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St Chad's Church, Welbourn
The parish church of St Chad in Welborn, Lincolnshire. Viewed from the south, showing porch, south aisle, tower and spire.
Image: © Gary Brothwell
Taken: 1 Sep 2010
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St Chad's Church, Welbourn
The parish church of St Chad, Welbourn, Lincolnshire. The nave looking towards the chancel and east window.
Image: © Gary Brothwell
Taken: 1 Sep 2010
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Welbourn: St Chad's Church: The tower with its array of carvings
Image: © Michael Garlick
Taken: 21 Apr 2015
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Ordnance Survey Cut Mark
This OS cut mark can be found on the west face of St Chad's Church. It marks a point 34.708m above mean sea level.
Image: © Adrian Dust
Taken: 21 Jul 2017
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Welbourn: St Chad's Church; Grotesques
One of these is carved in the form of a mermaid.
Image: © Michael Garlick
Taken: 21 Apr 2015
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Stone Carving, St Chad's church, Welbourn
Image: © J.Hannan-Briggs
Taken: 29 Sep 2013
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Mermaid Grotesque, St Chad's church, Welbourn
Image: © J.Hannan-Briggs
Taken: 29 Sep 2013
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St. Chad's Church Welbourn
Grade I Listed church dedicated to St. Chad, Bishop of Lichfield and the patron saint of wells who died in 672 AD. An Anglo Saxon church, probably built in wood was recorded here in the Norman Domesday Survey of 1086. Much of the church as we see it today was rebuilt in the period between 1360 and 1380 by John of Welbourne, Treasurer of Lincoln Cathedral. Like almost all our parish churches the interior appearance of St. Chad’s has been much modified over time, especially during the Protestant Reformation and its aftermath. St. Chad’s has a strikingly plain interior for a largely medieval Anglican church and the thorough Victorian restoration completed in 1884 seems to have further emphasised this ‘low’ church ethos. The tower originally housed three bells dating from 1662 which had been cast by William Sellars of York. The largest bell had long been cracked and in 1978 all three bells were replaced by a peal of eight. These bells came from Holy Trinity Church, Hagworthingham. The oldest of these bells dates from the 15th century and they are famously said to be the peal which inspired Tennyson to write the lines in his poem, In Memoriam. The church organ was built and installed by Wordsworth and Maskell of Leeds in 1892 at a cost of £370 but was moved in 1909. A complete restoration was by Mr. Alan W Goulding, Organ Builder and Tuner in 2007/9. The 12th century lower tower has the distinctive random coursed stonework of the Early English period. The buttresses, embattled parapets and the west door are all 14th century additions to the tower which originally may have had a pyramid shaped roof.
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner
Taken: 24 Mar 2017
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Welbourn: St Chad's Church
Image: © Michael Garlick
Taken: 21 Apr 2015
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Welbourn: St Chad's Church
Image: © Michael Garlick
Taken: 21 Apr 2015
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