The Parish Church - Holy Trinity with St Mary, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England
Berwick Parish Church the only Parish Church built during The Commonwealth of Oliver Cromwell 1599 - 1658 Fashioned largely from the stones and timbers of Edward the First's once great 13th century castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed (by then redundant following new defences by Elizabeth I), the site and fabric have witnessed almost 1000 years of history in both good times and bad. With a mix of Gothic and Renaissance features, fine stained glass windows including 17thC Flemish Roundels sequestrated by Charles I from The Duke of Buckingham, unique Reredos by Sir Edwin Lutyens, original Communion Table used at the Consecration in 1662, magnificent Rose Window, Churchyard full of fascinating headstones including Viking and Plague Graves. The only Parish which used to be mentioned specifically in the Preface to The Book of Common Prayer, where the Monarch directed that "this book be used in all the Chapels of my Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed" - such was the status of Berwick in our realm, the great 'Bulwark defence' against Scotland and her allies - changing hands between us 14 times, we now we get on famously, thanks be to God! July 25th 2000 we celebrated the 350th anniversary of the laying of our foundation stone, the 340th anniversary of The Restoration of The Monarchy and 350th anniversary of the raising of The Coldstream Guards formed in 1650 as Monck's Regiment of Foot by Colonel George Fenwick and his father-in-law Sir Arthur Hasselrigge. After battles at Dunbar and Edinburgh, the Regiment settled at Coldstream in the Scottish Borders before marching to London to lay down their arms for King Charles II upon His Restoration in 1660. Fenwick was Cromwell's Governor of Berwick and caused the Church to be built, his memorial stone is set into our walls and reads "a good man is a publick good".
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Location: berwick upon tweed, northumberland, england, great britain,
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