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Dist:0.5km<br/>Almost detached from the body of the church, late 12th century very early Gothic tower
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The church guide book debates the authenticity and date of the pulpit .... suggesting it may be from 1854 ? It looks 100% genuine Jacobean to me !
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Much 12th century Norman, Transitional and Early English work in St.Mary's church
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Wonderful Norman nave of St.Mary's church
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Late 12th century Norman north arcade in St.Mary's church
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Unusual font in St.Mary's church, a tall octagonal bowl with fluted panels and barley-twist legs characteristic of the late 17th century. Perhaps a Jacobean attempt to recreate a Norman style
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Unusual and very interesting church, a late 12th century Early English tower, almost detached from the body of the church, fantastic Norman nave and a particularly ugly chancel of 1820 with a poor gothick east window
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Grand ten-poster tomb for Sir Anthony Irby d1610 and his wife Elizabeth d1625 surrounded by contemporary railings
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The church is currently entered by the south porch, which was added to the church in Tudor times, when the church was widened to incorporate both south and north nave aisles. However, inside the door has been dated from the 13th century. The changes are more evident when the exterior walls are compared with that of the original architecture of the Norman period in the church. The precision of the Norman builders is lacking in both the construction and alignment of the south and north walls. There is little doubt there was a Saxon church at the time of the Domesday survey (1086) The Abbey of Croyland acted as the Mother Church for many centuries within the fenland area. It is known that the bell tower was begun around the same time as the extension of the west nave, together with the pointed-arched west and south doorways, but was not completed until the beginning of the thirteenth century. Anecdotal evidence suggests that there were plans to incorporate twin towers on either side of the chancel, much in the style of the building at Southwell and Westminster Abbeys. Although the proportions of Whaplode St Mary’s would not have challenged either of these majestic buildings, they were nevertheless intended to represent a very significantly important establishment within the fens. The original construction is thought to have been separate from the church.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The condition of the sculptures seems very bad and of poor quality workmanship.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Norman 12th century chancel arch in St.Mary's church
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