St Leonard’s Church, Hythe

E321012

Church of England church medieval church parish church

St Leonard’s Church in Hythe is a historic medieval parish church in Kent, England, renowned for its hilltop position overlooking the town and its unusual ossuary containing one of the largest and best-preserved collections of ancient human bones in Britain.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
St Leonard’s Church, Hythe canonical	4
Hythe, St Leonard	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Church of England church ⓘ medieval church ⓘ parish church ⓘ
cemeteryUse	burial ground for the parish ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
dedicatedTo	St Leonard ⓘ surface form: Saint Leonard
denomination	Church of England ⓘ
diocese	See of Canterbury ⓘ surface form: Diocese of Canterbury
ecclesiasticalParish	St Leonard’s Church, Hythe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hythe, St Leonard
function	place of Christian worship ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Gothic architecture ⓘ Norman architecture ⓘ
hasCemetery	true ⓘ
hasChancel	true ⓘ
hasFeature	charnel house ⓘ ossuary ⓘ
hasNave	true ⓘ
hasTower	true ⓘ
heritageRegister	National Heritage List for England entry ⓘ surface form: National Heritage List for England
heritageStatus	Grade I listed building ⓘ
knownFor	large collection of human bones ⓘ well-preserved medieval ossuary ⓘ
liturgicalUse	parish church of Hythe ⓘ
locatedIn	Hythe ⓘ Kent ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
onHill	true ⓘ
ossuaryAccess	open to visitors at certain times ⓘ
ossuaryContains	human skulls ⓘ long bones ⓘ
ossuaryLocation	ambulatory of the crypt ⓘ
ossuarySignificance	one of the best-preserved collections of ancient human bones in Britain ⓘ one of the largest collections of ancient human bones in Britain ⓘ
overlooks	Hythe ⓘ
primaryConstructionPeriod	12th century ⓘ
province	Province of Canterbury ⓘ
region	South East England ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ
tradition	Anglican ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hythe → hasLandmark → St Leonard’s Church, Hythe ⓘ

HYTHE → hasAttraction → St Leonard’s Church, Hythe ⓘ

subject surface form: Hythe

St Leonard’s Church, Hythe → ecclesiasticalParish → St Leonard’s Church, Hythe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hythe, St Leonard

St Leonard’s Church ossuary → locatedIn → St Leonard’s Church, Hythe ⓘ

St Leonard’s Church ossuary → associatedWith → St Leonard’s Church, Hythe ⓘ