The church of ALL SAINTS has suffered from ‘restoration’ more severely than many of its neighbours, (fn. 14) but is still of great interest as preserving its pre-Conquest plan and a few details of that date. It has a chancel 15 ft. 8 in. wide by 21 ft. long, and a nave 21 ft. 10 in. wide by 47 ft. with walls 2 ft. 6 in. thick of flint rubble with ashlar dressings.
There are three bells, the treble inscribed: ‘Serv God I W 1603.,’ the second ‘Fere God I W, 1603.,’ and tenor ‘In God is my hope, 1610.’ The latter is by the unidentified founder I.H. (possibly John Higden), the other two by John Wallis of Salisbury.
What a gorgeous old place…..if those walls could share their stories.
Thanks for expanding my world, friend:)
-Jennifer
If we stop to sit and ponder….
We hear the stories
That looks like a Church worth a visit – and not too far from here, so thank you, Cherie, for introducing another new place to my list
It is a lovely church as is the garden surrounding it
Did you actually climb up their belfry?
Do you remember the one in Bruges?
That’s a fun thing to do!
No I didn’t climb up the Belfry either here or in Bruges
how neat and tidy, great shots, CP
Thank you
it is small and simple inside but the ancient stone outside it wonderful and i’m sure that the bells have a glorious sound Cherie….peter:)
I can only speculate on the sound of the bells
Oh my, what a beautiful church. I don’t think I would have been able to stop taking photos inside!
Ah, I meant outside. I love the ancient old walls made, it seems, of pebbles and moss.
I did take a lot of photos of the outside of the church