Icklingham St James? church
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Icklingham St James? church
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 15 Apr 2007
In stark contrast to All Saints at the other end of the village this church is dead and uninteresting, but we must be thankful that the Victorians turned their attentions here and not to All Saints. The church is crowded in by trees, shrubs and a factory. It is suffocating! Inside, I had the same impression. There is a stoup just inside the south door and an aumbry in the north wall of the north aisle. The holy table has some notable tracery. The other fittings are run of the mill and uninteresting. The rood screen has been ripped out and parts of it have been incorporated into the modern benches. What may delight the visitor however is the 14th century parish chest, which once belonged to All Saints; it is completely covered in ironwork, and has a secret device to conceal the keyhole.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.326704
Longitude
0.59683