St Peter's Church, Yateley
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St Peter's Church, Yateley
Image: © Len Williams Taken: 15 Mar 2014
St Peter's Church, Yateley, is built on the site of a small Saxon church which is said to have been burnt down about 750 AD. The earliest record of the church appears in the Domesday Book (1080 AD), which mentions a chapel belonging to the church of Crondall, a village about 10 miles away. Only the north wall was left, and when the Normans extended the church in about 1100 AD, it was raised and extended to its present length as far as the tower arch. By 1220 AD the east end (which is now the Chapel) was completed, and in the 14th century an aisle was added on the south side. In 1878 a major restoration was carried out when a vestry was added behind the present altar and the arch was built by Sir Arthur Blomfield, a well known Victorian architect. A choir vestry was added in 1900 and in 1967 a clergy vestry was built on the foundations of an anchorite's cell, which is now used as a Prayer Cell. For details of the fire in 1979 refer to pictureImage
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Image Location
Latitude
51.341408
Longitude
-0.827734