Church of St John the Baptist

St John the Baptist: town church, founded c.1270, appropriated to the abbey 1292, rebuilt c15; tower rebuilt mid c17 after original collapsed
St John the Baptist: c13 chancel with lancets & Perpendicular north aisle
St John the Baptist: wide nave with Victorian restoration using old stonework; two-centred arches & Perpendicular piers, four-shafts to north, octagonal to south; chandeliers, c.1720
St John the Baptist: monument to Henry Bridges of Keynsham & Cornbury, d.1587; two-arched canopy on tapering Ionic pilasters
St John the Baptist: Henry Bridges of Keynsham & Cornbury, d.1587; recumbent effigy, large ruff
St John the Baptist: inscription from the monument to Henry Bridges of Keynsham & Cornbury, d.1587
St John the Baptist: memorial to Philippa (nee Speke of White Lackington), d.1628, wife of Edward Bridges of Keynsham; reclining figures in spandrels
St John the Baptist: monument to Thomas Bridges of Keynsham, d.1661; four twisted columns with thin central effigy
St John the Baptist: Thomas Bridges of Keynsham, d.1661; trumpeting angel above & one on either side
St John the Baptist: Thomas Bridges of Keynsham, d.1661; created KoB but died shortly afterwards; loose gown, long hanging cuffs
St John the Baptist: memorial to George Bridges of Keynsham, d.1677, & his sister Katharine, d.1687; Corinthian columns
St John the Baptist: Anna (nee Rodney of Rodney Stoke), d.1705, wife of Thomas Bridges of Keynsham, d.1707
St John, Keynsham