Holy Trinity, Bosbury, Herefordshire
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A fine transitional church, neither Norman nor Early English, built around 1180 adjoining the Bishop's Palace of Bosbury. The massive detached bell-tower was clearly built for defence some forty years later. Its spire was lost after being struck by lightning in 1638.
The Harfords have two vast renaissance style effigial monuments flanking the high altar. John Harford (died 1573) has the earliest known signed sculptural monument in the country: "John Guldo of Hereford".
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A fine transitional church, neither Norman nor Early English, built around 1180 adjoining the Bishop's Palace of Bosbury. The massive detached bell-tower was clearly built for defence some forty years later. Its spire was lost after being struck by lightning in 1638.
The Harfords have two vast renaissance style effigial monuments flanking the high altar. John Harford (died 1573) has the earliest known signed sculptural monument in the country: "John Guldo of Hereford".
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