently the elevation of the host, to be visible from where it would be otherwise blocked by the wall.
Several sources quote Samuel Rudder's "New History of Gloucestershire (1779), in which he states there was an unfinished tower at the west end.
The South Doorway is Norman, contemporary with the original building. The tympanum is generally said to represent Christ in Majesty; but Phil Draper observes that the central figure holds the keys, so he questions whether it could represent St Peter sitting in judgement on the 2 figures on either side of him, the one on the left of which has a halo.
Once upon a time, Siddington had two churches. The settlements, sometimes known as Siddington St Mary (or Upper Siddington) and Siddington St Peter (Lower Siddington), were united by an Inclosure Act of 1778; St Mary's Church was subsequently demolished, and the parish of St Peter, Siddington has been united with that of Preston since 1928.
It has also been known in the past as Siddington Langley, after the Langley family who were lords of the manor from the 14th century onwards.
Happily in the present day, St Peter's Church is a Grade II Listed Building, so we can be optimistic about its future - further details of the Listing may be found on the British Listed Buildings website. [Sources: The National Archives ("TNA Discovery"), and Cotswold District Council Online]

Denomination

Now or formerly Church of England.

If more than one congregation has worshipped here, or its congregation has united with others, in most cases this will record its original dedication.

Maps

This Church is located at OS grid reference SP0346800181. You can see this on various mapping systems. Note all links open in a new window:

St Peter's Church, Siddington shown on a Google Map.
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Streetmap.co.uk (arrow on map shows the Place of Worship's location) (verified 2018-10-15)
Bing (Ordnance Survey option) (verified 2018-10-13)
Bing Maps ('Bird's Eye' View) (verified 2018-10-15)
Ordnance Survey "getamap" (NB some of the 'Change Map' options may require a subscription) (verified 2018-10-15)
OpenStreetMap (Maps © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA) (verified 2018-10-15)
A Vision of Britain Through Time - useful for Boundary Changes (verified 2018-10-15)
www.magic.gov.uk (Modern Maps with various overlays) (verified 2018-10-15)

Resources

I have found many websites of use whilst compiling the information for this database. Here are some which deserve mention as being of special interest for Siddington, and perhaps to Local History and Places of Worship as a whole.

Learn more about Buildings of special or historical interest on the British Listed Buildings (null) (verified 2018-09-19)
“One Thousand Years of History” - The National Archives (null) (verified 2018-11-09)
The Local Government website of Cotswold District Council Online (null) (verified 2018-11-09)

The above links were selected and reviewed at the time I prepared the information, but please be aware their content may vary, or disappear entirely. These factors are outside my control.

Information last updated on 9 Nov 2018 at 14:41.

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