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St John the Baptist. For more information start at :- http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Chaceley/
©Bob Embleton
Dist:0.1km<br/>Chaceley church is dedicated to St John the Baptist.
©Philip Halling
Dist:0.1km<br/>A roll-call of the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire borderland in the Severn valley. Straight ahead is signed Chaceley Stock, on the Severn bank.
©Jonathan Billinger
Dist:0.1km<br/>Unusually shaped 12th century archway. Viewed from the chancel.
©Bob Embleton
Dist:0.1km<br/>An unusual design dating from the 12th century. The keystone, however, is probably Saxon. [[1394625]]
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Containing ancient glass - fragments of the crucifixion.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Formerly Ceateweslea, possibly derived from Celtic "Ced" (wood) and old English "Lea" (wood clearing). Looking along the footpath from Cold Elm.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Fourteenth century glass in the east window of the aisle.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Thought to date back to the early 14th (or even 13th) century. The bowl and shaft are cut out of one block of stone. On the west wall behind the font is a war memorial list of names. Notice the head shaped corbels on the pillars.
©Bob Embleton
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©Philip Halling
Dist:0.1km<br/>On a beautiful clear spring morning; the village church is reflected in a tranquil pond.
©Jonathan Billinger
Dist:0.1km<br/>The chancel arch dates from the 12th century, but this "Devil-face" keystone is probably Saxon.
©Bob Embleton
Dist:0.1km<br/>A list of men of the parish who served in the Great War: Leonard Bullock Alfred Davis Albert Hawker William Jackson Albert Lewis Ernest Porton George South Pounds John Arthur Wemyss Reed Hope Harold South Percy South Ralph South Charles Spiers William Thomas Spragg Eric Mark Turner Ronald Turner Tom Webb Walter Lionell Webb On the west wall just behind the font.
©Bob Embleton
Dist:0.1km<br/>On the grave slab of Gen. Samuel Phelpes on the floor at the west end of the aisle. Interesting arrangement of a lion, three wolves' heads and eight swords. The Phelps of Tewkesbury coat of arms has a lion and six swords. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phelps_(surname)
©Bob Embleton
Dist:0.2km<br/>Sited on a mound safely above the flood level of the Severn.
©Jonathan Billinger

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