St Mary's Church Southampton at Night
by Terri Waters
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St Mary's Church Southampton at Night
Artist
Terri Waters
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Photograph - Photograph
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St. Mary's Church, Southampton, is the largest church in the city of Southampton, England, and can trace its origins to the first Saxon settlements of the 7th century. In 1917, the sound of the church bells inspired the writing of the song, "The Bells of St. Mary's", later sung by Bing Crosby in the film of the same name.
The spire is 200ft high and can easily be seen from the sea and is a welcome view of home to weary travellers.
The church standing now is the 6th to be built on the site.
During the blitz of 30 November 1940, incendiary bombs destroyed the church leaving a damaged tower, bells and Baptistery.At the end of the War the decision was made to restore the bells�"thus giving encouragement and visible witness of the determination to rebuild once again",The work was completed by June 1948.
The decision to complete the rebuilding of the entire church was not made until the early 1950s. The town was in ruins and this was not deemed to be a priority as worship was being maintained in the nearby Chantry Hall.
The rebuilding of the sixth church was finally begun in February 1954 and completed and consecrated in June 1956. The new church was built by Romilly Craze, who retained Street's 200 ft high steeple, the general ground plan and some of the outside walls, made of Purbeck stone with the interior of Bath stone, with a fine new west window designed by Gerald Smith, depicting six local landmarks.
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March 29th, 2013
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