Somerton All Saints church
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Somerton All Saints church
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 17 Aug 2007
From the road, this church seems to have two aisles. It does not. What it is, is a chapel-cum-storeroom, and houses the bulk of the organ. The Arms of George III hang on the wall. Part of a sepulchral slab built into the lower part of the wall. On entering the porch one is confronted by a plain 12th century Norman doorway into the nave. The font is 16th century and not particularly interesting. All the shields round the bowl are blank. Both pulpit and holy table are Stuart. There is no chancel arch, just a variation in the wall alignment. The arcade between the ‘chapel’ and the sanctuary is 13th century and there is an unusual pillared squint a little further east. The Rev. John Maddy (1855) is buried here, Canon of Ely and Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.146056
Longitude
0.644773