All Saints church, Kirkby Overblow - sundial and datestone
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All Saints church, Kirkby Overblow - sundial and datestone
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 3 Apr 2021
What from a distance looks like a TV satellite dish is actually an octagonal sundial, its numbers now somewhat faded. Near it on the south wall of the tower is a stone plaque reading "Turrem hanc labentem refici curavit C Cooper S.T.P. hujusce Ecclesiae Rector Ann: Dom: 1781". According to the Conservation Area Appraisal for the village, Revd Charles Cooper also rebuilt the chancel in 1803. See Image for context.
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Image Location
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Latitude
53.937995
Longitude
-1.507189