Wiltshire Travel Guide - Historic Churches

The tiny Saxon church of St Laurence in Bradford on Avon is one of the best preserved Saxon sites in England. Originally built around the year 1000, for many years the church was used as a school, and its ecclesiastical origins were lost. Now fully restored, it provides a moving glimpse of Saxon architecture and worship over a thousand years ago.
10 Church Street, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: One of the best preserved Saxon churches in England

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A largely 14th-century church on the slopes of a narrow valley, away from the village it serves. St James has a 15th-century tower on Norman foundations, with a Norman font and grotesque carvings around the exterior roofline.
Bratton, Wiltshire, England, BA13 4SY

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Heritage Highlight: Re-cut Norman font

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A 13th-century church associated with tales of Alfred the Great, St Michael's has a beautifully carved chancel arch, and a Norman font brought from Imber church. In the chancel are a series of four 17th-century carved wooden panels with Old Testament scenes.
Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire, England, BA12 7EJ

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Heritage Highlight: 17th-century carved panels

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A lovely Norman church in the banks of the River Thames. Notable for its striking circular bell turret, carved dragon door stops, and a beautifully carved Elizabethan pulpit made of salvaged bits of a 15th-century screen. Two fine late Norman doors and a 13th-century chancel arch add to the appeal of this beautiful country church.
Castle Eaton, Wiltshire, England

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A 13th-century chapel on the edge of Warminster's medieval market place. St Lawrence is a 'peculiar', owned by the townsfolk, and administered by a dozen Feoffees. Look for medieval gargoyles around the roofline and porch. The interior is largely Victorian.
Market Place, Warminster, Wiltshire, England, BA12 9AJ

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Heritage Highlight: 13th-century exterior details

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Chisbury Chapel is a small late 13th-century chapel made of flint walls and topped with a thatched roof. It was built by the lord of Chisbury Manor as a chapel of ease so that local villagers and the manor household would not have to travel to Great Bedwyn parish church.
Manor Farm, Chisbury, Wiltshire, England, SN8 3JA

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A Victorian church in a countryside setting, St Mary's, Chute Forest, was built in 1875 to a design by JL Pearson for Thomas Fowle of Chute Lodge. The church was intended to serve the new parish of Chute Forest, which was later combined with the parish of Chute, making St Mary's redundant.
Chute Forest, Wiltshire, England, SP11 9DF

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An attractive 13th-century church in a rural setting. There is a Norman font and chancel arch, a nicely carved Jacobean pulpit and tester, and a very nice Renaissance tomb to an early 17th-century rector. Across Church Lane is an ANZAC cemetery of WWI soldiers, the second-largest in Britain.
Church Lane, Codford St Mary, Wiltshire, England, BA12 0PJ

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Heritage Highlight: Norman font and chancel arch

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A 12th-century building on the site of a Saxon church. In the sanctuary is a Saxon cross shaft with superb carvings of a man and foliage. There is a Norman font under the tower and grotesque gargoyles around the external roof line.
High Street, Codford St Peter, Wiltshire, England, BA12 0NQ

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Heritage Highlight: 8th-century Saxon cross shaft

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A 12th-century church beside the Elizabethan manor of Corsham Court, incorporating bits of an earlier Saxon building. Highlights include a 15th-century stone screen, table tombs to the Trepenell family, and the Methuen Chapel. There is a 15th-century font and fascinating medieval roof bosses.
Church Street, Corsham, Wiltshire, England, SN13 0BY

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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century stone screen and memorials

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