Visitors Book - All Saints - Mollington, Oxfordshire
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N 52° 07.440 W 001° 21.328
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A visitors book by the entrance in All Saints' church, Mollington.
Waymark Code: WM12JGV
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/05/2020
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A visitors book by the entrance in All Saints' church, Mollington. Started August 28th 2019.
"The earliest parts of the Church of England parish church of All Saints date from the 14th century, but the font is 13th century so there may have been an earlier church building on the site. All Saints' has a north aisle which is linked to the nave by an arcade of four bays. The tower was built in the 16th century. There was a chapel on the north side of the chancel, but it was demolished in 1786. A blocked arch and doorway survive in the north wall of the chancel and a piscina can be seen from the outside.
The building was restored in 1856 under the direction of the Gothic Revival architect William White. All Saints' is a Grade II* listed building.
The tower has a ring of six bells. Henry I Bagley of Chacombe, Northamptonshire cast the fifth bell in 1631 and John Briant of Hertford cast the fourth bell in 1789. Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the third and tenor bells in 1875. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the treble and second bells in 1981, completing the present ring. All Saints has also a Sanctus bell, cast by John Conyers of Yorkshire in about 1630. Conyers had two bell-foundries: one in Kingston upon Hull and the other in New Malton.
All Saints' parish is now part of the Benefice of Shires' Edge along with the parishes of Claydon, Cropredy, Great Bourton and Wardington."
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