Historic Churches in Somerset

All Saints Church is mainly a product of the 15th century and boasts an outstanding wagon roof with decorative bosses and carved angels holding shields. Look for memorials to the Acland family, lords of the manor, plus a pulpit made of medieval carved panels and a 16th-century parish chest.
Selworthy, Somerset, England, TA24 8TR

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Heritage Highlight: Outstanding wagon roof with decorated bosses and carved angels

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The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Shapwick, is an attractive 14th-century church in a pretty village setting. The church features a pair of outstanding 17th-century memorials to members of the Bull family.
Church Road, Shapwick, Somerset, England, TA7 9NE

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Heritage Highlight: Jane Bull memorial, 1657

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St Michael and All Angels, Somerton, is a largely 13th-century church with a superb late-medieval timber roof, decorated with elaborate carvings of winged wyverns. Other highlights include an ornate 1615 wooden pulpit and a 13th-century effigy of a nun.
Market Square, Somerton, Somerset, England, TA11 7NB

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Heritage Highlight: Superb medieval timber roof with wyvern carvings

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On a wooded hillside above Watchet is an ancient holy well linked to St Decuman, a Celtic missionary saint from Wales, who came here in the 7th century. A pagan is said to have struck off Decuman's head whereupon the saint washed it in the holy well waters, stuck it back on his head, and carried on.
Brendon Road, Watchet, Somerset, England, TA23 0HU

Attraction Type: Church - Holy Well
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Heritage Highlight: The well dates to at least the 7th century

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The church of St Mary's stands in an exposed position atop a hill, with excellent views over the surrounding area. The church is primarily a product of the 13th and 14th centuries.
Stocklinch Ottersey, Somerset, England, TA19 9JL

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St Mary's Church dates to the 14th century, with Victorian restoration in the Arts and Crafts style. The historical highlight is the ornate tomb of Sir George Sydenham, father-in-law of Sir Francis Drake. Look for late medieval carved bench ends and a memorial brass to Margery Windham (d 1585).
High Street, Stogumber, Somerset, England, TA4 3TA

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Heritage Highlight: Sir George Sydenham memorial, 1597

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St Andrew's Holy Well in Stogursey dates to at least the 15th century and probably much earlier. There are two springs, each emptying into a stone cistern. The holy well is reached through an ornamental gateway erected in 1870 by the owner of Fairfield.
St Andrew's Lane, Stogursey, Somerset, England

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St Andrew's began as a 12th-century monastic church, a daughter house of Lonlay Priory in Normandy. It boasts 14th and 15th-century effigies of the Verney family, lords of the manor, 16th-century carved bench ends, and a pair of Norman fonts. Look for the medieval sanctuary ring affixed to a crossing pillar.
Church Street, Stogursey, Somerset, England, TA5 1RG

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval Verney family memorials

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Sutton Mallet is a small Somerset village lying between Sedgemoor and the Polden Hills. For centuries the medieval church here served as a landmark for travellers crossing the Sedgemoor plain. The road running beside the churchyard connects up to the network of old drove roads across Sedgemoor.
Sutton Mallet, Somerset, England, TA7 9AT

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Heritage Highlight: Late medieval windows in the apse

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The little country church of St Catherine stands amid farm buildings in a rural setting near Curry Rivel. Historical highlights include a Norman font and a beautifully-carved 12th-century doorway.
Swell Lane, Swell, Somerset, England, TA3 6PZ

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Heritage Highlight: 12th-century octagonal font

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