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Parish House Address:
Physical Church Address:
201 Duke of Gloucester Street,
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Parish House Address:
331 Duke of Gloucester Street,
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 3520
Williamsburg, VA 23187-3520
Walking Through History Into The Future With Christ
The History Of Bruton Parish
We welcome all into a Christ-centered community that nurtures and values each member. We practice our faith through biblically-based liturgy, preaching and music. We teach young and old about God through our Anglican tradition. We reach out through our talents and resources to our visitors, our community and our world.
A brief history of Bruton Parish Church.
A video introduction to Bruton's history, from the Bruton Parish Heritage Center.
Documentation on Bruton’s designation as a National Historic Landmark in the National Register of Historic Places.
Historical resources in the Hennage Library.
A tour of the church's interior with Anne Conkling (23 minutes).
A tour of the churchyard with Anne Conkling (1 hour 6 minutes).
Bruton Parish's special mission as a public church, with Fr. Epperson.
A report on an archaeological study of the northwest corner of Bruton Parish's first brick church.
A Wikipedia article on religion in early Virginia.
An article from Encyclopedia Virginia on the Church of England in Virginia.
Websites of the colonial era churches still found in Virginia.
Information on James Blair (1656-1743), a central figure in Bruton's history.
Thomas Dawson (1715-1760) served as Bruton's rector from 1743 to 1760.
John Bracken (1747-1818), rector of Bruton Parish Church from 1773-1818.
Liston to a minuet composed by Peter Pelham, organist at Bruton Parish from 1755-18.
An article on the workhouse, or poorhouse, maintained by the Bruton Parish vestry in the eighteenth century.
Colonial Williamsburg architectural and archaeoligical reports provide extensive detail on the careful research on Bruton-related sites:
Architectural report on Bruton Parish Church.
Report on the 1992 partial excavation of the 1683 brick church.
Report on the Custis Tenement, currently used by Bruton Parish.
Report on the Wythe House, which once served as Bruton's parish house.
Physical Church Address:
201 Duke of Gloucester Street,
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Parish House Address:
331 Duke of Gloucester Street,
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 3520
Williamsburg, VA 23187-3520
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