All Saints church, Rockland All Saints
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All Saints church, Rockland All Saints
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 12 Sep 2009
This is a church with a long history. There is a thousand-year-old sepulchral slab dating from Saxon times in the chancel, and long and short work can be seen in the structure of the nave. The church we see today is mainly 13th to 15th c. and was built on the site utilising part of the much older church. The Norman influence can be seen in the construction of the north doorway. There is a well carved octagonal font of 1880 depicting various religious scenes and saintly emblems. The barrel roofs leave a lot to be desired, somehow out of place here, and looking too new in ancient surroundings. A small font bowl circa 1100 was found in a garden in the parish some years ago. Most of the fixtures and fittings are Victorian in date, the Edwardian pulpit even later. The Royal Arms of Queen Victoria are dated 1860.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.525625
Longitude
0.938519