General Histories of the Church
Sydney Gardnor Jarman, A Handbook of St Mary’s Church, 1885
Arthur Herbert Powell, The Parish Church Part 1, 1907
Arthur Herbert Powell, The Parish Church Part 2, 1907
Thomas Bruce Dilks, The Church in the Fifteenth Century, 1920
Thomas Bruce Dilks, The Story of Bridgwater Parish Church, 1940
Jonathan Conibere & Frances Pearce, The Vicars of Bridgwater, 1980
Tony Woolrich, St Mary’s Church, Bridgwater – How it came to be the way it is today, 2020
Also see: Tony Woolrich 800 Years of Christianity, 2000
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Robert Dunning Victoria County History on St Mary’s, 1991
General Historical Sources
Tony Woolrich, St Marys in the Bridgwater Newspapers, Introduction (See below for dated indexes)
Documents in the Somerset Record Office
The Medieval Church 1200-1500
Historical Sources and Articles
Rev W.A. Jones, An Inventory of St Katherine’s Aisle, 1858
Royal Manuscripts Commission, An Inventory of St Mary’s, October 1447, 1873
St Mary’s Church Bridgwater in Medieval Times. By Jonathan Conibere, Frances Pearce & Tony Woolrich, 2005
Fabric and Features
The Reformation Church c.1530s to 1850
Historical Sources
List of pew sittings in St. Mary’s Church, compiled by John Bowen, 1830
Tony Woolrich, St Marys in the Bridgwater Newspapers, 1831-1833
Fabric and Features
The Victorian Church 1851-1937
Historical Sources
Index of the Papers of William Hayward Brakspear (1818-1898) Architect – mostly 1850s
Tony Woolrich, St Marys in the Bridgwater Newspapers, 1846-1856
Tony Woolrich, St Marys in the Bridgwater Newspapers, 1868-1879
Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society, Description of St Mary’s Church, 1896
Fabric and Features
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The 20th Century Church – 1937 to 2016
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Visit by ANDREA ZUVICH in 2013
The Modern Church 2017 onwards
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Refurbishment by Ellis and Co Ltd, 2017 (downloadable as a .pdf)