St Giles' church - Cromwell, Nottinghamshire
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Anglican church of St Giles, Cromwell.
Waymark Code: WM11YHG
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/12/2020
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"Cromwell is a very ancient settlement– sites of a Bronze Age round barrow, and a Roman villa and bridge attest this.
The name (original pronunciation Crummell) derived from the Old English Crum – a crook or bend, and welle – a stream; so it means “near the bend in the river”.
The church stands on ground that has been hallowed for over 1000 years. Originally there would have been a wooden structure, replaced some time around the Norman Conquest by one of stone.
Some herringbone masonry exists, hidden behind plaster in the north wall of the Nave. The earliest visible work is the south doorway and the south aisle arcade. There are also two late 13th century lancet windows in the north wall of the chancel.
The south chancel arcade is 14th century, as is the east window and a particularly “flamboyant” window to the south side of the High Altar, one of the best examples of its type in Nottinghamshire.
About 1430 the tower was added, built of squared ‘skerry’ (Tuxford stone). There are three bells, one from around 1520 bearing the inscription ‘sca Egidi’ which means St Giles.
Many other alterations were made in the 300 years since the Reformation, and by the 19th century a thorough restoration was needed. Much of the present appearance of the church, especially in the chancel, is due to the restoration of 1873.
The 20th century saw the addition of a vestry built onto the north side of the chancel in 1912, electric lighting, heating and power to the organ, the Lady Altar and various High Church objects of piety, sanctuary gates, and sets of hymn and prayer books."
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