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Dist:0.3km<br/>Taken from the public footpath.
©Paul Roberts
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©Peter Whatley
Dist:0.4km<br/>On the road to Pulford.
©Michael Graham
Dist:0.5km<br/>This path through the graveyard is lined with ancient yew trees.
©John S Turner
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking towards the east end of St Mary's from the playground just outside the churchyard wall. The 16th century church was rebuilt in 1870 by Chester architect John Douglas and it is Grade II listed http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-55226-church-of-st-mary-dodleston
©John S Turner
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking north across the graveyard of Dodleston St Mary towards the church tower.
©John S Turner
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©Paul Roberts
Dist:0.5km<br/>A real weathercock on top of St Mary's tower.
©John S Turner
Dist:0.5km<br/>The tower of St Mary's is at the west end of the church and the lower part is 16th century in date. Much of the church was rebuilt by John Douglas in 1870. There is a bench mark on the north-west buttress nearest the camera [[2318195]]
©John S Turner
Dist:0.5km<br/>There was a church here in the early 16th Century, but the present building was rebuilt in 1870.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.5km<br/>In the foreground is a sandstone sundial.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.5km<br/>This bench mark is on the north-west buttress of St Mary's tower. There is a hole at the tip of the arrowhead, which suggests it is a pivot mark rather than a rivet, but it is not recorded on the O.S. database so I can't be certain. The mark was first recorded on the 1899 O.S. map. See also [[2318222]] An earlier mark was near the porch but was probably lost during the rebuilding work carried out by John Douglas in 1870.
©John S Turner
Dist:0.5km<br/>There are a number of crescent moon marks cut into the stonework of the tower. I presume they are mason's marks. Also, it is said that the circular indentations in the stone were caused by musket balls during the English Civil War.
©John S Turner
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking across the graveyard towards Castle Croft and the childrens playground.
©John S Turner
Dist:0.5km<br/>St Mary's Dodleston has existed since the 16th century, but little of that church remains as it was rebuilt in 1870 by the Chester architect John Douglas. The church is Grade II listed. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-55226-church-of-st-mary-dodleston
©John S Turner

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