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Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking north. Scruton Grange in the distance
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The church has its origins in the 12th century with restoration being carried out in 1865 by G Fowler Jones. Radegund was the daughter of a King of Thuringia in the 5th century. After her conversion to Christianity she established a community of nuns at Poitiers in France, where she was noted for her good works among the sick and the poor. There are only five churches in England with this dedication. [[53830]] [[797402]] [[411089]]
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The churchyard is large and well kept with a number of beautiful trees.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The pulpit is Victorian and the flower arranger is working on an arrangement for the harvest festival.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The east window is one of a number of windows to be found in local churches designed by J B Capronnier.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The Chancel is the part of the church near the altar reserved for the use of the clergy and the choir. The east window is one of a number of windows to be found in local churches designed by J B Capronnier.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The south door of the church. The stone receptacle may have been a tub font in the original Norman church.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The font (the receptacle for the baptismal water) is Victorian.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Outside of the church a Georgian font stands near the south porch.
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Dist:0.6km<br/>Many churches have a lych gate built over the main entrance to the enclosed area round the church. The name, also spelt lich or lytch, is from the Anglo Saxon 'lich' meaning corpse. The gate marks the division between consecrated and unconsecrated ground, where the bearers sheltered with the coffin, waiting for the clergyman to lead the procession before the burial. The original lych gates had seats, a lych cross and a lych stone - a slab on which the coffin rested.
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Dist:0.6km<br/>The cut mark is to be found on the east side of the church. For a view of the church [[2132691]] and for further information on the bench mark http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm35834 A bench mark is an Ordnance Survey arrowhead sign found on walls, bridges, churches and specially erected triangulation pillars where the altitude above sea-level has been accurately measured by surveyors. The arrowhead points to a horizontal line above it which marks the exact altitude. With rivets and pivots there is no datum (horizontal line) cut, the pointed-to horizontal surface defining the datum height.
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Dist:0.6km<br/>Village church just off the green. The tower is Perpendicular, whilst the main body of the church is a Victorian rebuild. The dedication to St Radegund is most unusual as there are apparently only 5 such churches in Britain. St Radegund was the daughter of a Thuringian king, born circa AD520 and died in 587. She is associated with the foundation of a convent at Poitiers in France.
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Dist:0.6km<br/>At the north-east corner of the church there is a late 13th or early 14th grave cover which is heavily designed. It is much eroded but fortunately records have been kept as to the design.
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Dist:0.6km<br/>The village pub, the Coore Arms, in the foreground
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Dist:0.6km<br/>In the centre of this quiet village and fronting the churchyard.
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