Village tour - stop 5, St Peters Church

We turn right off of Main Street into Church Lane (see the H.W.W. water pipe marker on the right, remember?).

There has been a church on the site since the beginning of the fourteenth century, although it is likely that it was a place of worship even before that time. The Church was first mentioned in the Episcopal Register of 1303 and the tower was added during the fifteenth century. The outer wall of the tower has a row of carved stones, one side depicting arms and the other side dogs.

Sadly, only the tower remains of the original church, the main body being rebuilt in 1835, although the font is believed to be fourteenth century and two of the five bells predate the Reformation.

Now, were going back to school...

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