Benchmark - St James - Bicknor, Kent
Posted by: SMacB
N 51° 17.884 E 000° 40.034
31U E 337371 N 5685556
Cut benchmark on the south west corner of St James' church tower, Bicknor.
Waymark Code: WMT1VD
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/11/2016
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Cut benchmark on the south west corner (south face, west angle) of St James' church tower, Bicknor.
"The church, which is dedicated to St. James the Apostle, consists of a nave and two side isles, and a chancel, which is half the length of the church. The nave is double the height of the two isles. There is a low pointed steeple at the south-west corner of it.
It is a very antient and curious building, and appears by the short and clumsy size, and bases of the pillars, the zig-zag ornaments of their capitals, and the semi-circular plain arches in every part of it, to have been built in the time of the Saxons; indeed, the whole of it has marks of a very early period."
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The church is open during the Summer on Mondays - 13:00 to 16:00 or 17:00. Well worth a visit and a guided tour of the church.