Holy Trinity Church, Trowbridge

The Trowbridge manor which included the land on which the church stands was bought in 1807 from the fifth Duke of Rutland, who retained the patronage. It had been noted that the existing parish church could barely hold a twelfth of the 12,000 population, and so plans were set in motion to build a new, larger church. In 1835 fund-raising appeals were begun by Francis Fulford, the then-rector of the parish church of St. James, with estimated construction costs of £4000. The total cost of the church was £5,251 (equivalent to £|r=-4}}}} in ), towards which a grant of £1,676 (equivalent to £|r=-4}}}} in ) was provided by the partly at the cost of the Church Building Commissioners. The building…

A Portland stone cross was erected as a memorial to the fallen of World War I from the parish. It bears 147 names in total, and was dedicated in 1921. Many of the gravestones were removed in 1977.