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St Laurence's Church, Ramsgate
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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

The D'Este Mausoleum in the 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 (1730–1809)
  • Lady Augusta Murray (1768–1830)
  • 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)