St Michael's tower
Introduction
The photograph on this page of St Michael's tower by Neil Owen as part of the Geograph project.
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St Michael's tower
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 18 Jun 2024
The church lays claim to having been composed of wood and thatch in its earliest form. In the 11th century, Queen Edith, wife of Edward the Confessor, provided at her own expense a church of more durable stone construction. That itself was changed after the Normans arrived and they added a tower to the west - which is oddly at an angle to the nave. The church was renovated and enlarged in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, with more inevitable restorations in the mid-1800s. Grade I listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.025732
Longitude
-3.254019