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Church of St Oswald, Brereton
The parish church is about 1km from the village of Brereton Green, because like many country churches it was built by the local squire to be close to his seat. The church therefore is closely associated with the De Brereton family, an ancient line of nobility from the 12th century onwards, whose motif of the muzzled bear appears in many places, and they hold an annual Bear Festival.
The first church on the site was a chapel of ease to Astbury parish, built in the reign of Richard I (1189- 99). It became a parish church in the reign of Henry VIII. The present building dates from the late 15th century, and is grade II* listed as a good and little altered example of the Late Perpendicular style of its time (apart from the loss of liturgical fittings at the Reformation, the pews being reinstated c.1845). It was sensitively restored in 1903 and again in the 1970s.
Sources: Historic England listing; local website Link
; leaflet in the church.
The first church on the site was a chapel of ease to Astbury parish, built in the reign of Richard I (1189- 99). It became a parish church in the reign of Henry VIII. The present building dates from the late 15th century, and is grade II* listed as a good and little altered example of the Late Perpendicular style of its time (apart from the loss of liturgical fittings at the Reformation, the pews being reinstated c.1845). It was sensitively restored in 1903 and again in the 1970s.
Sources: Historic England listing; local website Link
; leaflet in the church.Created: Thu, 17 Aug 2023, Updated: Thu, 17 Aug 2023
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