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Avening, Holy Cross Dedicated on Holy Cross day (September 14) 1080, Avening Church still displays much of its Norman origin - the north aisle, one chancel arch and the main north door shown here. Also of interest in this cruciform church is the vaulting of the chancel and fine roof of the nave. The north transept chapel is the monument to Henry Brydges, a kneeling figure at a prayer desk. It does not mention that he was a privateer, robbing rich galleons until pardoned by James I. |
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St. George A large open church built in 1900. It has noble proportions enhanced by the good modem glass in the high east window. Of particular interest is the large mural painted on the west wall in 1985 by Oliver Heywood. This depicts the various aspects of life in the town. The parish was only formed in 1895 by carving out parts of Horsley, Avening and Amberley. Also in the town are the 17th century Meeting House of the Society of Friends and the 19th century Baptist Chapel. There is an interesting run out to Shortwood, All Saints. There is a panoramic view of Nails worth from the graveyard. This church is not always open. |
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House and Chapel An Elizabethan Manor House open Thursdays and Sundays 2.00 - 5.00 p.m. May to September. The 19th century chapel uses a number of much older embellishments. |
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Horsley, St. Martin There was a monastery to the south of the church. The Doomsday Book records "Prior and Canon attached to the Priory at Bruton (Somerset) all estates belonging to the Abbott of St. Martin of Troarn, Normandy". The tower dates from these Norman times. The remainder of the present church was built in 1838 but retains many 17th and 18th century memorial tablets. Just north of the tower is an ancient noonday stone upon which the shadow of the edge of the tower falls at noon. The bells were re-hung in 1987. |
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St. John The church is in a very quiet comer of the village and has a wonderfully peaceful atmosphere. There is a Norman tower and the chancel has two deep-splay late 12th century lancet windows. The delicate chancel screen is dated 1615. There is a Roman stone coffin in the Kingscote family comer of the churchyard.Dr. Edward Jenner (Discoverer of the Small-pox vaccine) married Miss Catherine Kingscote here in 1788. There is a brass plate in the porch to commemorate this. |
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Cherington, St. Nicholas The glory of Cherington church is its very fine Early English (13th century) Chancel. Some of the mouldings around the lancet windows retain traces of their medieval paint. The east window has the simplest and earliest form of tracery possible. See if you can spot the only remaining wall painting beside the east window of the south transept. It is a faint figure of a bishop, possibly the church's patron Saint Nicholas. |
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