Saunderton - SS Mary & Nicholas - Southern fa?ade
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Saunderton - SS Mary & Nicholas - Southern fa?ade
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 31 May 2014
The little C19th church of SS Mary & Nicholas in Saunderton takes a bit of finding, tucked away up a path off a narrow dead-end lane in this tiny village. The church was locked, but fortunately I was able to obtain the key from a nearby householder. The present building stands on the site of a church dating back to the early C13th. This older church may itself have replaced an even earlier Saxon or Norman one, as it houses a C12th Norman "Aylesbury" font http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4020961 The C13th church was destroyed by fire in the early C19th and the current building was built incorporating as much of the old church as possible, including restored C14 windows and doorways. The timber frame of the bell tower is thought to date from the C15th. And of course there is the ancient font. The church is EH Grade II* listed http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1332059&searchtype=mapsearch
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Image Location
Latitude
51.710025
Longitude
-0.850073