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Fairer than most women, wiser than most menThe Digges family memorial, with the family vault beneath, is located in the south east chancel aisle. At the west end of the church is another family memorial, to the Dick family. On a wall tablet nearby is a memorial to Frederick Dick, with the intriguing inscription that he was 'shot by an unseen hand'. Within the nave is a much worn table. This comes from the village school, which used to be located in a small chamber above the south porch. The table is much scored with the graffittii of generations of schoolboys; one carving bears the date 1733. Small fragments of medieval glass remain, Among these are sections bearing the arms of the Esting family (1347-1539) and the Roos, owners of the castle from 1364-1482. In the north east corner of the the church is a rough sarcophagus of Purbeck Marble. This sacrophagus, of unknown date, was discovered underneath the north transept. It was hoped that it might prove to contain the lost shrine of St Augustine, but when it was opened in 1948 it was found to be empty. Cilham itself is well worth a visit. The village is beautiful, with a very large number of historic buildings, and of course, Chilham Castle, a beautiful Jabobean house with a landscape garden by Capability Brown. Chilham, Kent, England About Chilham, St Mary
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The church of St Mary, Chilham, was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, but has a history going back perhaps as far as the 7th century. In the 12th century the church was owned by the French abbey of St Bertin, a Benedictine monastery at St Omer. It later passed into the hands of Syon Abbey, based at Isleworth in Middlesex.
