St Catherine’s Church, Sacombe, Herts, UK
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bill&ben
N 51° 51.406 W 000° 03.691
30U E 702350 N 5749190
The grade 2* listed St Catherine’s Church dates to the 13th century, with Victorian restoration.
Waymark Code: WMBP5C
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/08/2011
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Records show that there was a clerk within the manor of Sacombe in 1086, indicating the presence of a church. The first
recorded rector was in 1217. The oldest parts of the church, the chancel and
the nave, date to the Early English Period (1189-1280).
The South tower was rebuilt and a vestry added in 1855-6.
The walls were faced with flint at that time and the church re-roofed. A
plaque in chancel records
THIS CHURCH WAS
RESTORED BY ABEL SMITH ESQ.
OF WOODHALL PARK,
PATRON OF THE LIVING, THE WORKS
BEING CONTINUED FROM
THE 24TH MAY 1855 TO THE 10TH
OF FEB 1856 WHEN IT WAS
OPENED AGAIN FOR DIVINE
SERVICE.
THE ROOF, TOWER, VESTRY AND WEST WALL
WERE
REBUILT. THE ORGAN LOFT FORMED, AND NEW OAK
SEATS MADE, AND THE
OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH
ENTIRELY
REFACED WITH FLINT.
“FOR EVERY HOUSE
IS BUILDED BY SOME MAN; BUT HE THAT BUILT ALL THINGS IS GOD” 3 HEB 4
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