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Location | Ramsgate, Kent |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | [1] |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1062 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 4 February 1988 |
Style | Norman, Early English, and Victorian |
Completed | 11th century, 12th and 13th century chancel and aisles, rebuilt in the 15th century with a tower |
Specifications | |
Materials | Flint, Caen stone |
Administration | |
Parish | St. Laurence in the Isle of Thanet |
Deanery | Thanet |
Archdeaconry | Canterbury |
Diocese | Canterbury |
Province | Canterbury |
St Laurence's Church, also known as St Laurence-in-Thanet, is a Church of England parish church in Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent.
History
The church, founded in 1062, is a grade I listed building, and is the oldest church in Ramsgate. It was an abbey church until 1275, when it became a parish church. The building was enlarged in the 12th and 13th centuries, including a chancel and side aisles being implemented.
A lightning strike in 1439 resulted in the church being rebuilt, with the tower being raised to its present height.
As Ramsgate grew, the town developed its own church: St Laurence became a separate parish in 1826.
Churchyard
St Laurence has a large churchyard covering three and a half acres. It contains over 1400 graves, the earliest of which is dated to 1656.
Notable burials
- D'Este Mausoleum
- John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1732–1809)
- Lady Augusta Murray (1761-1830)
- Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro (1782–1855)
- Augusta Emma d'Este (1801–1866)
- Admiral William Fox (c1733-1810)
- Sir William Garrow (1760–1840)
- John Collis Browne (1819–1884)
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