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Of all the churches I visited only five were locked; three of these gave the nearby address or phone number of the key holder, who was always happy to help, while I had to write to the incumbent to arrange an appointment to see the fourth. I arrived at the fifth on an unplanned visit; the church was firmly locked and there was no telephone number or address of the key holder, even though this was a village church. I have to add that this is a poor - if not frankly impolite - pracrice.Wells Cathedral charges no entrance fee but there is a small charge for photography. The upkeep of these ancient and beautiful buildings is expensive and a contribution - no matter how small - is always welcome.
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Abbots Leigh Holy Trinity |
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Above Left: Francis
Short (1853) buried in vault below, his widow
Sophia (1888) buried in the church yard. The urn has an
inscription to her daughter, Philipa Syndey.
Right: Elizabethan Monument with
no image or inscription; said to be Lady Jane Norton |
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| Aller -St Andrew Cross-legged knight (c.1310) Knight (c. 1375) in recess |
Ashill - All Saints Lady (c.1300) in recess Knight (c.1380) in recess |
Ashwick - St James Two tablets by King of Bath (1811 & 1828) |
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Babington - St Margaret |
Backwell - St Andrew |
Banwell - St Andrew |
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Barrow Gurney - St Mary & St Edward |
Barwick - St Mary Magdalene |
Batcombe - St Mary |
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Backwell - St Andrew |
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| Church open. Very friendly welcome. Park in
road outside; very limited O/S Ref: ST 493 483 |
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Above and right: Sir Walter Rodney (1466) Effigy on tomb chest with angels holding shields. The doorway on the left of the monument leads into a chapel in which are the two wall monuments, one with brasses, below. Below left: Dorothy .... Rest illegible Below right: Rice Davis (1638), and his wife, Dorothie (Rodney) (1604) The brass shows the couple kneeling at a prayer desk: three boys kneel behind Rice and three girls behind Dorothie. The boys are described as deceased; and the girls named as Joan, Elizabeth, and Margaret. Two shields of arms are above and behind the figures; an achievement of arms is on a separate brass above |
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| Charles Biggs (1775); also Eleanor Biggs (Tomkins) (1784) | Rev Andrew Daubeny MA (1836) amd hie wife, Elizabeth Innys ( 1852) | Joseph and James Poole. Aslo Elizabeth Hicks Poole (1853) | Willia_rnell Thorne (176 |
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| Top: Nearly Illegible; the arms are the
same as those on the monument below. Sarah,
daughter of the below. Aged 33 Below: Sarah (1833), and her husband, Robert Breakes Simmons (1848) |
Above left: Jane Poole (1822) and her
husband, Joseph Poole (1837) Above centre: Reginald Henry (1822), and his widow, Emma (Lucas) (1875) Above right: Joseph Whitchurch (1792), his wife, Ann (1813);,and their children, Mary (1850), Leonard (1850), and Ann (1854). 1813 by Tyler |
Top:Illegible Bottom: William Gendry (1853) and his wife, Ruth (1835) |
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| John Light (1848) and his wife, Martha (1849); their daughter, Cecilia (1807), aged 6. | White tablet with arms and base. On black backing | |
| John Robert Lucas (1828); his wife, Anna (Adams) (1831) | White sarcophagus, arms in gable. Black backing | |
| Joseph and James Poole. Also Elizabeth Hicks Poole (1853) | White Sarcopagus with open bible in apex in relief . Black backing | |
| Illegible | Two small rectangular tablets with small supporting bases | |
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Bath Abbey |
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| Opening times are about 9.30 am to 5.30 pm; Sundays are probably best avoided but check website. There appears to be no compulsary entrance fee but a voluntary fee of £4.00 is respectfully requested. Phototography is allowed but tripods may be only used between 9.00 am to 10.00 am, unless prior arrangement has been made for other times, but not on the day of your visit - see website. Monopods are fine. |
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left: Bartholomew
Barns (1605), his wife,Margaret and Children,
Batholemew, Elizabeth, Margaret and Mary. Alabaster and touch.
Inscription in Latin and English. Described as Mercer and
merchant adventurer Above centre: Col. Alexander Champion (1793) By Nollekens Above right: Granville Pyper (1717) Far right: Herman Kantencamp By John Bacon Jnr 1808 |
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| Bishop James Montague (1618) By William Cure, mason, & Nicholas Johnson, carver. |
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Bathampton St Nicholas |
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Lady c. 1325 Above & right: Knight c 1325. Note the lacing on the side of the surcoat which is cut short at the front. |
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Batheaston St John the Baptist |
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Henry Walters (1753) & his wife Mary (1752) & their children, Elizabeth (1733) & Mary (1763) Also Elizabeth (1735), sister of the above Henry### |
James Walters (1735) & children: Clement, Ann & Susanna. His wife Mary (1770) who later married Thomas Drewett |
Francis Brodbelt Millward (1813) |
Ann Walters (1788) & Henry (1797), her husband and son of Henry Snr & Mary (far left) & Mary (1770) their daughter |
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Swithun Elizabeth Phillips (1759) relief of woman by urn by John Ford |
Bawdrip - St Michael: Knight (late C13) |
| Beckington - St George |
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| Church open during normal hours.
Park in the village near the church. O/S Ref: ST 802 516 |
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| John Compton (1510)
and his wife, Edith Brass in floor of south chapel. Note the children below the inscription. That to John St Maur (1485) and his wife, Elizabeth in the chancel is a modern replacement |
William (1802) & Grace (1812) Sainsbury by T King of Bath |
Samuel Danyel (1619) Note his bust wears toga and wreath: unusual for the date |
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A Series of Family Related Navy Wall Monuments | ||
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| Left: Rear Admiral Henry Ffolkes Edgell (1846) signed T Gaffin of Regent Street, London. Above Left: Harry Edgell (1803) & Frances Above Centre: Caroline (1897) widow of Vice-Admiral Harry Edgell & his daughter, Fanny Mary Rose Ringler-Thompson (1919). Above Right: Harry Lancelot Edgell (1864 @ 8m, 12d) son of Rear Admiral Harry Edgell & grandson of Harry Ffolkes Edgell. | |||
| Berrow - St Mary:
Knight (late C13) Lady (late C13) Both in the churchyard |
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Bishop's Hull |
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| The church is locked and no
keyholder given. However to visit the church, contact the
churchwarden, Tim Sutton, at the address below. He will
very willingly arrange to open the church for you.
However this now may have changed, so you may have to write
to the incumbent. You
may park in the church car park.
Suttontimjim@aol.com O/S Ref: ST 205 247 |
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| Above Left & Centre: George Farewell (1609) Below kneel his wife,
Dorothy, four
daughters and five sons: all three sons carry swords and
one is in armour. Alabaster. Chancel, North
Wall. Right: The three children lying
rather stacked at the base of this monument are:
Edmund (1661, 1 yr.),
Elizabeth ( ?)
& Mary (1673,
< 3m) Fowell.
Great-grandchildren of Sir George & children of Edmund. Above is the monument to their mother (Bridget Fowell - 1607) and grandmother (Mary Brune (Fowell) - n/d) . Below this ia a plate to ' ___ wife of Edmund Fowell ___Brune' and below that a plate to the children |
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| A selection of wall monuments: some are enlarged below | |
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| Left: Sir George (1647) & Lady
Farewell (1660) They had 20 children. Above Left: John Shelly (1848 @ 8) uncertain lettering has worn Above Right: Hooke Bartelot (18_ _) & his wife, Theresa Maria (1835) Right: Jacob & Marie Upton. Their dates of death are nor given, just the ages. |
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| Bishop's Lydearn - St Mary:
Brass to Nicholas Grobham (1585) & Wife Thomas Slocombe (1801) by Thomas King of Bath |
Bleadon - St Peter & St Paul Two civilian effigies mid 14th century, bad Mrs Tutton (1769) relief of woman by urn by S Haynes of Bristol |
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Bradford-on-Tone - St Giles |
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| Church open. Park outside.
O/S Ref: ST 175 230 |
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| Above: Knight
c. 1375 Right: William Adair (1844); his wife, Camilla (1827); their son, Robert (1803); and their daughter, Camilla Anne (1822) Black marble inlaid with brass. |
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| Above left:
Josiah Easton of Hele (1761-1848). His
wife, Hannah (1764-1857). And their children:
Mary Ann (1804-1806); Christopher
(1809-1810); William (1787-1823);
Martha Mockridge (1803-1831); Josiah
(1790-1848); Abel (1807-1848);
John (1788-1860); Hannah (1801-1868);
James (1796-1871); George (1794-1876);
Betsy Petten (1792-1883); Edward
(1799-1898). It could not be simpler. Above centre: Hugh Jenison Adair MA (1892); vicar 1861-1885. His wife, Elizabeth (Campbell) (1921); and their daughter, Henrietta Mary Adair (1921) Above right: John Petten (1804); his wife, Margaret (1818); their son, John (1838), and his wife, Betty (1883) |
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| Bridgewater -
St Mary: Francis Kingsmill (1629) & sons (1621, 1640) John Dunning (1821) By Reeves of Bristol |
Brent Knole - St Michael: John Somerset (1663) two wives & family; inscription |
| Brockley - St Nicholas Pigott Family (1730, 1794, and later) urn on top Wadham Pigott (1823) draped female by pedestal of an urn by Chantrey. |
Brompton Ralph - St Mary: T Camplin by King of Bath |
| Broomfield- All Saints Richard Silverton (1443) ecclesiastic, brass. Wall monument (1788) by Reeves of Bath Another (1790) by King o f Bath |
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Bruton - St Mary |
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Church normally open. There is
limited parking on the Church Bridge and opposite the
West Gate.
O/S Ref: ST 685 347 |
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Sir Maurice Berkeley (1581) and
his two wives: Catherine (Blount) (1559), widow
of John Champernown; and Elizabeth (Sands) (1584) This monument, which was originally in the south aisle, and the wall monuments below are all in the chancel, which was rebuilt in 1743 |
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| William Berkeley, Baron of Stratton (1741) The inscription is in Latin and Greek |
John Donne (1782) Buried in Batcombe Church, 'beneath a peaceful sod' |
Captain William Berkeley (1794) He was commander of HMS Tiger and was buried at sea, dying returning from the coast of Guinea in the West Indies. By P Scheemakers | William Godolphin (1636) Bronze bust attributed to Le Sueur |
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| This tomb chest (rear of nave) is said to be that of Abbot Gilbert, (prior 1494, abbot 1511-33) although without any good reason. The abbey was near the church. Its condition results from its being in the churchyard until fairly recent times; the present incumbent would like to see it returned there! |
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Brympton d'Evercy St Andrew |
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of a fine manor house but it is nevertheless, the parish church. Park opposite the church. O/S Ref: ST 520 153 |
| This can be quite a difficult church to find - but well worth a visit - so it's best to obtain the 1:50, 000 (or larger scale) OS map of the area. Taking the A30 from Crewkerne to Yeovil, turn left (approaching Yeovil) onto the A3088 - that is, the 1st exit on the roundabout. Turn left (1st exit) on next roundabout, then straight ahead (2nd exit) on the next roundabout; this takes you off the A3088 onto a 'yellow road'. Turn left (1st exit) at the next roundabout, then left again (1st exit) at the next roundabout. You should now pass over the A3088 onto Old Road. Soon on the left are some gates leading into parkland; there is no sign post. If you reach a Y-junction with the sign 'Old Road', you have gone too far. Pass through the gates and continue to the church (10 mph speed limit please!) The church is next to the beautiful manor house, which dates back in part to the fifteenth century. It looks like a large private chapel - but it is in fact the parish church. |
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 Top Row: Lady of c. 1440. Said to be Isabel d'Evercy, widow of Peter, founder of the church. Bottom Row: Knight of c. 1275, which predates the present building. Probably a member of the d'Evercy family, lords of the manor. Note that he holds the shield by a handle with his left hand; the other grips his sword. |
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| Priest in mass vestments of the early 14th century; he holds a chalice. The canopy above the effigy has scenes of the Magi (left) and (right) the Annunciation | Lady of c. 1325. Above her effigy are scenes of the Crucifixion. |
| The Chancel |
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| John Sydenham V (1626) Right: taken from chapel; Left: taken from chancel. Centre: taken from foot of tomb, showing heraldry and insciption. Below Left: one of the skull at the entrance to the open tomb chest (chapel side) behind which can be seen scattered bones. |
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| The Nave |
 Above: Jane, Countess Dowager of Westmorland ( 1857). Buried at Aperthorpe. Left: Robert Young (1790) Buried in a vault in the church |
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| Buckland Dinham - St Michael 2 effigies - demi-figures with shields at waist heaight and flat below. Mid 14th C |
Buckland St Mary - St Mary: Rector's Wife & Son (1839) by Forsyth |
Burnett - St Michael John Cutte (1575) Mayor of Bristol. Brass with kneeling couple and 12 children |
| Burrington - Holy Trinity Panel with reliefs of Christ, angels and two donors - no date |
Butleigh - St Leonard:
3 kneeling figures from Elizabethan tomb Admiral Hood & 2 brothers by Lucius Gahagan of Bath (no date) |